Traditional dishes in Jordan were based on cereals, legumes, wild herbs, cracked wheat, mushrooms, wild artichoke, and sheep and goat products, including yogurt. The national dish is the Mansaf, a Bedouin specialty of lamb seasoned with aromatic herbs, lightly spiced, cooked in dried yogurt, and served on a large platter of rice, almonds, pine kernels, and other nuts (the use of the special dried yogurt is what sets Jordanian Mansaf apart from that of Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, where it is also considered the “national dish”).

Other popular dishes are lamb kebabs, Jaaj mashwee (roasted chicken accompanied by bread, salad, and hummus), Fasooliyeh (a tomato-based bean stew, usually served with rice), Bazelleh (A tomato based pea stew, usually served with rice), Batatas (potato stew), Mlukhiyyeh (a kind of spinach stew cooked with chicken or beef pieces and served with rice), Mahshi (vegetables stuffed with rice and meat), and Waraq dawaalee (steamed grape leaves stuffed with rice and meat).