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Tangia
Moroccan Cuisine
Lamb slow-cooked in a clay amphora with preserved lemon, saffron, and smen, traditionally placed in the embers of a hammam furnace.
Category
Stew
Main Ingredient
Lamb
Cooking Method
Braised
Spice Level
Mild
Region
Marrakech
Cuisine
Moroccan
Fun Fact
Tangia is called the 'bachelor's dish' in Marrakech — single men would prepare the sealed clay pot in the morning, drop it at the hammam to cook all day in the furnace ashes, and collect it ready to eat at night.