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List of Moroccan dishes

This is a list of dishes in the cuisine of Morocco. Entries in beige color indicate types of generic foods.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Main dishes

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Name
Other 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 [] 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

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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

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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

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Name Image Type Description
Briouat bil luz
 
 Dessert Triangular or cylinder-shaped savory or sweet pastry covered with warqa (a paper-thin Moroccan dough)[2][3] and 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Moroccan Chicken Briouats - Like Eating a Bite-Sized Bastilla!".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Anthony Ham; Paula Hardy; Alison Bing; Lonely Planet Publications (2007). Morocco. Lonely Planet. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-74059-974-0.
  4. ^ "Dishes from Morocco". Archived from the original on Nov 23, 2012. Retrieved Mar 27, 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Khlea Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine Saveur.com
  7. ^ a b Zeldes, Leah A. (Nov 11, 2009). "Eat this! Zaalouk, a cooked salad from Morocco". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc. Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved Nov 12, 2009.
  8. ^ "Taktouka - A Zesty Moroccan Dip of Tomatoes and Roasted Peppers".
  9. ^ "Moroccan Marinated Olives". Moroccan Zest. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
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