List of Israeli dishes

The following is a list of Israeli dishes. For the cuisine, see Israeli cuisine (Hebrew: המטבח הישראלי).

Main dishes

Meat

  • Jerusalem mixed grill—originating in Jerusalem,[1] a mixed grill of chicken hearts, spleens and liver mixed with bits of lamb cooked on a flat grill, seasoned with a spice blend and served with rice, mujaddara or bamia
  • Kubba seleqstew or soup made of beet
  • Mergueza spicy sausage originating in North Africa, mainly eaten grilled in Israel
  • Moussakaoven-baked layered ground-meat and eggplant casserole
  • Schnitzelfried chicken breast with breadcrumb or spice-flavored flour coating
  • Shashlikskewered and grilled cubes of meat
  • Skewered goose liver—flavored with spices

Fish

Gefilte fish topped with slices of carrot
  • Denessein the coastal region, baked with yogurt, tomatoes, garlic, dried mint and cucumbers; also prepared fried
  • Gefilte fish—traditional Ashkenazi Jewish quenelles made of carp, whitefish, or pike, typically eaten as an appetizer
  • TilapiaSt. Peter's fish, eaten in Israel and especially in Tiberias fried or baked with spices

Vegetarian

Ptitim
  • Brik—thin pastry around a filling, commonly deep fried
  • Burgul—wheat, cooked in many ways
  • Hamin—long-cooked Shabbat stews made with a variety of meats, grains and root vegetables
  • Jakhnun—pastry served on Shabbat morning with fresh grated tomato and skhug, eaten for breakfast especially on Shabbat
  • Khachapuri—bread filled with eggs and cheese
  • Kishka—stuffed derma, typically cooked in Shabbat stews
  • Ktzitzot Khubeza—a patty made of mallow, bulgur/bread crumbs, eggs, onion, olive oil
  • Kubba bamia—dumplings made of semolina or rice and okra cooked in a tomato stew or soup
  • Macaroni Hamin—a traditional Sephardic Jerusalemite dish, originally from the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem
  • Malawach—bread eaten with fresh grated tomato and skhug
  • Orez Shu'it—white beans cooked in a tomato stew and served on rice
  • Ptitim—toasted pasta shaped like rice grains[2]
  • Ziva—puff pastry topped with sesame seeds and filled with cheese and olives

Soups

Soup with matzah balls

Meze

Bourekas served with Israeli salad, olives and feta cheese
  • Bourekasphyllo or puff pastry filled with vegetables, cheese, meat, spices, herbs, nuts, pickles, etc. (comes from börek)
  • Kreplach—small dumplings filled with ground meat, mashed potatoes or another filling, usually boiled and served in chicken soup, though they may also be served fried.

Salads and dips

Salat ḥatzilim b'mayonnaise

Cheeses and yogurts

Safed cheese (Tzfat)
  • Cottage cheese
  • Circassian cheese—a mild cheese that does not melt when baked or fried, and can be crumbled
  • Feta cheese
  • Gvina levana—Israeli quark cheese, sold in different fat content variations (1-2%, 3%, 5% and 9%)
  • Milky—yogurt with chocolate pudding, vanilla whipped-cream and other variations
  • Sirene—a type of brined cheese made in the Balkans
  • Tzfat cheese—semi-hard salty sheep milk cheese

Spices and condiments

  • Ras el hanout—used in many savory dishes, sometimes rubbed on meat or fish, or stirred into couscous, pasta or rice
  • Sumac—dried fruits are ground to produce a tangy, crimson spice
  • Hawaij—a variety of Yemeni ground spice mixtures
  • Filfel chuma—a chili-garlic paste similar to a hot sauce originating from Libyan Jews
  • Skhug—the hot sauce of choice in the Middle East, made from chili peppers, cilantro, and various spices, red or green, depending on the color of the chilis
  • Amba—tangy mango pickle condiment of Iraqi-Jewish and Kurdish-Jewish origin

Breads

Breads

  • Bagel—a ring of yeasted wheat dough, roughly hand-sized, first boiled for a short time in water and then baked
  • Challah—a special bread of Eastern-European origin in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, usually braided
  • Kubaneh—traditional Yemenite Jewish bread similar to monkey bread
  • Malawach—thin layers of puff pastry brushed with oil or fat and cooked flat in a frying pan
  • Matzah—an unleavened flatbread
  • Mofletta—a thin crêpe made from water, flour and oil
  • Sliced bread—less common today

Bread dishes

Snacks

Grill-flavored Bissli
  • Bamba—a peanut-butter-flavored snack
  • Bissli—popular flavors are "Grill" and "Barbecue", others include onion, smoky, pizza, falafel, Mexican, and hamburger
  • Bourekas—a popular baked pastry
  • Cow Chocolate—a brand of chocolate products
  • Frikandel—a sort of minced-meat hot dog
  • Klik—various chocolate, candy, and chocolate-covered products, including chocolate-covered corn flakes and malted milk balls
  • Krembo—a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat
  • Mekupelet—a bar of thinly folded milk chocolate
  • Pannekoek special—pancake or crêpe filled with Nutella chocolate spread and banana
  • Pesek Zman—brand of chocolate bar
  • Sufganiyah—a round jelly doughnut
  • Sfenj—a light, spongy ring of dough fried in oil, eaten plain, sprinkled with sugar, or soaked in honey
  • Tortit—a wafer coated with chocolate containing rum-like almond cream

Sweets and desserts

Rugelach

Beverages

Limonana

Other

Starch

See also

References

  1. Ottolenghi, Y.; Tamimi, S. (2012). Jerusalem: A Cookbook. Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony. p. 326. ISBN 978-1-60774-395-8. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  2. Gaunt, Doram (May 9, 2008). "Ben-Gurion's rice". Haaretz. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. "A Brief History of Falafel in Israel".
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