Dishes made with cumin
50 dishes from around the world that list cumin as a main ingredient.
KhleaMeatالخليع
🇲🇦 MoroccoMoroccan strips of beef or lamb preserved in fat and spices
Sausage or cured food
KebapcheMeatкебапче
🇧🇬 BulgariaGrilled minced meat shaped like a sausage, a staple in Bulgaria
Grill or roast, Lunch, Dinner
Chili con carneMeat
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreA spicy stew of meat and chili peppers from Mexico and the United States
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PastirmaMeat
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreAir-dried cured meat coated in a spiced fenugreek paste
Sausage or cured food, Breakfast, Lunch
MerguezMeatمرقاز
🇩🇿 Algeria and 1 moreSpicy fresh sausage of lamb or beef from North Africa
Sausage or cured food
AnticuchoMeat
🇵🇪 Peru and 3 moreGrilled skewers of marinated meat, often beef heart, from the Andes
Main dish, Dinner, Snacks
MéchouiMeatمشوي
🇲🇦 Morocco and 2 moreWhole lamb spit-roasted over embers, a feast dish of North Africa
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Papa rellenaMeat
🇵🇪 Peru and 5 moreMashed potato croquettes stuffed with seasoned meat and deep-fried
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
BaltiMeatبالٹی گوشت
🇬🇧 United KingdomA British curry cooked quickly in a thin steel wok called a balti bowl
Main dish, Dinner
Opor ayamMeat
🇮🇩 IndonesiaChicken simmered in coconut milk with spices from Central Java, Indonesia
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Padang satayMeat
🇮🇩 IndonesiaGrilled skewered beef in a thick, spicy yellow sauce from West Sumatra
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pollo a la BrasaMeat
🇵🇪 PeruPeruvian rotisserie chicken cooked over charcoal and served with fries and sauces
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Jerusalem mixed grillMeatמעורב ירושלמי
🇮🇱 IsraelGrilled chicken offal and lamb with spices, a specialty of Jerusalem
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
HaminMeatחמין
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreA slow-cooked Jewish stew of grains, meat, beans and potatoes for the Sabbath
Stew or curry, Lunch
BoulfafMeatبولفاف
🇲🇦 MoroccoLiver kebabs wrapped in caul fat, grilled and served for Eid al-Adha in Morocco
Main dish, Lunch
Durus kuraMeat
🇧🇩 BangladeshWhole skinless chicken cooked in spiced broth and fried, from Chittagong
Main dish, Dinner, Lunch
KourdassMeat
🇲🇦 Morocco and 1 moreLamb offal sausage, salted, spiced, sun-dried and boiled for festivals and weddings
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.
- Balti: ayes, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pollo a la Brasa: Dtarazona, Public domain, source
- Méchoui: Andre Piquet, CC BY 3.0, source
- Papa rellena: Håkan Svensson (Xauxa)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chili con carne: Carstor, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Anticucho: No machine-readable author provided. Manuel González Olaechea assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pastirma: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kebapche: Ikonact, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kourdass: مصطفى ملو, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khlea: إيان, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Merguez: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Opor ayam: Sakurai Midori, CC BY 3.0, source
- Padang satay: Sakurai Midori, CC BY 3.0, source
- Jerusalem mixed grill: Peterjerusalem, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Durus kura: Idbanm, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Boulfaf: Zouhir, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hamin: Itzuvit, CC BY-SA 3.0, source