Moroccan Vegetarian Recipes

Morocco's meat-free repertoire is enormous — vegetables, pulses, bread and spice.

9 recipes

Moroccan vegetable dishes with chickpeas, aubergine and peppers

Tall glass of Moroccan avocado smoothie topped with cinnamon and chopped almonds

Moroccan Drinks

Moroccan Avocado Smoothie — Jus d'Avocat

The thick, cold avocado and milk drink sold at every Moroccan juice bar, sweetened with dates and dusted with cinnamon.

5 minEasy

Moroccan vegetable tagine with carrots, courgette, chickpeas and apricots arranged in a cone

Moroccan Tagines

Moroccan Vegetable Tagine with Chickpeas

Root vegetables, chickpeas and apricots layered in a tagine with ginger, turmeric and preserved lemon, cooked until the sauce thickens around them.

80 minEasy

Moroccan carrot salad with cumin, parsley and lemon in a shallow dish

Moroccan Salads

Moroccan Carrot Salad with Cumin and Garlic

Carrots barely softened, then dressed warm with garlic, cumin, paprika and lemon so they take up the flavour as they cool.

20 minEasy

Two round loaves of Moroccan khobz bread on a wooden board

Moroccan Bread

Khobz — Everyday Moroccan Bread

Round semolina and flour loaves baked flat and soft, the bread used as a fork at every Moroccan meal.

45 minEasy

Moroccan mint tea poured from a silver teapot into a decorated glass with fresh mint

Moroccan Drinks

Moroccan Mint Tea — Atay bi Na'na'

Gunpowder green tea steeped with a large bunch of spearmint and sugar, then poured from a height into small glasses.

15 minEasy

Moroccan baghrir pancakes covered in tiny holes with honey and butter

Moroccan Breakfast

Baghrir — Moroccan Thousand-Hole Pancakes

Light semolina pancakes cooked on one side only, covered in tiny holes that soak up melted butter and honey.

30 minEasy

Stack of Moroccan msemen flatbread squares with honey drizzled over

Moroccan Breakfast

Msemen — Moroccan Layered Flatbread

Squares of semolina dough stretched paper thin, folded with butter and pan-fried into flaky layers for breakfast with honey and tea.

70 minMedium

Moroccan taktouka salad of roasted green peppers and tomato in a shallow dish

Moroccan Salads

Taktouka — Moroccan Roasted Pepper and Tomato Salad

Charred green peppers and tomato simmered with garlic and paprika into a soft, sweet cooked salad eaten with bread.

55 minEasy

Dish of Moroccan zaalouk aubergine and tomato salad drizzled with olive oil

Moroccan Salads

Zaalouk — Moroccan Smoky Aubergine and Tomato Salad

Aubergine and tomato cooked down with garlic, cumin and paprika until jammy and smoky, served warm or cold with bread.

55 minEasy

About vegetarian recipes

Much of Moroccan home cooking is vegetarian by default. Cooked salads, pulse soups, vegetable tagines and bread with olive oil make up a large share of what is actually eaten on an ordinary day.

The flavour comes from the same places as the meat dishes: cumin, paprika, garlic, coriander, preserved lemon and good olive oil.

Everything in this category is meat-free as written, with dairy and egg noted where they appear.

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Moroccan chicken with preserved lemon and green olives in a serving dish

Chicken Recipes

Preserved lemon, olives, chermoula and saffron — chicken the Moroccan way.

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Moroccan beef tagine with prunes, sesame seeds and almonds

Beef & Lamb Recipes

Slow-cooked shoulder, kefta, prunes and almonds — the richest corner of Moroccan cooking.

3 recipes

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