Palestinian Recipes, Stories & Culture
Every dish carries a story.
Sumac Files preserves and shares Palestinian culinary heritage through recipes, family memory, pantry knowledge, and the living traditions of a cuisine carried across borders and generations.
More than hummus. More than a recipe.
Palestinian cuisine has its own ingredients, techniques, seasonal rhythms, and regional stories. Sumac Files is built as both a practical cooking resource and a cultural archive: a place to cook, learn, remember, and return.
From the Kitchen
Featured recipes
Main Dish
Musakhan
Sumac-roasted chicken over caramelized onions on taboon bread, born from the olive harvest and made for sharing.
Main Dish
Maqluba
A fragrant tower of rice, vegetables, and tender meat, flipped dramatically at the table.
Main Dish
Mansaf
Slow-cooked lamb in a rich, tangy jameed yogurt sauce over turmeric rice and shrak bread.
Know Your Ingredients
The Palestinian pantry
Summaq - سماق
Sumac
A crimson berry powder with a tart, lemony flavor and one of the defining tastes of Palestinian cooking.
Za'atar - زعتر
Za'atar
A blend of thyme, sumac, sesame, and salt, eaten with olive oil and bread and used across the breakfast table.
Zeit - زيت
Olive Oil
Olive oil is the heart of the Palestinian kitchen, used for cooking, dressing, preserving, and finishing.
Tahini - طحينة
Tahini
A smooth sesame paste used as a base for hummus, sauces, dressings, and table condiments.
Living Memory
