Dishes made with lemon
35 dishes from around the world that list lemon as a main ingredient.
Turkish delightVegan
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreSoft, chewy cubes of starch and sugar, often flavored or filled with nuts or fruit
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
SimaVegan
🇫🇮 FinlandFinnish sparkling lemon drink, lightly fermented and sweet
Drink, Snacks
JhalmuriVeganঝালমুড়ি
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePuffed rice tossed with spices, vegetables and mustard oil, served as a street snack
Street food, Snacks
GnamakoudjiVegan
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast and 4 moreWest African drink made from ginger juice, often with pineapple, lemon, or mint
Drink
Ful medamesVeganفول مدمس
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreStew of slow-cooked fava beans with olive oil and spices, a staple across Egypt
Main dish, Breakfast
Chicha moradaVegan
🇵🇪 PeruA sweet purple drink made from Peruvian purple corn, fruits and spices
Drink
PulihoraVegan
🇮🇳 IndiaSouth Indian rice mixed with tangy tamarind or kokum and spices
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PoiVegan
🇼🇸 SamoaSamoan chilled dessert of mashed fruit and coconut milk
Sweet or dessert
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Gnamakoudji: Cheikh cherif, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Turkish delight: c.berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Poi: ɡreatɡannu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ful medames: Habib M'henni, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chicha morada: young shanahan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sima: mako, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jhalmuri: Johirpro, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pulihora: Mkr.lines, CC BY-SA 4.0, source