Dishes made with chilli
21 dishes from around the world that list chilli as a main ingredient.
Butter chickenMeatमुर्ग़ मक्खनी
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreChicken in a rich, creamy tomato and butter sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Bunny chow
🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 moreA hollowed loaf of bread filled with curry, from Durban’s Indian community
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chilli crabMeat
🇸🇬 Singapore and 1 moreCrab stir-fried in a sweet and spicy tomato-chilli sauce
Main dish, Dinner
Bun chaMeatbún chả
🇻🇳 Vietnam and 1 moreGrilled pork served with rice noodles, fresh herbs and dipping sauce from Hanoi
Main dish, Lunch
Gulai
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreSpiced Southeast Asian stew with coconut milk and a blend of local herbs
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Asam pedasاسم ڤدس
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreA sour and spicy fish stew from maritime Southeast Asia
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SaltahMeatسلتة
🇾🇪 YemenYemen’s national stew of meat broth, fenugreek froth, and spicy salsa
Stew or curry, Lunch
Sarson ka saagVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMustard greens cooked with spices, a winter dish from Punjab
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
UttapamVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaA thick South Indian pancake topped with vegetables
Main dish, Breakfast
Nasi dagangناسي داڬڠ
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 2 moreRice cooked with coconut milk, served with fish curry and pickles
Main dish, Breakfast
Kaeng paMeatแกงป่า
🇹🇭 ThailandA spicy, watery Thai curry without coconut milk
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
HinavaFish or seafood
🇲🇾 MalaysiaSabah salad of raw fish dressed with citrus, chilli, onion and ginger
Salad or side
PapadzulesVegetarian
🇲🇽 MexicoTortillas filled with hard-boiled eggs, covered in pumpkin seed and tomato sauces
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Dahi baiganaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaEggplant in spiced yogurt from Odisha, often made for festivals
Main dish
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Dahi baigana: Subhashish Panigrahi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hinava: Alexander Synaptic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bunny chow: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Butter chicken: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bun cha: Larry, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Gulai: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chilli crab: megawatts86, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Asam pedas: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saltah: Rania al-Bahara, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Uttapam: Ramesh NG, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sarson ka saag: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Nasi dagang: :: cool ::, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kaeng pa: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Papadzules: Nosferattus, CC0, source