This is a list of dishes in the Cuisine of Morocco. Entries in beige color indicate types of generic foods.
Name Other names | Image | Type | Description | |
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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 | ||
Bourekas Burek | Entrée | |||
Couscous | Main course | Semolina, meat, and vegetables. Traditionally 7 vegetables | ||
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] | ||
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 | ||
Kemia | An array of small dishes | |||
Khlea khli or Kleehe[5] | Breakfast | Preserved dried meat[6] | ||
Khobz | bread | bread | ||
Lentil soup | soup | Soup made with lentil | ||
Merguez | A spicy lamb sausage | |||
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]) |
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." | |
Taktouka | Salad | Grilled tomato and green pepper salad[7] | |
Lhzina | Salad | Oranges/Paprika/Black olives | |
Zaalouk | Salad | Cooked mixture of eggplant and tomatoes[8] | |
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] |
Name | Image | Type | Description | |
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Briouat bil luz | Dessert | Pastry stuffed with almond paste | ||
Faqqas | Dessert | A type of macaroon made with semolina flour. | ||
Ghoriba (Ghriyyaba) | Dessert | Biscuits flavored with aniseed and sesame seeds, or almonds and raisins. | ||
Keneffa | Dessert | A variety of bastila dessert | ||
Gazelle ankles / ka'ab ghzal | Dessert | Almond Paste/Sugar | ||
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 | Dessert | Fried dough "rose" dipped in honey and sesame seeds | ||
Seffa Sfaa | Sweet couscous made with cinnamon, sugar, and sometimes studded with prunes, raisins and almonds. It is served with cream. | |||
Sellou | Dessert | Roasted flour mixed with butter or olive oil, sugar or honey, cinnamon, almonds (or sometimes peanuts), and other ingredients | ||
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 |
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 |