Dishes made with cooking oil
16 dishes from around the world that list cooking oil as a main ingredient.
TomatokeftedesVegan
🇬🇷 GreeceFried tomato fritters from Santorini made with herbs and flour
Street food, Snacks
Tempura天ぷら
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreSeafood or vegetables coated in a light batter and deep-fried
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Nasi goreng
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreSoutheast Asian fried rice seasoned with sweet soy sauce and spices
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
TonkatsuMeat豚カツ
🇯🇵 JapanDeep-fried pork cutlet coated in crisp panko breadcrumbs
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
BerlinerVegetarian
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreJam-filled German doughnut without a central hole, dusted with sugar or glazed
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Sambal
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreA spicy Southeast Asian paste or sauce made mainly from ground chillies
Sauce, pickle or ferment
Banana chipVegan
🇵🇭 Philippines and 4 moreCrispy slices of banana, fried or dried, eaten as a snack or sweet
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Latke
🇵🇱 Poland and 2 moreCrispy potato fritters enjoyed during Hanukkah in Jewish homes
Main dish, Dinner, Snacks
Chanpurūチャンプルー
🇯🇵 JapanOkinawan stir-fried mix of tofu, vegetables, and meat or fish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Funnel cakeVegetarian
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDeep-fried batter dessert served at fairs and carnivals
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
KhajaVegetarian𑂎𑂔𑂳𑂩𑂲
🇮🇳 IndiaCrisp, layered pastry deep-fried and soaked in sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
DiplesVegetarianΔίπλες
🇬🇷 GreeceGreek fried pastry dipped in syrup, shaped into spirals or bow ties
Sweet or dessert
WurstsalatMeat
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreSliced sausage and onions marinated in vinegar and oil, served as a tangy salad
Salad or side, Snacks, Lunch
Shirin poloVegetarian
🇮🇷 IranPersian rice pilaf with saffron, nuts, and dried fruits for festive occasions
Main dish, Dinner, Lunch
Dambou
🇳🇪 Niger and 2 moreSteamed cereal grains mixed with moringa leaves and vegetables
Main dish
RolexVegetarian
🇺🇬 UgandaOmelette and vegetables wrapped in chapati, a popular Ugandan street food
Street food, Breakfast, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Berliner: Lear 21, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khaja: Subhashish Panigrahi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nasi goreng: shankar s., CC BY 2.0, source
- Tonkatsu: Minseong Kim, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sambal: Windi Utari, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dambou: Saliousoft, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rolex: Teefe Timothy Mulindwa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tomatokeftedes: Sam Holt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tempura: Yaco*, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chanpurū: Jpatokal, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Funnel cake: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banana chip: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wurstsalat: Rainer Z ..., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Diples: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Latke: Mark Mitchell, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shirin polo: Yallayallaletsgo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source