Morocco

🇩🇿Algeria

Algerian Merguez

مرقاز

Merguez is a red, paprika-and-garlic lamb sausage with long-established Algerian, Tunisian, Moroccan, and Libyan forms.

🇲🇦Morocco

Amlou

أملو

Ground almonds blended with culinary argan oil and honey into a glossy Moroccan spread.

🇲🇦Morocco

Argan Oil

زيت الأركان

Nutty culinary oil pressed from Moroccan argan kernels and used in cooking, dipping, and amlou.

🇪🇭Western Sahara

Atay (Mint Tea)

أتاي

Green tea steeped with fresh mint and poured sweet from a long-spouted pot into small glasses.

🇲🇦Morocco

Babbouche

A Moroccan snail soup: snails simmered in a heavily spiced broth of cumin, paprika, and herbs.

🇲🇦Morocco

Baghrir (Thousand-Hole Pancakes)

بغرير

Yeasted semolina pancakes cooked on one side so hundreds of tiny holes open across the surface.

🇲🇦Morocco

Bakoula (Mallow Salad)

بقولة

Cooked mallow leaves chopped with garlic, preserved lemon, olive oil, and spices into a Moroccan salad.

🇲🇦Morocco

Batbout (Pocket Bread)

بطبوط

Small Moroccan griddle breads puffed into pockets, served plain or split around a savoury filling.

🇲🇦Morocco

Berber Tagine (Soussi)

طاجين سوسي

A Souss (Atlas) Berber tagine of mixed vegetables and free-range meat, drizzled with argan oil and turmeric. A regional and rustic specialty, hearty and wholesome, a mountain and Berber classic, a national and regional dish.

🇲🇦Morocco

Bissara

بصارة

A thick puree of dried fava beans, garlic, cumin, and olive oil served hot as a Moroccan soup-like dish.

🇲🇦Morocco

Boulfaf

A Moroccan skewer of liver and fat wrapped in caul fat, grilled until crisp.

🇲🇦Morocco

Brik

بريك

Thin malsouka pastry folded around egg, tuna, potato, capers, or herbs and fried until the shell shatters.

🇲🇦Morocco

Briouat

بريوات

Crisp warqa pastry parcels filled with savoury meat, seafood, cheese, or sweet nuts and honey.

🇲🇦Morocco

Brochettes

بروشيت

Moroccan skewers of marinated meat grilled over coals, commonly minced kefta or small chicken pieces.

🇲🇦Morocco

Charmoula (Chermoula)

شرمولة

A Moroccan fish marinade of cilantro, parsley, garlic, cumin, paprika, lemon, and oil.

🇲🇦Morocco

Chbaa

شباعة

A regional Moroccan soup built around wheat or semolina, legumes, and warmly spiced broth.

🇲🇦Morocco

Chebakia

شباكية

Sesame dough twisted into flower shapes, fried, and coated in honey and orange blossom.

🇩🇿Algeria

Couscous

كسكس

Steamed semolina granules served with vegetables, pulses, meat, or fish; couscous has distinct preparations across North Africa.

🇲🇦Morocco

Djaj M'qualli

دجاج مقلي

Chicken braised with preserved lemon, saffron, and green olives until the sauce is glossy and savoury.

🇲🇦Morocco

Fekkas

فقاص

Twice-baked Moroccan biscuits studded with almonds, anise, or sesame and sliced into crisp rusks.

🇲🇦Morocco

Ghriba

غريبة

Crackled Moroccan cookies made from almond, coconut, or semolina flour with a soft, sandy centre.

🇲🇦Morocco

Grilled Sardines

سردين مشوي

Whole Moroccan sardines rubbed with herbs and spices and grilled over charcoal.

🇲🇦Morocco

Harcha (Semolina Rounds)

حرشة

Moroccan semolina griddle cakes, dense and golden, served with butter, honey, or jam. A breakfast and tea-time staple, crumbly and savory

🇪🇭Western Sahara

Harira

حريرة

Tomato soup thickened with lentils, chickpeas, herbs, and sometimes vermicelli, finished with a little flour.

🇲🇦Morocco

Harira (Ramadan)

حريرة رمضان

The Ramadan version of harira, the soup that breaks the fast at sunset, served with dates and chebakia. A national and religious tradition, hearty and tangy, a Ramadan icon, a daily Iftar staple, a national dish.

🇲🇦Morocco

Harissa

هريسة

A red chilli paste seasoned with garlic, cumin, and oil, used to sharpen Moroccan soups, tagines, and sandwiches.

🇲🇦Morocco

Hout Tagine (Fish)

طاجين الحوت

Fish baked or simmered in a Moroccan tagine with tomato, preserved lemon, olives, or chermoula.

🇲🇦Morocco

Jawhara

A Moroccan pastry of crisp phyllo layers filled with almond paste, shaped like a jewel and honey-glazed.

🇲🇦Morocco

Kaab el Ghazal (Gazelle Horns)

كعب الغزال

Delicate crescent pastries of almond paste scented with orange blossom inside thin, pale dough.

🇩🇿Oran, Algeria

Karantika

كرنتيكا

Chickpea flour whisked with water, oil and egg and baked into a soft, custardy flan, cut into squares and served in bread with cumin and harissa.

🇲🇦Morocco

Kefta

كفتة

Finely minced meat mixed with Moroccan cumin, paprika, onion, herbs, and salt for grilling or stews.

🇲🇦Morocco

Kefta Tagine (Meatballs & Eggs)

كفتة بالطماطم

Spiced minced beef (or lamb) meatballs simmered in a tomato-onion sauce with cumin and paprika, eggs cracked in at the end. A comforting, affordable Marrakech classic, served with bread, a national dish.

🇲🇦Morocco

Khlea

Moroccan preserved beef or lamb cooked with spices and stored under fat for later use.

🇲🇦Morocco

Khlii (Preserved Meat)

خليع

Moroccan preserved dried meat (beef or lamb) in fat, a national and traditional ingredient. Used in eggs, tagines, and bread, savory and rich

🇲🇦Morocco

Khobz (Moroccan Bread)

خبز

Round Moroccan hearth bread with a firm crust and close crumb, used to scoop stews and salads.

🇲🇦Morocco

Khobz Ferran (Communal Oven Bread)

خبز الفرن

The Moroccan bread baked in a communal oven (ferran), a daily and neighborhood tradition