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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baghrir | .jpg)
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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 |
|
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] |
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
|
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 | .jpg)
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Dessert | A small cake made with orange, lemon, or vanilla |
Drinks edit
| Name | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| '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.
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