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
| Name Other names |
Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baghrir | .jpg) |
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 |
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Entrée | |
| Couscous |  |
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 |  |
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] |
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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 |
| Rfissa |  |
Main course | Lentils encased in filo pastry soaked in meat broth |
| Sardine |  |
Entrée | Sardines with preserved lemon |
| Tajine |  |
Main course | Meat, vegetables |
| Tangia |  |
Main course | Meat, vegetables (a typical dish of Marrakesh) |
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 |  |
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 | 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] |
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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) |
Dessert | A small cake made with orange, lemon, or vanilla |
Drinks
| 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 |
