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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

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Name
Other names
Image Type Description
Baghrir Image Entrée A yeasted semolina pancake.[1]
Briouat Image Entrée Triangular or cylinder-shaped savory or sweet pastry covered with warqa (a paper-thin Moroccan dough)[2][3]
Boulfaf skewers Image Entrée Cubed lamb liver wrapped in lamb fat, grilled on skewers [1]
Bourekas
Burek
Image Entrée
Couscous Image Main course Semolina, meat, and vegetables. Traditionally 7 vegetables.[1]
Ferakh Maamer Entrée A dish of spring chicken stuffed with sweetened 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 Image Entrée Thick soup based on tomatoes (beans, lentils and other products can be added)
Bissara Image 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]
Image Breakfast Preserved dried meat[6]
Khobz Image bread Bread
Lentil soup Image soup Soup made with lentil
Merguez Image A spicy lamb sausage[1]
Ma'quda Image potato fritter
Méchoui Image Main course Roasted lamb
Milina Entrée Chicken/Eggs
Moroccan cigars Image Appetizer Ground beef wrapped in dough
Mrouzia Image Main course A sweet dish of lamb with raisins, almonds and honey
Djaj mqalli Entrée Chicken cooked with preserved lemon
Pastilla Image Entrée Chicken/Almonds/Seafood
Rfissa Image Main course Lentils encased in filo pastry soaked in meat broth
Sardine Image Entrée Sardines with preserved lemon
Tajine Image Main course Meat, vegetables
Tangia Image Main course Meat, vegetables (a typical dish of Marrakesh)

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 Image Salad
Moroccan spreads Image Salad "Cooked salads."[7]
Taktouka Salad Grilled tomato and green pepper salad[8]
Lhzina Salad Oranges/Paprika/Black olives
Zaalouk Image Salad Cooked mixture of eggplant and tomatoes[7]

Condiments and sauces

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Name Image Type Description
Charmoula Image 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 Image Pickled lemons
Marinated Olives Image 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 Image 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) Image 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 Image Dessert Almond Paste/Sugar[1]
Limun bel-Qerfa o khayezzou mahekouk(carrotte) Dessert Oranges/Cinnamon
Ma'amoul Image Dessert Small shortbread pastries filled with dates, pistachios or walnuts (or occasionally almonds, figs, or other fillings).
Jowhara / Pastilla with milk Image Dessert Pastilla/Milk/Almonds/Vanilla
Rozz bel Hleeb (Rice pudding) Dessert Milk/Rice/Orange Blossom Water
Chebakia
Shabbakiya[1]
Image Dessert Fried dough "rose" dipped in honey and sesame seeds
Seffa
Sfaa[3]
Image Sweet couscous made with cinnamon, sugar, and sometimes studded with prunes, raisins and almonds.[1] It is served with cream.[3]
Sellou Image Dessert Roasted flour mixed with butter or olive oil, sugar or honey, cinnamon, almonds (or sometimes peanuts), and other ingredients[1]
Sfenj Freshly fried doughnuts bought from a shop on Rue de Berrima in Marrakech Dessert A doughnut sprinkled with sugar or soaked in honey.
Qrashel Qrashel or Qrishlat Dessert traditional sweet sesame rolls, made with anise and fennel and sprinkled with sesame, made in Morocco at least since the 16th century.
Meskouta 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 Image Moroccan 'nus-nus' or 'half-half'
Beet Juice Image Beets/Orange Blossom Water
Grape juice White grapes
Maghrebi mint tea Image Green tea with mint and copious sugar

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Catherine Hanger (2000). Morocco: World Food. Lonely Planet. p. 98. ISBN 1-86450-024-7.
  2. 1 2 "Moroccan Chicken Briouats - Like Eating a Bite-Sized Bastilla!". Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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. 1 2 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". Archived from the original on 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  9. ↑ "Moroccan Marinated Olives". Moroccan Zest. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
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