Algerian cuisine, Moroccan cuisine, Tunisian cuisine, Libyan cuisine
Sfenj (site n'okwu Arabic: السفنج, : Safanj, nke pụtara sponge) bụ donut Maghrebi: mgbasa dị mfe, spongy nke ntụ ọka e siri na mmanụ. A na-eri Sfenj n'ụzọ dị mfe, na-agbanye shuga, ma ọ bụ na-etinye mmanụ aṅụ. Ọ bụ nri a ma ama na Maghreb ma na-eme ya ma na-ere ya n'isi ụtụtụ maka nri ụtụtụ ma ọ bụ n'ehihie na-esonyere kọfị Maghrebi mint tea.[1] A na-eji okwu sfenj eme ihe na Algeria na akụkụ ndị ọzọ nke Maghreb. A na-akpọ ya bambalouni na Tunisia, na sfinz na Libya.[2][3] Na Morocco, a na-eji okwu "sfenj" eme ihe, a na'otu oge a na-akpọkwa ya "Moroccan doughnuts" n'akwụkwọ.[4][5][6] A na-akpọkwa ya Khfaf ma ọ bụ ftayr na Algeria, a na-akpọkarịkwa ya "Algeria doughnut".[7][8][9][10]
N'èzí Maghreb, ndị Juu Moroccan na ndị Sephardim ndị ọzọ na Israel na ebe ndị ọzọ maka Hanukkah na-eri sfenj.[11] A na-eri Sfenj na donuts ndị ọzọ maka Hanukkah n'ihi na a na-esi ha n'ime mmanụ, na-echeta ọrụ ebube Hanukkah ebe mmanụ nke kwesiri igbanwe oriọna n'ụlọ nsọ dị na Jerusalem maka naanị otu ụbọchị were asatọ. Ọ bụ ezie na enwere ike ime sfenj n'ụlọ, dịka ọ na-adịkarị na Israel, ndị obodo Morocco na-ahọrọ ịzụta ya n'aka ndị na-ere ahịa n'okporo ámá ma ọ bụ ebe a na-eme achịcha, ebe a na'ozuzu ha na osisi nkwụ.[12]
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↑Hamza (9 April 2015). SFINZ / SFENJ. Halal Home Cooking. Retrieved on 7 August 2018.
↑Ahmed Chouari (27 July 2021). "Memories of Jewish-Muslim Co-existence in the new Mellaḥ of Meknes and Jewish Heritage Conservation in Post-Colonial Morocco", in Joseph Chetrit: Jews and Muslims in Morocco, Their Intersecting Worlds. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781793624932.
↑Gordon Rock (30 April 2020). A King's Feast: 40 Aromatic and Exotic Moroccan Recipes - The Best Cookbook to Celebrate Moroccan Independence Day.
↑Copeland Marks (1994). The Great Book of Couscous: Classic Cuisines of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. the University of Virginia. ISBN 9781556114205.
↑Nas E. Boutammina (2022). Le numide, langue populaire de la Berbérie. BoD - Books on Demand, 77. ISBN 978-2-322-41710-0.
↑Scheherazade (24 November 2014). Sfenj à la farine(fr). Joyaux Sherazade. Retrieved on 1 June 2018.