Dishes made with ghee
55 dishes from around the world that list ghee as a main ingredient.
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
Roti canaiரொட்டி சென்னை
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 5 moreUnleavened flatbread tossed thin and cooked until crisp, served with curry or dal
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Paratha
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLayered flatbread from the Indian subcontinent, often fried and sometimes stuffed
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
HaleemMeat
🇮🇳 India and 7 moreA slow-cooked stew of wheat, lentils, meat and spices
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
Pongal
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice cooked in milk, central to the Tamil harvest festival
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
SheermalVegetarianشیرمال
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreA sweet, saffron-scented flatbread made with milk and cardamom
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
KozhukattaVegetarianകൊഴുക്കട്ട (Malayalam), கொழுகட்டை (Tamil)
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSteamed rice flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Fried bread
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreSlices of bread fried in fat or oil until crisp and golden
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
BakarkhaniVegetarianباقرخانی
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreA thick, layered flatbread with a crisp crust from South Asia
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Kesari bathVegetarianಕೇಸರಿ ಬಾತ್
🇮🇳 IndiaSouth Indian sweet made from semolina, sugar and ghee, often coloured with saffron
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast
LuchiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreCrisp, deep-fried flatbread made with white flour and ghee
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Sabudana khichriVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaTapioca pearls cooked with potatoes, peanuts and spices, often eaten during Hindu fasts
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
JalebiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 6 moreDeep-fried spirals of batter soaked in syrup, enjoyed across Asia and Africa
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Snacks
Roti canaiரொட்டி சென்னை
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 5 moreUnleavened flatbread tossed thin and cooked until crisp, served with curry or dal
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Paratha
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLayered flatbread from the Indian subcontinent, often fried and sometimes stuffed
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
HaleemMeat
🇮🇳 India and 7 moreA slow-cooked stew of wheat, lentils, meat and spices
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
Pongal
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice cooked in milk, central to the Tamil harvest festival
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
SheermalVegetarianشیرمال
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreA sweet, saffron-scented flatbread made with milk and cardamom
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
KozhukattaVegetarianകൊഴുക്കട്ട (Malayalam), கொழுகட்டை (Tamil)
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSteamed rice flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Fried bread
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreSlices of bread fried in fat or oil until crisp and golden
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
BakarkhaniVegetarianباقرخانی
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreA thick, layered flatbread with a crisp crust from South Asia
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Kesari bathVegetarianಕೇಸರಿ ಬಾತ್
🇮🇳 IndiaSouth Indian sweet made from semolina, sugar and ghee, often coloured with saffron
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast
LuchiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreCrisp, deep-fried flatbread made with white flour and ghee
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Sabudana khichriVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaTapioca pearls cooked with potatoes, peanuts and spices, often eaten during Hindu fasts
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
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
- Paratha: Wagaung at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jalebi: Gpkp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Roti canai: No machine-readable author provided. Jpatokal assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Haleem: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Pongal: Jennifer Kumar, Public domain, source
- Kozhukatta: Jayashree Govindarajan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kesari bath: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fried bread: Geolina163, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bakarkhani: Wasiul Bahar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Luchi: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Sabudana khichri: Sharvarism, CC BY-SA 4.0, source