List of Moroccan dishes
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This is a list of dishes in the Cuisine of Morocco. Entries in beige color indicate types of generic foods.
Main dishes
[edit]Name Other names |
Image | Type | Description |
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Baghrir | ![]() |
Entrée | A yeasted semolina pancake.[1] |
Briouat | ![]() |
Entrée | Triangular or cylinder-shaped savory or sweet pastry covered with warqa (a paper-thin Moroccan dough)[2][3] |
Boulfaf skewers | ![]() |
Entrée | cubed lamb liver wrapped in lamb fat, grilled on skewers [1] |
Bourekas Burek |
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Entrée | |
Couscous | ![]() |
Main course | Semolina, meat, and vegetables. Traditionally 7 vegetables[1] |
Ferakh Maamer | Entrée | A dish of spring chicken stuffed with sweeten couscous and enhanced with raisins, orange-flower water, almonds, and sugar. The ingredients are then placed in a large casserole and simmered slowly in a sauce made of honey, onion, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, and saffron.[4][3] | |
Harira | Entrée | Thick soup based on tomatoes (beans, lentils and other products can be added) | |
Bissara | ![]() |
Entrée | A soup prepared with dried, puréed broad beans as a primary ingredient |
Kefta magawara | Main course | Kefta tajine served with tomato, eggs[1] | |
Kemia | An array of small dishes[3] | ||
Khlea khli[1] or Kleehe[5] |
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Breakfast | Preserved dried meat[6] |
Khobz | ![]() |
bread | bread |
Lentil soup | ![]() |
soup | Soup made with lentil |
Merguez | ![]() |
A spicy lamb sausage[1] | |
Ma'quda | ![]() |
potato fritter | |
Méchoui | ![]() |
Main course | Roasted lamb |
Milina | Entrée | Chicken/Eggs | |
Moroccan cigars | ![]() |
Appetizer | Ground beef wrapped in dough |
Mrouzia | ![]() |
Main course | A sweet dish of lamb with raisins, almonds and honey |
Djaj mqalli | Entrée | Chicken cooked with preserved lemon | |
Pastilla | ![]() |
Entrée | Chicken/Almonds/Seafood |
Rfisa | A dish made with shredded pieces of pancake and chicken (djej beldi) | ||
Sardine | ![]() |
Entrée | Sardines with preserved lemon |
Tajine | ![]() |
Main course | Meat, vegetables |
Tangia | ![]() |
Main course | Meat, vegetables (a typical dish of Marrakech) |
Rfissa | [] | Main course | Meat, lentil (Rfissa is a traditional Moroccan dish that's usually made for women who gave birth. It's made of Filo pastry, soaked in a broth of meat, and lentils]) |
Salads
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Description |
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Bakoula | Salad | Salad of cooked greens such as mallow leaves, or spinach, and parsley, cilantro, lemon, olives. | |
Moroccan salad | ![]() |
Salad | |
Moroccan spreads | ![]() |
Salad | "Cooked salads."[7] |
Taktouka | Salad | Grilled tomato and green pepper salad[8] | |
Lhzina | Salad | Oranges/Paprika/Black olives | |
Zaalouk | Salad | Cooked mixture of eggplant and tomatoes[7] |
Condiments and sauces
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Description |
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Charmoula | ![]() |
A marinade to flavor fish or seafood, but it can be used on other meats or vegetables. Chermoula is often made of a mixture of herbs, oil, lemon juice, pickled lemons, garlic, cumin, and salt. It may also include onion, fresh coriander, ground chili peppers, black pepper, or saffron. | |
Pickled lemons | ![]() |
Pickled lemons | |
Marinated Olives | ![]() |
Olives marinated in : olive oil, paprika, lemon, salt, pepper, harissa, cumin and other spices and herbs [9] |
Desserts
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Description |
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Briouat bil luz | Dessert | Pastry stuffed with almond paste[3] | |
Faqqas | Dessert | A type of macaroon made with semolina flour.[1] | |
Ghoriba (Ghriyyaba) | ![]() |
Dessert | Biscuits flavored with aniseed and sesame seeds, or almonds and raisins.[1] |
Keneffa | Dessert | A variety of bastila dessert[1] | |
Gazelle ankles / ka'ab ghzal | ![]() |
Dessert | Almond Paste/Sugar[1] |
Limun bel-Qerfa o khayezzou mahekouk(carrotte) | Dessert | Oranges/Cinnamon | |
Ma'amoul | ![]() |
Dessert | Small shortbread pastries filled with dates, pistachios or walnuts (or occasionally almonds, figs, or other fillings). |
Jowhara / Pastilla with milk | Dessert | Pastilla/Milk/Almonds/Vanilla | |
Rozz bel Hleeb (Rice pudding) | Dessert | Milk/Rice/Orange Blossom Water | |
Chebakia Shabbakiya[1] |
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Dessert | Fried dough "rose" dipped in honey and sesame seeds |
Seffa Sfaa[3] |
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Sweet couscous made with cinnamon, sugar, and sometimes studded with prunes, raisins and almonds.[1] It is served with cream.[3] | |
Sellou | ![]() |
Dessert | Roasted flour mixed with butter or olive oil, sugar or honey, cinnamon, almonds (or sometimes peanuts), and other ingredients[1] |
Sfenj | ![]() |
Dessert | A doughnut sprinkled with sugar or soaked in honey. |
Qrashel | Dessert | traditional sweet sesame rolls, made with anise and fennel and sprinkled with sesame, made in Morocco at least since the 16th century. | |
Meskouta | ![]() |
Dessert | A small cake made with orange, lemon, or vanilla |
Drinks
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Description |
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'Asseer Rumman | Pomegranate/Orange Blossom Water | ||
'Asseer Limun | Orange juice | ||
Diks | ![]() |
Moroccan 'nus-nus' or 'half-half' | |
Beet Juice | ![]() |
Beets/Orange Blossom Water | |
Grape juice | White grapes | ||
Maghrebi mint tea | ![]() |
Green tea with mint and copious sugar |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Catherine Hanger (2000). Morocco: World Food. Lonely Planet. p. 98. ISBN 1-86450-024-7.
- ^ "Moroccan Chicken Briouats - Like Eating a Bite-Sized Bastilla!".
- ^ a b c d e f Anthony Ham; Paula Hardy; Alison Bing; Lonely Planet Publications (2007). Morocco. Lonely Planet. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-74059-974-0.
- ^ "Dishes from Morocco". Archived from the original on Nov 23, 2012. Retrieved Mar 27, 2021.
- ^ Kitty Morse; Danielle Mamane; Owen Morse (2001). The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine from Morocco. Ten Speed Press. p. 98. ISBN 1-58008-269-6.
- ^ Khlea Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine Saveur.com
- ^ a b Zeldes, Leah A. (Nov 11, 2009). "Eat this! Zaalouk, a cooked salad from Morocco". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc. Retrieved Nov 12, 2009.
- ^ "Taktouka - A Zesty Moroccan Dip of Tomatoes and Roasted Peppers".
- ^ "Moroccan Marinated Olives". Moroccan Zest. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
External links
[edit]Media related to Cuisine of Morocco at Wikimedia Commons