As with the European cuisine, chili peppers were imported into Maghrebian cuisine by the Columbian Exchange, presumably during the Spanish occupation of Tunisia between 1535 and 1574.
Kao i u Evropskoj kuhinji, ljute paprike su uvezene u Magrebsku kuhinju preko Kolumbijske razmene, verovatno tokom španske okupacije Tunisa između 1535. i 1574. godine.