Dishes made with chilli
21 dishes from around the world that list chilli as a main ingredient.
Samosa
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreFried or baked pastry with a spiced filling, shaped into triangles or cones
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Lunch
Bhel puriVegan
🇮🇳 IndiaPuffed rice snack tossed with chutneys, sev and crisp puris, sold on Mumbai streets
Street food, Snacks, Tea time
Rojakrujak (ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀)
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreA spicy-sweet fruit and vegetable salad with peanut and palm sugar dressing
Salad or side, Snacks
BhajiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreSpiced vegetable fritters from the Indian subcontinent, often sold as street snacks
Street food, Snacks
Bunny chow
🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 moreA hollowed loaf of bread filled with curry, from Durban’s Indian community
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Batata vadaVegetarianबटाटा वडा
🇮🇳 IndiaDeep-fried potato patties from Maharashtra, coated in chickpea flour batter
Street food, Snacks
Singjuꯁꯤꯡꯖꯨ
🇮🇳 IndiaA spicy Manipuri salad of seasonal vegetables, with or without fermented fish
Salad or side, Snacks, Tea time
Chotpotiচটপটি
🇧🇩 BangladeshBangladeshi street food of potatoes, chickpeas, and tangy toppings
Street food, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rojak: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Samosa: kspoddar, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bunny chow: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bhel puri: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Batata vada: Arthrajsinh Solanki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bhaji: balu, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chotpoti: Ferdous, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Singju: Punshiba18, CC BY-SA 3.0, source