Dishes made with cardamom
37 dishes from around the world that list cardamom as a main ingredient.
ShawarmaMeatشاورما
🇸🇾 Syria and 5 moreMeat roasted on a vertical spit and sliced into flatbread with sauces and vegetables
Street food, Lunch, Dinner
JalebiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 6 moreDeep-fried spirals of batter soaked in syrup, enjoyed across Asia and Africa
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Snacks
KahwahVegan
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA spiced green tea from Kashmir, often served with saffron and nuts
Drink
Sheer khurmaVegetarianشير خرما
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA sweet vermicelli pudding with milk, dates and nuts for Eid celebrations
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Tirupati LadduVegetarianశ్రీవారి లడ్డూ
🇮🇳 IndiaTemple sweet made of gram flour, ghee, cashew and cardamom, given as prasadam in Tirupati
Sweet or dessert
ShrikhandVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSweetened strained yogurt with cardamom and saffron, served chilled
Sweet or dessert
KhabeesVeganالخبيص
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates and 5 moreA sweet breakfast dish of flour, oil, cardamom and saffron from the Gulf region
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast
AkvavitVegan
🇳🇴 Norway and 4 moreA Scandinavian spirit flavoured with caraway or dill, often enjoyed at festive meals
Drink, Dinner, Lunch
LassiVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaYogurt blended with water and spices, served chilled
Drink
Gulab jamunVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDeep-fried milk dough balls soaked in rose-scented sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert
KheerVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreA sweet pudding of rice, milk and sugar, flavoured with cardamom and nuts
Sweet or dessert
Masala chaiVegetarianचाय
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreBlack tea brewed with milk, spices and sugar, served hot across India
Drink, Breakfast, Tea time
Kabsaكبسة
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 4 moreRice and meat cooked with aromatic spices, a staple of the Arabian Peninsula
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
WeisswurstMeatWeißwurst
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreMild veal and pork sausages gently cooked and served warm, a Bavarian morning tradition
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Qatayefقطايف
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreSweet stuffed pancakes, folded and filled with nuts or cream, served for Ramadan
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
GloggGlögg
🇸🇪 Sweden and 2 moreNordic spiced mulled wine, served warm at Christmas
Drink, Tea time, Snacks
Ras malaiVegetarian
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreSoft chhena discs soaked in sweet, creamy milk and flavoured with cardamom and saffron
Sweet or dessert
Gajar ka halwaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreGrated carrot cooked with milk, sugar, ghee and khoya, often served at Indian festivals
Sweet or dessert
Soan papdiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreCrisp, flaky sweet made from gram flour, sugar, ghee, and cardamom
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Rogan joshMeat
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKashmiri lamb or goat curry with a deep red sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
MalpuaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreSweet deep-fried pancakes from the Indian subcontinent, often dipped in syrup
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
PedaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaThick, sweet milk fudge balls flavoured with cardamom
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Puran PoliVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet stuffed flatbread enjoyed at festivals and special occasions in India
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
SheermalVegetarianشیرمال
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreA sweet, saffron-scented flatbread made with milk and cardamom
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Nasi kuningVegetarian
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreRice cooked with coconut milk and turmeric, served for celebrations across Indonesia
Rice dish, Breakfast, Lunch
TaftanVegetarianتافتان
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreLeavened Iranian bread baked in a clay oven, sometimes scented with saffron
Bread
ImartiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDeep-fried black gram batter shaped into spirals and soaked in scented sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
KozhukattaVegetarianകൊഴുക്കട്ട (Malayalam), கொழுகட்டை (Tamil)
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSteamed rice flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Mysore pakVegetarianಮೈಸೂರು ಪಾಕ್
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA dense, golden sweet made from gram flour, sugar, and ghee
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
HimbashaVegetarian
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreEthiopian and Eritrean sweet bread decorated with a wheel pattern
Bread
Cardamom breadVegetarian
🇫🇮 Finland and 3 moreEnriched Nordic sweet bread scented with cardamom, served with coffee or tea
Bread, Snacks, Tea time
ThekuaVegetarian
🇳🇵 Nepal and 1 moreFried sweet made from wheat flour, ghee and sugar or jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Mishti doiVegetarianমিষ্টি দই
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSweetened fermented yogurt from Bengal, set in earthen pots
Sweet or dessert
QottabVegetarianقطاب
🇮🇷 IranDeep-fried Iranian pastry filled with almond, sugar and cardamom
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
ZardaVegetarianزردہ
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSweet rice cooked with saffron, dried fruit and nuts, often served at celebrations
Sweet or dessert
WatalappamVegetarian
🇱🇰 Sri LankaSri Lankan coconut custard pudding with jaggery, spices and cashew nuts
Sweet or dessert
PelauMeat
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago and 1 moreA one-pot rice and meat dish from the Caribbean, darkened with caramelised sugar
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sheermal: Pranaykuma12, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jalebi: Gpkp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kahwah: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Weisswurst: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shawarma: جنان مريش, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gulab jamun: Cabeza2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lassi: Swami Stream, CC BY 2.0, source
- Himbasha: Temesgen Woldezion (edited by Merhawie Woldezion), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kheer: stu spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Masala chai: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Khabees: Fabiorahamim, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kabsa: Miansari66, CC0, source
- Ras malai: Subhransuphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pelau: Grueslayer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shrikhand: Secretlondon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gajar ka halwa: Prerna Jaddwani, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Soan papdi: Abigail Batchelder, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rogan josh: gahdjun, CC BY 2.0, source
- Malpua: Senjuti Dey, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Peda: Prashant Sahu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Puran Poli: No machine-readable author provided. Pamri assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, source
- Nasi kuning: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kozhukatta: Jayashree Govindarajan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Qatayef: Fjmustak, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glogg: Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mysore pak: Charles Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Imarti: TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cardamom bread: W.carter, CC0, source
- Thekua: Magadhkingdom, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mishti doi: Kirti Poddar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Qottab: No machine-readable author provided. Roozitaa assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Watalappam: Ankur P, CC BY 2.0, source
- Zarda: Miansari66, CC0, source