Israeli cuisine

Israeli cuisine is a diverse and unique culinary style that has evolved over thousands of years. It is a fusion of traditional Jewish dishes and foods from around the Mediterranean and Middle East.

History[edit | edit source]

The history of Israeli cuisine is deeply rooted in Jewish dietary laws, agricultural traditions, and the wide-ranging influences of numerous cultures. The cuisine has evolved over centuries, shaped by Jewish immigrants from over 80 countries who brought their culinary traditions with them.

Ingredients[edit | edit source]

Israeli cuisine is known for its use of fresh, high-quality ingredients. These include a variety of fruits and vegetables, dairy products, fish, and meats. Olive oil, lemons, and various herbs and spices are also commonly used in Israeli cooking.

Dishes[edit | edit source]

Some of the most popular dishes in Israeli cuisine include falafel, hummus, shawarma, and schnitzel. Other notable dishes include baba ganoush, tabbouleh, and couscous, which are often served as part of a mezze platter.

Dietary Laws[edit | edit source]

Many Israeli dishes adhere to Kashrut, the set of Jewish dietary laws. These laws dictate what can and cannot be eaten, and how food must be prepared and eaten.

Influence and Global Recognition[edit | edit source]

Israeli cuisine has gained global recognition for its innovative fusion of traditional and modern cooking techniques, and its emphasis on fresh, high-quality ingredients. It has influenced and been influenced by other Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines.

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v t e Cuisine of Israel
List of dishes
History	Ancient Israelite cuisine Jewish cuisine Ashkenazi Bukharian Ethiopian Sephardi Mizrahi
Fruits and vegetables	Apple Artichoke Beet Cherry tomato Cabbage Cucumber Eggplant Garlic Horseradish Mango Onion Pomegranate Potato Radish Red cabbage Red onion Sabra Spinach Squash blossom Tomato
Other ingredients	Aleppo pepper Parsley Dill Honey Tehina Silan Dates Garbanzo beans Za'atar Sumac Hawaij Olive oil Olives Oregano Baharat Raisin Sachleb Semolina Thyme Cilantro Sesame Poppy seed Saffron Cardamom
Cheeses	Cottage cheese Cream cheese Tzfat cheese Halloumi Yogurt Israeli Feta Labneh Quark
Breads	Babka Challah Israeli pita Jachnun Krantz cake Kubaneh Lachooh Laffa Malawach Rye bread Bagel Pain petri Pita Pumpernickel bread
Salads	Israeli salad Moroccan carrots Red cabbage salad Turkish salad Watermelon and feta salad
Pasta	Hilopites Pastitsio Ptitim Trahanas
Fish	Tuna salad Tuna salad sandwich Tilapia Chraime Gavroi Sardines Tunafish Barbuniya
Soups	Avgolemono Chicken soup Cholent Chamin Kubbe Yemenite chicken soup Yemenite beef soup Yemenite bean soup Maraq Shu'it lebana Maraq Shu'it yerooqa
Meat	Shawarma Chicken or Turkey schnitzel Kofta Shish kebab Shish taouk Jerusalem mixed grill Sofrito Skewered goose liver Stuffed peppers
Sandwiches	Falafel Sabich Shawarma sandwich Tehina and silan sandwich Boureka sandwich
Dips and mezze	Fried Kubbeh Amba Baba ghanoush Bourekas Dolma Fried cauliflower Ful medames Harissa Hummus Hummus tehina Israeli style Ikra Kibbeh nayyeh Matboucha Muhammara Yogurt Zhoug
Grains and side dishes	Bulgur Couscous Farro Freekeh Latke Rice Rice pilaf Scorched rice Mujadara
Desserts	Halva Baklava Basbousa Halva ice cream Duvshaniot Sufganiyot Rugelach Hamantashen Ma’amoul Tahini cookie
Alcohol	Israeli beer Israeli wine Kosher wine Arak Tubi 60
Other drinks	Mint lemonade Rimonana Sahlab Mint tea Kafe shahor Ayran
Israeli restaurants	List of restaurants in Israel Bavel Taïm Zahav

v t e Middle Eastern cuisine
Arab	Bahraini Egyptian Iraqi Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Omani Palestinian Qatar Saudi Arabian Syrian United Arab Emirates Yemeni
Non-Arab	Cypriot Iranian Israeli Turkish
Ethnic and religious	Assyrian Azerbaijani Baloch Caspian cuisine Jewish Kurdish Levantine
Related cuisines	Afghanistan Armenian Balkan Caucasian Circassian Georgian Greek Indian Pakistani Pashtun

v t e Jewish cuisine
History	Ancient Israelite cuisine 1902 Kosher Meat Boycott American Chinese restaurant patronage
Types	American Jewish Ashkenazi Bukharan Ethiopian Israeli Mizrahi Sephardi Syrian Jewish Ugandan Jewish Yemenite
Religious dietary laws and related terms	Fleishig Kashrut Kitniyot Kosher Kosher airline meal Kosher for Passover Kosher restaurant Kosher style Mashgiach Milchig Pareve Shechita Treif
Chefs	Ron Ben-Israel Laura Frankel Ina Garten Gil Marks Joan Nathan Ruth Reichl Eyal Shani Michael Solomonov Yotam Ottolenghi Molly Yeh
Ashkenazi breads	Babka Challah Onion roll Pletzel Pumpernickel Rye Bread
Sephardi and Mizrahi breads	Bolo Challah Israeli pita Laffa Manakish Mouna Pain petri Pita Taboon bread Tandyr nan Water challah
Yemenite Jewish breads	Jachnun Kubaneh Lachooh Malawach
Ethiopian Jewish breads	Injera
Religious foods	Apples and honey Brisket Challah Charoset Dabo kolo Etrog Hanukkah gelt Maror Matzo Mishloach manot Mouna Pain petri Pekalach Showbread Teiglach Zeroa
Bagels and similar breads	Bagel Bagel Bites Bagel toast Bialy Everything bagel Montreal-style bagel New York style bagel Pizza bagel
Pancakes	Appam Atayef Blintz Chremslach Injera Keftes Keftes de prasa Latke Matzah brei Mofletta Noodle latkes
Flatbreads	Israeli pita Khubz Lachooh Laffa Lahmacun Lavash Malawach Manakish Markook shrek Matzo Pesaha appam Pita Pletzel Taboon bread Tandyr nan
Cakes and other desserts	Apple strudel Atayef Babka Bambalouni Basbousa Bolo Carrot pudding Cheesecake Coffee cake Crumb cake Dobosh Flourless chocolate cake Halva Halvah Halvah ice cream Honey cake Jewish apple cake Jordan almonds Kogel mogel Krantz cake Krembo Kugelhopf Lekach Linzer torte Lokum Malabi Marzipan Milky Mofletta New York cheesecake Plum cake Poppy seed roll Sesame seed candy Sfinj Sfinz Sponge cake Sufganiyot Strudel Streuselkuchen
Cookies	Alfajores Biscochos Black and white cookie Chinese cookie Egg kichel Duvshaniot Hamantaschen Honey buttons Jewish almond cookie Jødekager Kichel Kipfel Linzer cookie Ma'amoul Macaroons Mandelbread Rainbow cookie Rugelach Tahini cookie
Pastries	Baklava Bichak Bourekas Boyoz Chebureki Hojaldre Knish Nunt Pastelitos de hoja Pastilla Pirozhki Rugelach Sambusak Ziva
Fried foods	Blintz Buñuelo Brik Carciofi alla giudia Churro Falafel Fatoot Fatoot samneh Fish and chips Fried cauliflower Fritas de prasa Gribenes Jelly doughnut Keftes Keftes de prasa Kibbeh Ktzitzot Khubeza Latke Matzah brei Noodle latkes Potatonik Sfinj Sufganiyot Teiglach Tulumba
Dumplings, pastas and grain dishes	Bsisa Bulgur Couscous Dampfnudel Egg noodles Dolma Farfel Freekeh Gefilte fish Germknödel Gondi Kasha Kasha varnishkes Kneidlach Kreplach Kibbeh Kubbeh Lokshen kugel Macaroni hamin Manti Matzo ball Orez Shu'it Pelmeni Pierogi Pilaf Ptitim Shirin polo Shlishkes Soup mandels Tabbouleh Tahdig Vareniki
Casseroles and savory baked dishes	Brisket Cholent Hamin Holishkes Jerusalem kugel Kishka Knish Ktzitzot Khubeza Kugel Lokshen kugel Pom Potato kugel Potatonik Sólet Stuffed artichoke Stuffed cabbage Stuffed peppers Tagine
Snacks and other baked goods	Bamba Bissli Khachapuri Pitzuchim Pretzel Shkedei marak Stuffed dates
Sandwiches	Pastrami on rye Rachel Reuben Sabich Shawarma
Egg dishes	Beitzah Fatoot samneh Haminados Hardboiled egg Matzah brei Shakshouka
Meat dishes	Brisket Cholent Chopped liver Corned beef Doro wat Gribenes Gondi Hamin Helzel Hot dog Jerusalem hummus Jerusalem mixed grill Kebab Kibbeh Kishka Kofta Merguez Miltz Montreal smoked meat Pargiyot Pastilla Pastrami Plov Shawarma Skewered goose liver Schmaltz Shish kebab Shish taouk Tagine
Fish dishes	Chraime Dressed herring Fish and chips Gefilte fish Gravlax Herring Ikra Kipper Lox Pescado frito Pickled herring Schmaltz herring Smoked salmon Smoked whitefish Tunafish Tuna salad Tuna salad sandwich Vorschmack Whitefish salad
Salads and pickles	Apio Eggplant salad Israeli salad Kosher dill pickle Matbucha Pickled cucumber Tabbouleh Torshi
Vegetable dishes	Borani Dolma Stuffed cabbage Tzimmes
Soups and stews	Adom kubbeh Avgolemono Borscht Chamo kubbe Chicken noodle soup Chamin Chamo kubbeh Cholent Ghormeh sabzi Gondii Hamusta kubbeh Matzo ball soup Msoki Poike Sanbat wat Schav Sofrito Tarator
Cheeses and other dairy products	Akkawi Ayran Clarified butter Cottage cheese Cream cheese Farmer's cheese Feta Kashkaval Kefir Labneh Quark Sirene Smen Smetana Sour cream Strained yogurt Tzfat cheese
Condiments, dips and sauces	Applesauce Amba Baba ghanoush Charoset Chrain Filfel chuma Harissa Hilbeh Hummus Hummus tehina Horseradish Israeli style hummus Jerusalem hummus Muhammara Mustard Resek avganiyot Spicy brown mustard Tehina Zhoug
Beverages	Arak Beer Boukha Cel-Ray Dr. Brown's Egg cream Gazoz Grape juice Kedem Mint lemonade Manischewitz Mint tea Pomegranate juice Seltzer Tallah Vodka Perfect Wine
Herbs, spices and seasonings	Anise Baharat Cardamom Cinnamon Consommé Dried onion Everything bagel seasoning Hawaij Montreal steak seasoning Licorice root Nigella seeds Poppy seed Sesame seeds Za'atar
Related lists	List of foods with religious symbolism List of Jewish cuisine dishes List of kosher restaurants List of restaurants in Israel
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