Dishes made with ghee
31 dishes from around the world that list ghee as a main ingredient.
Biryani
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreRice and spiced meat or vegetables layered and cooked together
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Naanनान
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLeavened flatbread baked in a tandoor or on a pan, soft and spotted with golden brown
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
JalebiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 6 moreDeep-fried spirals of batter soaked in syrup, enjoyed across Asia and Africa
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Snacks
BhangVeganभांग
🇮🇳 IndiaCannabis leaf paste used in drinks and sweets, central to Indian spring festivals
Drink, Snacks
Roti canaiரொட்டி சென்னை
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 5 moreUnleavened flatbread tossed thin and cooked until crisp, served with curry or dal
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
MohanthalVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaFudge-like sweet of gram flour, ghee and sugar from western India
Sweet or dessert
PanchamritaVegetarianपञ्चामृत
🇮🇳 IndiaA sacred blend of five sweet ingredients offered in Hindu and Jain rituals
Sweet or dessert
Tirupati LadduVegetarianశ్రీవారి లడ్డూ
🇮🇳 IndiaTemple sweet made of gram flour, ghee, cashew and cardamom, given as prasadam in Tirupati
Sweet or dessert
Gulab jamunVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDeep-fried milk dough balls soaked in rose-scented sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert
Paratha
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLayered flatbread from the Indian subcontinent, often fried and sometimes stuffed
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
LadduVegetarianलड्डू
🇮🇳 IndiaRound Indian sweet made with flour, sugar, ghee and often nuts or dried fruit
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Korma
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreA rich curry of meat or vegetables simmered in yogurt and spices
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Chicken tikkaMeat
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 2 moreBoneless chicken pieces marinated in yogurt and spices, cooked in a tandoor oven
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
MansafMeatمنسف
🇯🇴 Jordan and 3 moreLamb cooked in fermented yogurt sauce, served over rice and flatbread
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
HaleemMeat
🇮🇳 India and 7 moreA slow-cooked stew of wheat, lentils, meat and spices
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
Hyderabadi biryani
🇮🇳 IndiaBasmati rice and spiced meat cooked together in the Hyderabad style
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Dal makhaniVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreCreamy black lentils slow-cooked with butter and spices
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
BebincaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaGoan layer cake made with coconut milk, ghee, egg yolk, flour and sugar
Sweet or dessert
Gajar ka halwaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreGrated carrot cooked with milk, sugar, ghee and khoya, often served at Indian festivals
Sweet or dessert
Soan papdiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreCrisp, flaky sweet made from gram flour, sugar, ghee, and cardamom
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Pongal
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice cooked in milk, central to the Tamil harvest festival
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Puran PoliVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet stuffed flatbread enjoyed at festivals and special occasions in India
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
SheermalVegetarianشیرمال
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreA sweet, saffron-scented flatbread made with milk and cardamom
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Sarson ka saagVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMustard greens cooked with spices, a winter dish from Punjab
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
ImartiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDeep-fried black gram batter shaped into spirals and soaked in scented sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
KozhukattaVegetarianകൊഴുക്കട്ട (Malayalam), கொழுகட்டை (Tamil)
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSteamed rice flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Mysore pakVegetarianಮೈಸೂರು ಪಾಕ್
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA dense, golden sweet made from gram flour, sugar, and ghee
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Kaju katliVegan
🇮🇳 IndiaIndian sweet made from ground cashews and sugar, cut into diamond shapes
Sweet or dessert
ThekuaVegetarian
🇳🇵 Nepal and 1 moreFried sweet made from wheat flour, ghee and sugar or jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
ShankarpaliVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreDiamond-shaped sweet snack made from flour, sugar, ghee and semolina
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
KahkVegetarianكحك
🇪🇬 EgyptEgyptian shortbread biscuits dusted with powdered sugar, made for Eid and other feasts
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sheermal: Pranaykuma12, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hyderabadi biryani: Dheerajk88, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paratha: Wagaung at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jalebi: Gpkp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Panchamrita: Skubydoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bhang: Reuben Strayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Biryani: Shyamveer.singh1982, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Laddu: Rajdeep Das, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gulab jamun: Cabeza2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Korma: Miansari66, CC0, source
- Kahk: Rotana Nawwaf Al Hasanat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Roti canai: No machine-readable author provided. Jpatokal assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chicken tikka: kspoddar, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mansaf: Abdulla aljammal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Haleem: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Mohanthal: Dkgohil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gajar ka halwa: Prerna Jaddwani, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dal makhani: Charles Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Soan papdi: Abigail Batchelder, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bebinca: Warren Noronha, CC BY 2.0, source
- Puran Poli: No machine-readable author provided. Pamri assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, source
- Pongal: Jennifer Kumar, Public domain, source
- Sarson ka saag: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kozhukatta: Jayashree Govindarajan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mysore pak: Charles Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Imarti: TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kaju katli: Unknomics, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thekua: Magadhkingdom, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shankarpali: Vijay Sonar, CC BY 2.0, source