Dishes made with ghee
55 dishes from around the world that list ghee as a main ingredient.
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
BhangVeganभांग
🇮🇳 IndiaCannabis leaf paste used in drinks and sweets, central to Indian spring festivals
Drink, Snacks
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
HaleemMeat
🇮🇳 India and 7 moreA slow-cooked stew of wheat, lentils, meat and spices
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
Soan papdiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreCrisp, flaky sweet made from gram flour, sugar, ghee, and cardamom
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
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
Mysore pakVegetarianಮೈಸೂರು ಪಾಕ್
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA dense, golden sweet made from gram flour, sugar, and ghee
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
ImartiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDeep-fried black gram batter shaped into spirals and soaked in scented sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Fried bread
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreSlices of bread fried in fat or oil until crisp and golden
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
ThekuaVegetarian
🇳🇵 Nepal and 1 moreFried sweet made from wheat flour, ghee and sugar or jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Mughlai parathaমোগলাই পরোটা
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreBengali flatbread stuffed with spiced meat or egg, served as a street snack
Street food, Snacks
ShankarpaliVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreDiamond-shaped sweet snack made from flour, sugar, ghee and semolina
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
BakarkhaniVegetarianباقرخانی
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreA thick, layered flatbread with a crisp crust from South Asia
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
AnarsaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice flour and jaggery sweet fried with poppy seeds, eaten at Diwali
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
KahkVegetarianكحك
🇪🇬 EgyptEgyptian shortbread biscuits dusted with powdered sugar, made for Eid and other feasts
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Jaynagarer MoaVegetarianজয়নগরের মোয়া
🇮🇳 IndiaA winter sweet from West Bengal made with date palm jaggery and Kanakchur popped rice
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Unni appamVegetarianഉണ്ണിയപ്പം
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet fried rice cakes with banana and jaggery from Kerala
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Sabudana khichriVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaTapioca pearls cooked with potatoes, peanuts and spices, often eaten during Hindu fasts
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
Shahi jilapiVegetarianশাহী জিলাপি
🇧🇩 BangladeshA giant coiled sweet soaked in syrup, shared at iftar in Old Dhaka
Sweet or dessert, 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
- Bhang: Reuben Strayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Laddu: Rajdeep Das, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Haleem: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Soan papdi: Abigail Batchelder, CC BY 2.0, source
- Puran Poli: No machine-readable author provided. Pamri assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, 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
- Thekua: Magadhkingdom, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shankarpali: Vijay Sonar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Anarsa: Ukr07, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fried bread: Geolina163, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mughlai paratha: Vsigamany, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bakarkhani: Wasiul Bahar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jaynagarer Moa: TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Unni appam: Riyaz Ahamed at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Sabudana khichri: Sharvarism, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shahi jilapi: Md.Saiful Aziz Shamseer, Public domain, source