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Eggs poached in a simmering pan of tomatoes, peppers, garlic and cumin, served straight from the skillet with bread for dipping, the breakfast dish Tel Aviv's cafes now run all day.
The name comes from an Arabic root meaning to mix or shake, and food historians disagree on its path: Gil Marks traces it to the Turkish sakshuka spreading through Ottoman rule into the Maghreb, while others group it with menemen and piperade as a wider Mediterranean vegetable-and-egg family. Absent from Palestinian and Levantine kitchens until the 1950s, shakshuka arrived in Israel with Maghrebi Jewish immigrants that decade and only reached restaurant menus in the 1990s. Dr. Shakshuka in Jaffa has plated its Tripolitan version since the early 1990s, while Meshek Barzilay's vegan take shows how far the dish has spread across the city's kitchens since.
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Dr. Shakshuka in Jaffa, Tel Aviv runs a kosher Tripolitan kitchen founded in the early 1990s, plating shakshuka with couscous, shawarma and schnitzel.
OrderA shakshuka variation with a side of couscous and vegetables.
TipKosher hours apply: closed from Friday afternoon until after Shabbat ends on Saturday.
Meshek Barzilay on Tel Aviv's Ahad Ha'am Street has run an organic vegetarian kitchen since 2013, going fully vegan in 2018 across its all day menu.
OrderThe vegan shakshuka or a plate off the daily organic vegetable specials.
TipWeekend mornings get busy; weekday lunch is the quieter time to get a table.
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