karantika كارانتيكا
Algerian Darja · noun
“karantika” (كارانتيكا) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning savoury chickpea flour flan.
Meanings
- savoury chickpea flour flan
Usage
Karantika is a popular street food, associated with Oran and the West of the country, but known throughout Algeria. It is made with chickpea flour, water, oil and sometimes eggs, then baked in a large tray. It is bought by the portion, often slipped into a piece of bread and seasoned with cumin and harissa. It is eaten hot. Depending on the region, the pronunciation varies: karantika, garantita or calentica. In the Oran area, it is also called el hami, that is, "the hot one".
Example
عطيني كارانتيكا فالخبز بالكمون.
3tini karantika fel khobz bel kemmoun.
“Give me some karantika in bread with cumin.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “karantika”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.