# The most famous traditional Moroccan dishes

The dishes of Moroccan cuisine that tell the story of its cities, from Friday couscous to Fez pastilla, according to Al Ain, Sayidaty and Moroccan food guides.

- 9 votes · 12 items
- Dec 25, 2025 · Mariam Mansour
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## Top 10

1. **Couscous** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Steamed hand-rolled semolina with seven vegetables and meat, the Friday dish in every Moroccan home; UNESCO intangible heritage since 2020.
2. **Pastilla** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Warqa pastry filled with pigeon or chicken, almonds, cinnamon and sugar, from Fez.
3. **Harira** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Tomato, lentil and chickpea soup with ginger and cinnamon, eaten with dates and chebakia at Ramadan.
4. **Tanjia marrakchia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Meat cooked for hours in a clay urn in the embers of a Marrakech hammam furnace.
5. **Mechoui** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Whole lamb slow-roasted, the dish of weddings and feasts.
6. **Bissara** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dried fava bean soup with olive oil and cumin, the popular winter dish of the north.
7. **Chebakia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fried sesame and honey pastry, harira's companion at Ramadan.
8. **Mint tea (atay)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Green tea with mint and sugar, the symbol of Moroccan hospitality.
9. **Rfissa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shredded msemen with chicken and lentils in fenugreek broth, for celebrations.
10. **Msemen and baghrir** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Moroccan breakfast pancakes with honey and butter.
11. **Zaalouk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Grilled aubergine salad with tomato, garlic and cumin.
12. **Tagine** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Meat or chicken slow-cooked in a clay pot with vegetables and spices, like chicken with preserved lemon and olives.

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