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Thali

Dishes made with chilli pepper

5 dishes from around the world that list chilli pepper as a main ingredient.

Sambal 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreA spicy Southeast Asian paste or sauce made mainly from ground chillies Sauce, pickle or ferment

Qatlamaقتلمہ 🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreFried layered flatbread found across Central Asia, Pakistan, and Turkey Bread

Kottu rotiකොත්තු රොටි 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 1 moreSri Lankan street dish of chopped roti stir-fried with meat, egg, vegetables and spices Main dish, Dinner, Lunch

Arroz chaufa 🇵🇪 PeruPeruvian fried rice with meat, egg, vegetables and soy sauce Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

Rougail 🇫🇷 France and 2 moreA spiced tomato sauce from the Indian Ocean islands, used in many Creole dishes Main dish

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Arroz chaufa: Dtarazona, Public domain, source
Sambal: Windi Utari, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Kottu roti: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Qatlama: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Rougail: flo77220, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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