Jewish food traditions
Sabbath dishes, the Passover Seder and the food of the festivals.
Tajineطاجين
🇲🇦 Morocco and 4 moreNorth African stew slow-cooked in a cone-lidded clay pot
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CholentMeatטשאָלנט
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreA slow-cooked Jewish stew of meat, beans, grains and potatoes for the Sabbath
Stew or curry, Lunch
Fesenjānفسنجان
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 morePersian stew of pomegranate, walnuts and poultry, served with rice
Main dish, Dinner
HaleemMeat
🇮🇳 India and 7 moreA slow-cooked stew of wheat, lentils, meat and spices
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
Chicken paprikashMeatpaprikás csirke
🇭🇺 Hungary and 2 moreChicken simmered in paprika sauce, often finished with sour cream
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Wat
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreEthiopian and Eritrean stew thickened with onions and spiced butter
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Tzimmesצימעס
🇮🇱 IsraelA sweet Jewish stew of carrots, dried fruit and sometimes meat
Stew or curry, Dinner
ChraimeFish or seafoodحرايمي
🇱🇾 Libya and 1 moreNorth African fish stew simmered with tomatoes and spices
Main dish, Dinner
HaminMeatחמין
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreA slow-cooked Jewish stew of grains, meat, beans and potatoes for the Sabbath
Stew or curry, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cholent: en:User:AlexMilkis, Public domain, source
- Haleem: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Chicken paprikash: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Tajine: Bawdeep2010, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fesenjān: stringparts, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tzimmes: Gilabrand ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chraime: Bar.levy141, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hamin: Itzuvit, CC BY-SA 3.0, source