List of Moroccan dishes
This is a list of dishes in the Cuisine of Morocco . Entries in beige color indicate types of generic foods.
Main dishes
NameOther names
Image
Type
Description
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
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
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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
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
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
Marinated olives
Olives marinated in : olive oil, paprika, lemon, salt, pepper, harissa , cumin and other spices and herbs [9]
Desserts
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]
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
See also
References
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