chakchouka شكشوكة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“chakchouka” (شكشوكة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning stewed vegetables with eggs.
Meanings
- stewed vegetables with eggs
- jumble, mishmash
Usage
Chakchouka is a very common dish in Tunisia: peppers, tomatoes, onions and garlic stewed in olive oil, spiced with harissa, with eggs cracked over the top at the end of cooking. It is eaten with bread, often in the evening or during Ramadan. There are variants with merguez, potatoes or zucchini. Figuratively, chakchouka means a confused mix of things or people. For example, a situation, a speech or a language mixing Arabic and French may be called a chakchouka. The word is feminine.
Example
ملاوي و شكشوكة تونسيّة
Mlewi w chakchouka tounssiya
“Mlewi and a Tunisian chakchouka.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chakchouka” but also “chakchuka”, “chekchouka” and “chakchoka”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chakchouka” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “eggs cooked in tomato and pepper sauce”: chakchouka in Moroccan.