Ma'quda
{{Short description|Maghrebi potato fritter dish}}
{{Italic title}}Ma'qūda ({{Langx|ar|معقودة|lit=knotted}}) is a Maghrebi fritter made of a potato-based batter.{{cite web | last=Cuisine | first=Nessma | title=Maâkouda Algérienne (galettes de pommes de terre) | website=Nessma Cuisine | date=29 Mar 2022 | url=https://cuisine.nessma.tv/fr/recette/6881/cuisine-algerienne/couscous/maakouda-algerienne-galettes-de-pommes-de-terre | language=fr | access-date=9 Mar 2023}}{{cite web | title=La-cuisine-de-mes-racines | website=La-cuisine-de-mes-racines | date=23 Feb 2016 | url=http://www.la-cuisine-de-mes-racines.com/maakouda/ | language=fr | access-date=9 Mar 2023}}{{cite web | title=recette de maakouda algérienne | website=Les Joyaux de Sherazade | date=2 Dec 2020 | url=https://www.lesjoyauxdesherazade.com/recette-de-maakouda-algerienne/ | language=fr | access-date=9 Mar 2023}}{{cite web | last=Benayoun | first=Mike | title=Maakouda | website=196 flavors | date=7 Jun 2016 | url=https://www.196flavors.com/fr/algerie-maakouda/ | language=fr | access-date=9 Mar 2023}}{{Cite web|date=2020-05-23|title=Maakouda - Moroccan Potato Cakes|url=https://veggiedesserts.com/maakouda/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Veggie Desserts|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-11-07|title=فيديو.."المعقودة"..تعرف على قصة أشهر أكلة فاسية شعبية.. أكلة " الطلبة وأولاد الشعب"|url=https://www.febrayer.com/679681.html|access-date=2021-11-09|website=فبراير.كوم {{!}} موقع مغربي إخباري شامل يتجدد على مدار الساعة|language=en-US}} In addition to puréed potato, the batter can contain garlic, salt, hot pepper, egg, and cheese.
In Algeria, the fritter is popular across the northern part of the country where it is sold as a sandwich in fast food restaurants, usually with harissa. Ma'qūda is also called khbizat ma'dnos ({{Langx|ar|خبيزات المعدنوس|lit=small parsley breads}}) in the east, while in the west, it is sometimes stuffed with cheese or ground meat and eaten with harrira soup.{{cite web | last=Maingi | first=Juliet | title=Maakouda: ricetta crocchette di patate magrebine | website=AfroXentric | date=12 Nov 2022 | url=https://julietmaingi.net/maakouda-ricetta/ | language=it | access-date=9 Mar 2023}}
It is a cheap food enjoyed by students and others of modest means in cities such as Fes.