# The best Israeli dishes

The dishes that define Israeli cuisine according to Mishlohim's 'blue and white' list, Tekoa's list of the most Israeli foods and SeaLife: from fiery shakshuka to sabich, hummus and falafel.

- 0 votes · 16 items
- Jun 27, 2026 · Noam Avraham
- https://even.best/en/l/1188/the-best-israeli-dishes

## Top 15

1. **Hummus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A plate of hummus with tahini, olive oil and warm pitta.
2. **Falafel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried chickpea balls in pitta with salad and tahini.
3. **Shakshuka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Eggs poached in a spicy tomato and pepper sauce.
4. **Sabich** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pitta with fried aubergine, hard-boiled egg, tahini and amba.
5. **Shawarma** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Meat roasted on a rotating spit, in pitta or laffa.
6. **Me'orav Yerushalmi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jerusalem mixed grill of chicken hearts, livers and thighs.
7. **Israeli salad** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Finely diced tomato and cucumber with lemon and olive oil.
8. **Jachnun** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yemenite dough baked overnight, with egg and grated tomato.
9. **Malawach** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried Yemenite flaky flatbread with schug and grated tomato.
10. **Bourekas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Puff pastries filled with cheese, potato or spinach.
11. **Schnitzel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Breaded chicken schnitzel, a lunchtime must.
12. **Kubbeh** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Semolina or bulgur dumplings stuffed with meat, in sour soup.
13. **Ptitim** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tiny Israeli pasta born during the austerity era.
14. **Bamba** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Israel's peanut snack, loved by children and adults.
15. **Malabi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Milk pudding with rose water, syrup and peanuts.
16. **Rugelach** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rolled yeast pastries with chocolate.

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