The Rabat-Salé region offers the chance to discover one of the most magical corners of Morocco. Not only the capital, a metropolis in the process of change and modernisation but which still retains that traditional touch that makes it unique, but another town a stone's throw away where you can appreciate the most genuine vestiges of this beautiful part of the Maghreb. Secretplaces offers you the chance to stay in the best charming hotels in the area, or would you prefer something more authentic? How about a romantic getaway in an ancient North African palace? Choose one of our charming riads in the medina, real havens of peace and serenity where you can enjoy a dream retreat.
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Most of the region's typical dishes are based on pasta - such as couscous, the mainstay of Moroccan cuisine - vegetables and meat. Although some types of fish are also eaten. The use of spices is also very common and they are present in many dishes.
The traditional cuisine has resulted from a mixture of different styles and ingredients, and is homemade, with recipes being passed down orally from generation to generation. For example, seven-vegetable couscous is very typical. It is usually eaten on special occasions - and despite its name, it may contain lamb meat - and is prepared using ingredients such as onions, tomatoes, carrots, turnips, pumpkin... and spices such as turmeric, ginger and cloves.
Also well known is Harira, a soup typical of the whole country, which is quite thick and contains ingredients such as flour, tomato, chickpeas, and onion, as well as spices. And Tajine, which refers to the container in which it is served - an earthenware dish with a conical lid - prepared with lamb meat in general, or chicken on some occasions, with pulses and other vegetables, plums, lemon, olives, and other ingredients. Kefta is another popular dish, a kind of skewer made of highly spiced meat and vegetables.
And you cannot end an authentic Moroccan meal without trying the famous Moorish tea - with mint, which is quite sweet and oxygenated by pouring it several times into the glass and returning it to the teapot to improve its digestive properties - which is offered as a token of hospitality. The region's sweets are delicious, mostly made from almonds and honey. Pancakes are also common, as are doughs made from flour such as bagrer or harcha.
