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A FOOD TRADITION

Moroccan Cuisine

A diverse North African cooking tradition shaped by Amazigh, Arab, Andalusian, Jewish, and Mediterranean influences, known for slow-cooked stews, couscous, breads, salads, pastries, and spice blends.

Dishes linked to this cuisine

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Babbouche

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Baghrir

Baghrir is a Moroccan fermented semolina pancake cooked on one side until its surface develops many small holes.

Bakoula

A Moroccan cooked mallow-leaf salad seasoned with garlic, olive oil, cumin, coriander, preserved lemon, and sometimes sesame.

Batbout

Batbout is a Moroccan yeast-risen flatbread cooked on a griddle and commonly split for stuffing or serving with accompaniments.

Bissara

A smooth North African fava-bean purée seasoned with garlic and cumin and finished with olive oil.

Briouat

Moroccan briouat are crisp folded pastry parcels filled with savory seasoned meat or a sweet almond mixture and commonly finished with honey or sugar.

Brochettes

Brochettes are skewered grilled foods. In Burundi, commonly served kebab versions include beef, goat, and chicken; in Morocco, brochettes are also established as street food.

Chebakia

Chebakia is a Moroccan sesame pastry shaped into a flower, fried until crisp, and coated with honey.

Couscous

Algerian couscous consists of steamed wheat semolina served with vegetables, chickpeas, and often lamb in a seasoned broth.

Fekkas

Fekkas is a Moroccan twice-baked, crisp cookie typically prepared with flour, eggs, sugar, almonds, raisins, sesame, and aromatic spices.

Ghriba

Ghriba is a Moroccan baked cookie commonly made with sugar, eggs, flour, and almond or other nut-based ingredients, with regional versions using sesame or coconut.

Harcha

Harcha is a Moroccan semolina griddle cake made from a rich dough or batter and browned on a hot pan.

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