Dishes made with cardamom
54 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
Sheer khurmaVegetarianشير خرما
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA sweet vermicelli pudding with milk, dates and nuts for Eid celebrations
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Masala chaiVegetarianचाय
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreBlack tea brewed with milk, spices and sugar, served hot across India
Drink, Breakfast, Tea time
WeisswurstMeatWeißwurst
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreMild veal and pork sausages gently cooked and served warm, a Bavarian morning tradition
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
GloggGlögg
🇸🇪 Sweden and 2 moreNordic spiced mulled wine, served warm at Christmas
Drink, Tea time, Snacks
Qatayefقطايف
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreSweet stuffed pancakes, folded and filled with nuts or cream, served for Ramadan
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Soan papdiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreCrisp, flaky sweet made from gram flour, sugar, ghee, and cardamom
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
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
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
ImartiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDeep-fried black gram batter shaped into spirals and soaked in scented sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
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
QottabVegetarianقطاب
🇮🇷 IranDeep-fried Iranian pastry filled with almond, sugar and cardamom
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
KruidnotenVegetarian
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 1 moreSmall, spiced Dutch biscuits eaten for Sinterklaas
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Osmania BiscuitVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaA sweet and salty tea biscuit from Hyderabad, often served with Irani chai
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Jaynagarer MoaVegetarianজয়নগরের মোয়া
🇮🇳 IndiaA winter sweet from West Bengal made with date palm jaggery and Kanakchur popped rice
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Unni appamVegetarianഉണ്ണിയപ്പം
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet fried rice cakes with banana and jaggery from Kerala
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Shahi TukraVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreFried bread soaked in sweetened milk and spiced with saffron and cardamom
Sweet or dessert, Dinner, Snacks
Kuwaiti teaVeganالشاي الكويتي
🇰🇼 KuwaitSweet cinnamon or saffron tea served in Kuwaiti homes and gatherings
Drink, Breakfast, Lunch
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
- Weisswurst: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shawarma: جنان مريش, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Masala chai: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Soan papdi: Abigail Batchelder, 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
- 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
- Qottab: No machine-readable author provided. Roozitaa assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kruidnoten: Hanno Lans, CC BY 4.0, source
- Osmania Biscuit: Jyothivalaboju, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jaynagarer Moa: TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Unni appam: Riyaz Ahamed at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Shahi Tukra: Sumit Surai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source