The 20 most famous dishes of Morocco
Moroccan cuisine is one of the world's richest, mixing sweet and savoury, spices and herbs, slow tagines and steamed couscous, with Amazigh, Arab and Andalusian influences.
1Seven-Vegetable Couscous
Morocco's Friday dish: couscous steamed twice and crowned with meat and seven vegetables in a broth scented…
2Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon & Olives
Chicken slow-cooked with onion, ginger and saffron until tender, finished with preserved lemon and green…
3Pastilla (Bastilla)
A royal pie of warqa pastry filled with spiced chicken or pigeon and toasted almonds, dusted with sugar and…
4Harira
Morocco's Ramadan soup of tomato, lentils, chickpeas, meat and vermicelli, thickened with flour and fragrant…
5Tanjia Marrakchia
Beef cooked for hours in a clay urn buried in the ashes of the traditional hammam furnace with preserved…
6Rfissa
Torn msemen flatbread soaked in a broth of free-range chicken scented with fenugreek, lentils and ras el…
7Méchoui (Roast Lamb)
Whole lamb or lamb shoulder rubbed with butter and cumin and slow-roasted until it falls apart, eaten by hand…
8Kefta Mkaouara (Meatball Tagine)
Small meatballs simmered in tomato sauce spiced with cumin and paprika, with eggs cracked on top at the end.
9Lamb Tagine with Prunes & Almonds
Tender lamb in a cinnamon-saffron sauce with honeyed prunes, fried almonds and sesame — the sweet-and-savoury…
10Zaalouk
A cooked salad of aubergine and tomato with garlic, cumin, paprika and olive oil, eaten warm or cold with…
11Bissara
A thick soup of dried split fava beans with garlic, cumin and olive oil — the popular winter breakfast of…
12Msemen
Square, flaky flatbreads folded with butter and semolina and cooked on a griddle, eaten with honey and butter…
13Baghrir
Spongy semolina "thousand-hole" pancakes, cooked on one side only and soaked in melted butter and honey.
14Chebakia
Flower-shaped cookies flavoured with sesame, anise and orange blossom, fried and dipped in honey — harira's…
15Moroccan Mint Tea
Green tea with fresh mint and sugar, poured from a height to make foam — the symbol of Moroccan hospitality.
16Seffa Medfouna
Steamed vermicelli or couscous shaped into a dome and decorated with sugar, cinnamon and almonds, sometimes…
17Maakouda (Potato Fritters)
Mashed potato patties with garlic, cumin and coriander, dipped in egg and fried — a Ramadan street-food…
18Moroccan Sfenj
Light rings of dough fried until puffy and sprinkled with sugar — a street breakfast sold hot, strung on palm…
19Fish Tagine with Chermoula
Fish marinated in chermoula (coriander, garlic, cumin, paprika, lemon) and cooked over potatoes, tomatoes and…
20Sellou (Sfouf)
A toasted mixture of flour, almonds and sesame with butter, honey and anise — an energy-rich sweet for…