Galilee

Maqluba

• Kebab halabi—kebab served with a spicy tomato sauce and Aleppo pepper
• Kibbeh
• Kibbee bi-siniyyeh—
• Kibbeh nayyeh—
• Mansaf
• Maqluba—an "upside-down" dish, made with fried vegetables, meat (lamb), rice and eggplant
• Musakhan—large taboon bread topped with sumac, and onions
• Ruz wa Lahme ma' Laban—mix of rice and lamb topped with a mildly spicy yogurt^[1]
• Shish taouk—chicken pieces on skewers

West Bank

Musakhan

• Fasoulya beyda—white beans cooked in tomato sauce and served with rice
• Fasoulya khadra—green beans cooked in tomato sauce and served with rice
• Kafta b'thine—kafta balls cooked with tahini sauce and served with rice
• Kafta harra—kafta cooked in tomato sauce with potatoes, eaten alone or in pita bread
• Qidreh or Fukharat Qidreh is rice cooked with lamb meat or chicken with chickpeas, kurkuma, saffron, garlic and cardamom. Especially famous in Hebron. Served also on feasts, weddings and funerals. Traditionally made in clay pots in traditional old style stone ovens.
• Mahshi lift—a specialty of Hebron, turnips stuffed with rice, minced lamb meat and spices, cooked in tamarind sauce^[2]
• Mandi or Ruz ma lahma—in the West Bank, made by cooking meat, rice and vegetables in a taboon, as in other Arab States
• Mansaf—lamb cooked in a sauce of fermented dried yogurt and served with rice or bulgur
• Maqluba—an "upside-down" dish, made with fried vegetables, meat (chicken/lamb) and rice
• Musakhan—large taboon bread topped with poached chicken and sumac, red onions and toasted pine nuts along with various spices including nutmeg, cardamon and cinnamon
• Zarb—same as mandi, but cooked under high pressure in an airtight oven, and usually rice is substituted by bread (influenced by Jordanians)

Gaza

Sumaghiyyeh

• Fukharit 'adas—lentil flavored with red peppers, dill, garlic and cumin
• Maqluba—upside-down eggplant, rice, meat and cauliflower casserole
• Qidra—rice and meat pieces cooked with cloves, garlic and cardamom
• Rummaniyya—a mix of eggplant, pomegranate seeds, tahina, red peppers and garlic^[3]
• Sumaghiyyeh—beef and chickpea stew flavored with sumac, tahina and red peppers
• Zibdieh—a clay-pot dish of shrimp baked in a stew of olive oil, garlic, hot peppers, and peeled tomatoes

National

Mujaddara

• Ari'ih—rice and minced meat stuffed in pumpkins
• Falafel—fried hummus, spice and parsley ball or patty
• Fatta—dishes that include bread crumbs
• Hummus—a dip, spread, or savory dish made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic
• Kousa mahshi—rice and minced meat stuffed in zucchini cooked in a garlicky tomato broth
• Maftul—large couscous-like balls, garbanzo beans and chicken pieces cooked in chicken broth
• Malfuf—rice and minced meat rolled in cabbage leaves
• Maqluba—upside-down eggplant, rice, meat and cauliflower casserole
• Mloukiyyeh—Corchorus stew
• Mujaddara—lentil and bulgur dish
• Musakhan—large taboon breads with chicken, red onions, pine nuts, sumac, and spices; there is a popular modern version of musakhan rolls, where the spices, chicken, sumac, toasted pine nuts, and red onion are rolled in saj or tortilla bread
• Shawarma—a dish consisting of meat cut into thin slices, stacked in a cone-like shape, and roasted on a slowly-turning vertical rotisserie or spit; with a spread of toum (garlic paste) wrapped in saj bread
• Shurbat freekeh—green wheat soup, usually with chicken
• Waraq al-'anib—rice and minced meats rolled in grape leaves

Salads and dips

Baba ghanoush

Tahini with lemon and garlic

Galayet bandora

• Arabic salad—made of tomato, cucumber, onion, olive oil and lemon juice, Palestinian variant called Salatat al-bundura ("tomato salad")
• Baba ghanoush—aubergine (eggplant) salad
• Hummus—ground chickpeas with tahina and olive oil
• Fattoush—mixed leaf-vegetable salad with deep-fried pita bread pieces and sumac
• Ful medames—ground fava beans and olive oil
• Galayet bandora—a simple dish of tomatoes, onions, hot peppers, olive oil, and salt served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner
• Malfouf salad—typically consists of shredded cabbage, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt and dried mint
• Mfarakeh—a dish made of potato, egg, ghee, cumin powder, salt and pepper, in addition chopped coriander leaf for garnish
• Mutabbel—spicier version of baba ghanoush
• Tabbouleh—parsley and bulgur salad with diced tomatoes, onions and lemon juice
• Tahini—condiment made from toasted ground hulled sesame seeds

Cheeses and yogurts

Nabulsi cheese

• Akkawi—a white brine cheese originating from the city of Akka/Acre
• Halloumi—cheese with a high melting point which can easily be fried or grilled, making it a popular meat substitute
• Jibneh Arabieh—has a mild taste similar to feta but less salty
• Jameed—a hard dry laban made from ewe or goat's milk, kept in a fine woven cheesecloth to make a thick yogurt; typically served with Mansaf
• Kashk—made from drained yogurt or drained sour milk by shaping it and letting it dry
• Labeneh—tangy, smooth, creamy yogurt cheese; served with a drizzle of olive oil and sometimes zaatar
• Labneh Jarashieh:-

Round balls of labneh that are tangier and less creamy than regular labneh

• Nabulsi—Used in nabulsi cheese fatayirs, and can be eaten fresh as salty table cheese or fried in oil

Bread dishes

A Palestinian man from Ramallah using an aleb falafel while frying falafel

Sfiha.

• Fatayer—a meat pie that can be stuffed with spinach, or cheese such as feta or Akkawi, and za'atar
• Manakish—taboon bread topped with za'atar and olive oil
• Sambusak—fried dough balls stuffed with meat, pine nuts and onions
• Sfiha—flatbread topped with beef and red peppers
• Shawarma—pita bread roll of meat, tahini and various vegetables