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
Gulai
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreSpiced Southeast Asian stew with coconut milk and a blend of local herbs
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chilli crabMeat
🇸🇬 Singapore and 1 moreCrab stir-fried in a sweet and spicy tomato-chilli sauce
Main dish, Dinner
Asam pedasاسم ڤدس
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreA sour and spicy fish stew from maritime Southeast Asia
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Sarson ka saagVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMustard greens cooked with spices, a winter dish from Punjab
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Kaeng paMeatแกงป่า
🇹🇭 ThailandA spicy, watery Thai curry without coconut milk
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Singjuꯁꯤꯡꯖꯨ
🇮🇳 IndiaA spicy Manipuri salad of seasonal vegetables, with or without fermented fish
Salad or side, Snacks, Tea time
PapadzulesVegetarian
🇲🇽 MexicoTortillas filled with hard-boiled eggs, covered in pumpkin seed and tomato sauces
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.
- Bunny chow: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Butter chicken: stu_spivack, 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
- Sarson ka saag: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kaeng pa: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Singju: Punshiba18, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Papadzules: Nosferattus, CC0, source