Looking for Real Tunisian Spices? Here’s Where to Start.

Safouane Ben Haj Ali
Jul 30
2 min read

Ground turmeric powder in a traditional Tunisian metal bowl, surrounded by fresh turmeric roots on stone

If you’re trying to find real Tunisian spices online — the kind actually used in Tunisia, not the global supermarket version — you’re in the right place.

At My Chakchouka, we work directly with small producers in Tunisia who still make spice blends the way they always have: hand-picked, sun-dried, ground in small batches, and shipped straight from the source.

No middlemen. No factory fillers. Just the real thing; made by people who still know what real is.

What You’ll Find Here:

🌶️ Harissa (the original dry base)

Not the sauce — the dry chili blend Tunisians use to build flavor from the start.

🧄 Tabil

Coriander, caraway, garlic, and chili — slow-roasted and freshly crushed.

🌿 Wild Tunisian herbs

Seasonal, unprocessed, sun-cured. Nothing added, nothing refined.

🔥 Pure chili powder

From regions that still dry peppers under the sun — not in machines.

Each jar comes from a specific place, a specific harvest. You’ll see the region. You’ll taste the difference.

Why Most “Tunisian” Spices Aren’t

Many spice blends online are labeled “Tunisian,” but they’re made in Europe or North America using bulk imports. By the time they reach you, the peppers have lost their bite, and the producers have lost their pay.

We built My Chakchouka to fix that.

Every spice here supports a real person, not a supply chain. No relabeling. No dilution. No shortcuts.

Who We Work With

We source from farmers, women’s cooperatives, and home-based processors who inherited their know-how. Some learned from mothers, some from grandfathers, some from neighbors who knew when to dry peppers and when not to.

They don’t mass produce. That’s the point.