The power of Moroccan cuisine
Moroccan cuisine is considered one of the most prominent cuisines in the world, as it has an international dimension, because of its richness and variety. Moroccan cuisine is the result of many influences, including European, Amazigh Berbers, Arabs, Moors, etc. In this article, I will focus on what is specific to Moroccan cuisine and I will quote some Moroccan dishes, cakes, and certain types of bread.
What are the specifics of Moroccan cuisine?
Moroccan cuisine is very famous, especially because the Moroccan people rely on natural sources.
Firstly, it should be noted that the majority of Moroccans use natural oils such as olive oil and argan, which can not be found in any place in the world oil. In addition, the use of spices such as salt and pepper, ginger, turmeric, saffron, paprika, cumin, cinnamon and white pepper is essential to Moroccan cuisine.
In addition, Moroccan prefer to use natural herbs and aromatic plants such as onions, garlic, basil, parsley, green coriander, marjoram, mint, verbena and gray za'atar especially with tea and decoration.
Moroccan cuisine also uses different kinds of meat: chicken, lamb, goat meat, beef, camel, etc. In addition, the geographical position with Morocco, there is a wide variety of fish that plays an important role in Moroccan cuisine and Moroccans gives a chance to concoct many meals in which the fish is the most important element.
What are the most famous Moroccan meal?
In Morocco, you will have the chance to enjoy meals:
First, we couscous, which is one of the most famous Moroccan meal. It is the favorite of the majority of Moroccans lunch and Friday night of Ashura (one month after the "help al adha") meal.
There are many kinds of couscous. For example, there is the couscous with seven vegetables couscous with kourdass, sweet couscous or SEFFA, etc. In addition, the traditional Moroccan tagine can be prepared with fish or different types of meat (chicken, lamb, goat, beef and camel ) or vegetables. Adding to that, there are many other Moroccan dishes like attanjya, pastilla, baddaz, skewers, etc.
Some types of traditional Moroccan bread
There are very different types of traditional bread in Morocco. The best known is the Tafarnout bread, which is prepared in conventional manner using a conventional oven that is built from clay. But there are also many other kinds of Moroccan bread, namely r'ghayef the mlawi the harcha the Batbot, etc.
Some famous Moroccan cakes
In Morocco, you can enjoy different cakes and sweets, as briouat, which consists of a puff pastry stuffed with almonds and flavored with rose water. We also have kaab el ghouzal or "gazelle horn", which is prepared with the kind of puff pastry with almonds. There are many other cakes, as fekkas el, the ghroueyba, e'chebbakya, el bahlawa, etc., whose main ingredients are almonds and walnuts, orange blossom water, honey and sesame .
