Dishes made with lemon
35 dishes from around the world that list lemon as a main ingredient.
Seafood boil
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreShellfish and sides cooked together for a communal feast
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Misalमिसळ
🇮🇳 IndiaSpicy sprouted bean curry layered with toppings, served hot with bread
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
CarpaccioMeat
🇮🇹 ItalyPaper-thin slices of raw meat or fish, served as a starter
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SouvlakiMeatσουβλάκι
🇬🇷 Greece and 1 moreGrilled meat skewers, often served in pita with salad and sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
WeisswurstMeatWeißwurst
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreMild veal and pork sausages gently cooked and served warm, a Bavarian morning tradition
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Yassa
🇸🇳 SenegalChicken, fish or lamb marinated with lemon, onions and mustard, then stewed
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
KedgereeFish or seafood
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice and smoked fish with eggs, herbs and mild spices
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Squid (as food)Fish or seafood
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreSquid prepared and eaten in many ways around the world
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Squid sandwichFish or seafoodbocadillo de calamares
🇪🇸 SpainFried squid rings in a crusty bread roll, a bar favorite in Madrid and beyond
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Snacks
Gored goredMeatጎረድ ጎረድ
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreCubed raw beef served with spicy condiments and flatbread
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chicken 65Meatசிக்கன் 65
🇮🇳 IndiaSpicy deep-fried boneless chicken from Chennai, served with onion and lemon
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
FideuàFish or seafood
🇪🇸 SpainSeafood and noodle dish from the Valencian coast, cooked in a wide shallow pan
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Zürcher GeschnetzeltesMeat
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandVeal strips in a creamy white wine sauce from Zürich, usually served with Rösti
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PulihoraVegan
🇮🇳 IndiaSouth Indian rice mixed with tangy tamarind or kokum and spices
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Causa limeña
🇵🇪 PeruCold layered potato dish with a savoury filling, typical of Peru
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
'Ota 'ikaFish or seafood
🇹🇴 Tonga and 3 moreFish in citrus and coconut milk, served with chopped vegetables across Oceania
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
Sopa de pataMeat
🇸🇻 El Salvador and 1 moreSalvadoran soup with cow’s feet, tripe, yuca and vegetables
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
LechazoMeat
🇪🇸 SpainRoast suckling lamb from Castile and León, Spain
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.
- Carpaccio: franzconde, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chicken 65: Amiyashrivastava, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gored gored: Thomson200, CC0, source
- Weisswurst: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Souvlaki: EntaXoyas, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yassa: KVDP at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Seafood boil: Tulane Public Relations, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sopa de pata: Mima, CC BY 2.0, source
- Misal: Nick Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kedgeree: User:Justinc, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Squid sandwich: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Fideuà: Jorge Díaz, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Zürcher Geschnetzeltes: Jpatokal, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Squid (as food): Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Lechazo: Xavier Béjar, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pulihora: Mkr.lines, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- 'Ota 'ika: Eric Chan, CC BY 2.0, source