Moroccan all barley harcha galettes or bread : Khobz elcha’ir or Mehrache
If making bread gives you headache, this healthy version is the right thing for you!Barley bread or flat galette is a common thing across Morocco. Barley happens to be one of the healthiest option one...
View ArticleMoroccan Stuffed cardoons with kofta
Stuffed cardoons or Dolma of cardoons is an interesting Sephardic dish found in a few areas of Morocco. However, it's even more interesting that not all Jews of Morocco seem to cook it.Although stuffed...
View ArticleStuffed dried apricots - Mechmach mâammar
-Guest post-Today's post has been put together by a friend of mine who shares with me the love for everything Moroccan. We share similar interests when it comes to finding the origin of Moroccan...
View ArticleChilled Moroccan avocado juice
Avocado juice is one of Moroccan street food fixes that you can order in any coffee shop or Mahlaba (dairy shop).It's a great breakfast option for many in the major Moroccan cities. It really fills one...
View ArticleHealthy barley and steel-cut oat bread (Moroccan barley and oat rolls)
Based on the same recipe for Moroccan barley bread and galettes, I decided to replace barley semolina with steel-cut oat/oat bran. It turned out to be a wonderful combination that gives a moister...
View ArticleMoroccan fish balls tagine (sardine or whiting fish balls), many ways of...
Fish balls in Morocco are a coastal thing, and we have two coasts, which make fish balls tagines quite common. A fish ball tagine is even part of Moroccan street food of these cities.Adding rice to the...
View ArticleMoroccan stuffed chicken with spinach - roasted or steamed option
Steamed or roasted chicken recipes are one of the healthiest meal options in Moroccan cooking. You can combine both cooking methods by steaming the birds ahead of time then roast them for colour and...
View ArticleFekkas d' Lihoud : Fat-free thin Moroccan Jewish biscuits
A while ago, I spotted some moulds of different shapes in Essaouira and when asked, the shop keeper said it was for Fekkas d'lihoud. Now fekkas is a form of Moroccan biscotti and lihoud refers to Jews....
View ArticleMoroccan skewered and grilled meat - Kabab
Brochettes of meat, kidney or liver are one of the classic options in Moroccan street food.Brochettes (skewers in French) are the siblings of Turkish shish kebab, only the meat is marinated differently...
View ArticleMoroccan spiced honeyed Ramadan sweet: Bouchnikha and Mouarraqah
I have previously posted a recipe for Bouchnikha only this time it comes with spices and you can relate it more to its cousin griouech or mkharqa or chebbakia (here and there).I wanted to revive the...
View ArticleMoroccan slow-cooked meat with cumin -L'ham mkoumen
L'ham mkoumen is one of the simplest and tastiest recipes I've recently discovered and it comes straight from the Marrakech culinary repertoire.Mkoumen means "with cumin" and l'ham refers to meat which...
View ArticleGerman Amerikaners or American black and white cookies
I got so addicted to these cakey cookies when I lived in Germany that I had to buy them from the bakery every other day. So every time I miss my time there, these are one of the recipes I bake.I...
View ArticleMoroccan peanut shortbread from the North
I finally got hold of the best recipe for these melt-in-the-mouth shortbreads from Northern Morocco where there is an abundance of peanuts growing around Larache and its surrounding.Compared to other...
View ArticleSavoury Moroccan fekkas (biscuits) with spicy salami and cheese
Every time I make these savoury biscuits I end up eating more than a handful in one serving. That's how they are addictive. They can perfectly replace a bowl of salty nuts, chips or pretzels on the...
View ArticleMoroccan skewered and grilled meat - Kebab
Well hello there and welcome to the page!Unfortunately, the recipe you are looking for has moved to a new external address.Click on this link or copy the link below to find all about...
View ArticleI am back, here and there!
Well hello readers and followers!I have been away but not really. This site was a bit dormant. Many personal reasons to that and especially around my little ones.However, I have some good news. I have...
View ArticleMoroccan ghrieba (macaroon) with almond and peanuts
I was looking for an old set of family recipes I gathered when I was still living in Morocco and I stumbled upon this irresistible and chewy ghrieba/ghrouiba.Ghrieba with almond and peanuts is very...
View ArticleMoroccan corn ghrieba with aniseed
A gluten-free harcha-meet-ghrieba with Moroccan flavours, how about that for a treat? I thought you'd like it!As much as most of our ghrieba recipes (here, here, here and there and there) are on the...
View ArticleMoroccan couscous with walnut and aubergines
Couscous with walnut, couscous Jawzi - الكسكس الجوزي is a recipe that caught my interested the first time I watched on Choumicha's show about regional cooking. The recipe was executed by a wonderful...
View ArticleCooked Moroccan potato, pepper and tomato salad
Here is a decades old recipe, if not centuries, coming straight from my family’s “grimoire”. This cooked salad of potatoes, pepper and tomato salad has a funny name in our family: we call it Drapeau...
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