List of Israeli dishes

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

Meat

 * Jerusalem mixed grill—originating in Jerusalem, 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 seleq—stew or soup made of beet
 * Merguez—a spicy sausage originating in North Africa, mainly eaten grilled in Israel
 * Moussaka—oven-baked layered ground-meat and eggplant casserole
 * Schnitzel—fried chicken breast with breadcrumb or spice-flavored flour coating
 * Shashlik—skewered and grilled cubes of meat
 * Skewered goose liver—flavored with spices
 * Kabanos — is a long, thin, dry sausage usually made of pork which originated in Poland, and is also very popular in Israel

Fish

 * Denesse—in 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
 * Tilapia—St. Peter's fish, eaten in Israel and especially in Tiberias fried or baked with spices

Vegetarian

 * 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
 * Ziva—puff pastry topped with sesame seeds and filled with cheese and olives

Soups

 * Maraq 'Adashim—lentil soup cooked with tomato sauce
 * Maraq Shuit—white-bean soup cooked with tomato sauce
 * Matzah ball—dropped into a pot of salted boiling water or chicken soup, a staple food on Passover.
 * Shkedei marak—small yellow squares made from flour and palm oil.

Meze



 * Bourekas—phyllo 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

 * Cabbage salad
 * Carrot salad
 * Coleslaw
 * Greek salad
 * Hamusim—vegetables pickled in a pot, such as cucumber and cabbage, eggplant, carrot, turnip, radish, onion, caper, lemon, olives, cauliflower, tomatoes, chili, bell pepper, garlic and beans
 * Israeli salad—made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, parsley
 * Matbucha—cooked dish of tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper
 * Salat avocado—rural salad made of avocados, with lemon juice and chopped scallions
 * Salat ḥatzilim b'mayonnaise—contains fried eggplant, mayonnaise, garlic
 * Sabich salad—rural salad dish, the ingredients are almost the same as in sabich itself without the hummus and pita bread

Cheeses and yogurts

 * 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

 * 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

 * Bagel toast
 * Falafel in pita–Israeli pita stuffed with falafel balls and Israeli salad
 * Havita b'laffa—omelette in taboon bread, served with hummus or labneh
 * Jerusalem mixed grill—can be served in pita or laffa
 * Lahmacun—round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb) and minced vegetables and herbs including onions, tomatoes and parsley, then baked
 * Sabich—served in pita, traditionally containing fried eggplant, hard-boiled eggs, hummus, tahini, Israeli salad, potato, parsley and amba. Traditionally it is made with haminados eggs. Sometimes it is doused with hot sauce and sprinkled with minced onion
 * Tunisian sandwich—warm sandwich with tuna, hard-boiled egg, potato, harissa and olives

Snacks

 * 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
 * Wafer
 * 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

 * Fazuelos—Sephardic pastries of thin fried dough
 * Hamantash—an Ashkenazi triangular filled-pocket cookie
 * Ice cream—ice creams, ice pops, and sorbets come in many flavors including halva, hummus, Bamba, arak, watermelon, sirene, labane, and za'atar
 * Cheesecake—are very popular in Israel, especially during Shavuot when it is customary to eat dairy foods.
 * Crumb cake—is a cake made of yeast dough covered with a sweet crumb.
 * Krantz cake—variations include one filled with chocolate and raspberry jam, another soaked in honey syrup
 * Kugel—a baked pudding or casserole, most commonly made from egg noodles
 * Lahoh—a spongy, pancake-like bread originating from Somalia and the Horn of Africa
 * Lekach—a honey-sweetened cake
 * Levivot—Hanukah latkes (potato pancakes)
 * Pannekoek special—pancake or crêpe filled with Nutella chocolate spread and banana
 * Rugelach—a triangle of dough around a filling
 * Silan—date honey
 * Watermelon with sirene or safed cheese, and sometimes mint leaves

Beverages

 * Apricot juice
 * Arak—Anise-flavored alcoholic beverage, sometimes flavored with grapefruit or khat juices instead of water
 * Beer
 * Gat—A juice made of khat, in Jerusalem it is mixed with citron and named Etrogat
 * Limonana—type of lemonade made from freshly-squeezed lemon juice and mint leaves
 * Orange juice
 * Pomegranate juice
 * Pomegranate wine
 * Shoko Bsakit—chocolate milk in a bag
 * Sugarcane juice
 * Tea—sometimes flavored with rosewater, mint, lemon juice, honey or date honey
 * Turkish coffee
 * Vodka—distilled beverage composed primarily of water and ethanol, sometimes with traces of impurities and flavorings
 * Wine

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