List of Palestinian dishes
A typical Palestinian breakfast with pita, hummus, and labaneh
The following is a list of Palestinian dishes. For the cuisine, see Palestinian cuisine.
Main dishes by region
Galilee
- Kibbeh balls - Minced meat in bulgur crust, fried into ball shapes
- Kibbee bi-siniyyeh - Oven baked kibbee
- Kibbeh nayyeh - Raw meat with bulgur, onions and spices
- Mansaf - Lamb cooked in a sauce of fermented dried yogurt and served with rice or bulgur
- Maqluba - An "upside-down" dish, made with fried vegetables, meat (chicken/lamb) and rice
- Musakhan - Large taboon bread topped with sumac, onions and pepper
- Ruz wa Lahme ma' Laban - Mix of rice and lamb topped with a mildly spicy yogurt
- Shish taouk - Chicken pieces on skewers
- Kebab Halabi - kebab served with a spicy tomato sauce and Aleppo pepper
West Bank
- Fasoulya Beyda - White beans cooked in tomato sauce and served with rice.
- Fasoulya Khadra - Green beans cooked in tomato sauce and served with rice.
- Kafta b'thine - Kafta balls cooked with thine sauce and served with rice.
- Kafta hamra - Kafta cooked in tomato sauce and potatoes. It can be eaten alone or in Pita bread.
- Mahshi Lift - A specialty of Hebron, turnips stuffed with rice, minced lamb meat and spices, cooked in Tamarind sauce.
- Mandi - also called Ruz ma Lahma in the West bank, its made by cooking meat, rice and vegetables in a Taboon, Similar to other Arab States.
- Mansaf - Lamb cooked in a sauce of fermented dried yogurt and served with rice or bulgur
- Maqluba - An "upside-down" dish, made with fried vegetables, meat (chicken/lamb) and rice
- Musakhan - Large taboon bread topped with sumac, onions and pepper.
- Zarb - same as Mandi but its cooked under high pressure in an airtight oven. Usually rice is substituted by bread. Influenced by Jordanians.
Gaza
- Fukharit 'adas - Lentil flavored with red peppers, dill, garlic and cumin.
- Maqluba - upside-down eggplant, rice, meat and cauliflower casserole.
- Qidra - Rice and meat pieces cooked with cloves, garlic and cardamom.
- Rummaniyya - Mix of eggplant, pomegranate seeds, tahina, red peppers and garlic.
- Sumaghiyyeh - Beef and chickpea stew flavored with sumac, tahina and red peppers.
- Zibdieh - Shrimp cooked with red peppers, garlic and peeled tomatoes
National
- Ari'ih - Rice and minced meat stuffed in pumpkins
- Bamia - Okra cooked with tomato sauce and onions
- Waraq al-'anib - Rice and minced meats rolled in grape leaves
- Fatta - Dishes involving bread crumbs.
- Shurbat freekeh - Green wheat soup, usually with chicken.
- Kousa Mahshi - Rice and minced meat stuffed in zucchinis
- Maftul - Large couscous like balls, garbanzo beans and chicken pieces cooked in chicken broth.
- Malfuf - Rice and minced meat rolled in cabbage leaves
- Maqluba - An upside-down eggplant, rice, meat and cauliflower casserole.
- Mujaddara - Lentil and bulgur casserole
- Mloukiyyeh - Corchorus stew
- Musakhan - Large taboon breads with chicken, onions, sumac, and allspice.
Side dishes
Salads and dips
Tahini with lemon and garlic
- Arabic salad - Salad made of tomato, cucumber, onion, olive oils and lemon juices.
- Baba ghanoush - Aubergine salad
- Hummus - Ground garbanzo beans with tahina and olive oil
- Fattoush - Mixed leaf vegetable salad with pita bread pieces and sumac
- Ful medames - Ground fava beans and olive oil
- Mutabbel - Spicier version of aubergine salad
- Tabbouleh - Parsley and bulgur salad with diced tomatoes, onions and lemon juice
- Tahini - Ground wheat and semolina flour paste
Cheeses and yogurts
- Ackawi - White salty and smooth table cheese
- Jibneh Arabieh - Any white table cheese
- Jameed - cheesecloth yogurt
- Labeneh - Strained yogurt
- Nabulsi - Sweet white cheese
Breads
Bread dishes
- Falafel (could be served plain) - Fried hummus, spice and parsley ball
- Fatayer - Spinach, za'atar or beef pie
- Manakish - Taboon bread topped with za'atar and olive oil
- Sambusak - Fried dough balls stuffed with meat, pine nuts and onions
- Sfiha - Flat bread topped with beef and red peppers
- Shawarma - Pita bread roll of meat, tahini and various vegetables
Beverages
Palestinian arak
- Arak - Anise flavored alcoholic beverage
- Helba - Fenugreek beverage
- Kharroub - Carob juice
- Qamar Eddine - Apricot juice
- Sahlab - boiled milk with starch, covered with smashed coconut and cinnamon
- Tamar hindi - Tamarind juice
- Zanjabeel - Ginger beverage
Sweets
Kanafeh in a pan
- Kanafeh - Cheese pastry soaked in sweet sugar-based syrup
- Baklava - Sweet pastry made of layers of filo
- Qatayef - Sweet dumpling filled with cream or nuts
- Ma'amoul - Shortbread pastries filled with dates, pistachios or walnuts
References
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