Vegetarian Israeli Recipes
Every dish here is Israeli cooking that is naturally vegetarian, no swaps required, each tied to a real region and its culinary story. Prefer to wander wider? Toggle vegetarian on any recipe on the site and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional swaps.
8 recipes
SabichTel Aviv, Israel · easy · 40 minPita stuffed with fried eggplant, hard-boiled egg, hummus, salad, and a drizzle of tangy amba and tahini.
Sabich MalawachTel Aviv, Israel · medium · 45 minA flaky, buttery Yemenite-Israeli pan-fried flatbread served with grated tomato and zhug.
HummusTel Aviv, Israel · easy · 1 h 15 minSilky-smooth chickpea and tahini puree pooled with olive oil, scooped up with warm pita, a Levantine lunch of devotion.
RugelachTel Aviv, Israel · medium · 2 h 30 minLittle rolled pastry crescents filled with chocolate or cinnamon, a bakery staple of Israel and the Jewish diaspora.
Cheese BourekasTel Aviv, Israel · medium · 55 minFlaky puff-pastry triangles filled with tangy feta and ricotta, glazed with egg and scattered with sesame and nigella seeds.
Salat Katzutz (Israeli Chopped Salad)Tel Aviv, Israel · easy · 20 minTomatoes and unpeeled cucumbers diced as small as you can with onion, pepper and parsley, dressed only with lemon juice, olive oil and salt.
Matbucha (Cooked Tomato and Pepper Salad)Tel Aviv, Israel · easy · 2 h 20 minCharred, peeled tomatoes and red peppers cooked slowly in olive oil with garlic and hot chili for an hour and a half until thick and jammy, served cool with bread among the first-course salads.
Ugiyot Tahini (Israeli Tahini Cookies)Tel Aviv, Israel · easy · 33 minCrumbly, shortbread-like cookies of butter, sugar, flour and a generous cup of raw tahini, scented with vanilla or cardamom and baked until just golden at the edges.
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