List of Palestinian dishes

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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

Maqluba

• Kibbee 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

Musakhan

• 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.
• 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.

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

Mujaddara

• 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

Baba ghanoush

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

Markook

• Khubz
• Markook
• Pita
• Taboon

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