Food of Palestine
Palestinian cooking is built on olive oil, za'atar, sumac, lamb, chicken and seasonal vegetables. Dishes like musakhan, maqluba and maftoul are served on large platters for families, with fresh salads and bread. Sweets such as kunafa are shared with coffee.
Musakhan
Roasted chicken on flatbread with sumac onions, loved in olive-harvest season.
How to make Musakhan- Main dishes (8)
- Breakfast (4)
- Street food (2)
- Soups (1)
- Salads (3)
- Breads (1)
- Desserts and sweets (3)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (6)
Staples
- olive oil
- chicken
- lamb
- chickpeas
- tomato
- eggplant
- wheat
- bread
Signature flavors
- sumac
- za'atar
- allspice
- cumin
- lemon
- garlic
Main dishes
Roasted chicken on flatbread with sumac onions, loved in olive-harvest season.
Key ingredients: chicken, onion, sumac, taboon breadFull guide →
Upside-down rice with vegetables and meat.
Key ingredients: rice, cauliflower, eggplant, chickenFull guide →
Hand-rolled wheat pearls with chicken and chickpeas.
Key ingredients: maftoul, chicken, chickpeas
Lamb in yogurt sauce over rice.
Key ingredients: lamb, jameed, riceFull guide →
Lentils with rice and onions.
Key ingredients: lentils, rice, onionFull guide →
Jute mallow stew.
Key ingredients: molokhia, chickenFull guide →Rice and lamb in a clay pot.
Key ingredients: rice, lamb, chickpeasSumac stew with beef and chard.
Key ingredients: beef, sumac, chard, tahiniBreakfast
Warm chickpea dip with olive oil.
Key ingredients: chickpeas, tahiniFull guide →
Fava beans with lemon.
Key ingredients: fava beans, lemonFull guide →
Bread dipped in olive oil and za'atar.
Key ingredients: bread, za'atar, oil
Chickpea fritters.
Key ingredients: chickpeas, herbsFull guide →Street food
Spit-roasted meat in bread.
Key ingredients: chicken, garlic sauceFull guide →
Sesame bread.
Key ingredients: flour, sesameSoups
Yellow soup with cumin.
Key ingredients: lentilsSalads
Cucumber and tomato with mint and lemon.
Key ingredients: cucumber, tomato
Bread salad.
Key ingredients: pita, sumacFull guide →
Eggplant dip.
Key ingredients: eggplantFull guide →Breads
Clay oven bread.
Key ingredients: flourDesserts and sweets
Cheese pastry from Nablus.
Key ingredients: kataifi, cheeseFull guide →
Stuffed pancakes.
Key ingredients: batter, nuts
Date cookies.
Key ingredients: semolina, datesFull guide →Drinks
Cardamom coffee.
Key ingredients: coffeeFull guide →
Tea with fresh sage.
Key ingredients: sage
Chilled.
Key ingredients: tamarind
Sweet cold drink.
Key ingredients: carobFruits and produce
Olive oil is the heart of the cuisine.
Key ingredients: oil
Fresh and dried.
Key ingredients: freshFull guide →
Cactus fruit.
Key ingredients: fresh
Sweet oranges.
Key ingredients: juice
Summer melons.
Key ingredients: chilledFull guide →
Jericho dates.
Key ingredients: snacksFull guide →Dish guides from Palestine
More cuisines of Western Asia
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Georgia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Türkiye
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Mushakhan Dish: Kokaly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Makluba: Arafataslan, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Moroccan cuscus, from Casablanca, September 2018: Lmmima, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mansaf, the traditional dish of Jordan: Jktab, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mujaddara: Bazel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Molokheya Egypt, 2012: Habib M'henni, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lebanese style hummus: Beyrouthhh at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ful medames: Zachbe at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Closeup image of za'atar, a blend of origanum syriacum (hyssop, sumac, sesame seeds and salt: Fshadid, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Falafels 2: Popo le Chien, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Shawarma 2: Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Arabkaak: Nsaum75, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- EgFoodLentilSoup: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A large mixed salad: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fattoush mixed-salad: Arousing Appetites, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baba Ganoush 05of05 (8735238183): Breville USA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Künefe: elif ayse, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- قطايف عصافيري2: عباد ديرانية, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mamoul biscotti libanesi: fugzu, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A dallah a traditional Arabic coffee pot with cups and coffee beans: Canbel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Salvia officinalis0: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tamarindus indica pods: B.navez, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ceratonia siliqua Keciboynuzu 1370984 Nevit: Nevit Dilmen (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Olivesfromjordan: en:User:Nickfraser, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ficus carica L, 1771: Trew, C.J, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dikenli İncir (Opuntia ficus-indica) Gaziantep Turkey.IMG 1104: YG01, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Oranges - whole-halved-segment: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Taiwan 2009 Tainan City Organic Farm Watermelon FRD 7962: Fred Hsu (Wikipedia:User:Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dates005: Nepenthes, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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