Dishes made with lime
32 dishes from around the world that list lime as a main ingredient.
CevicheFish or seafood
🇵🇪 Peru and 5 moreRaw fish or shellfish marinated in citrus juice and seasonings
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Satayꦱꦠꦺ
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreGrilled skewers of seasoned meat or seafood, often served with peanut sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pad thaiผัดไทย
🇹🇭 ThailandStir-fried rice noodles with egg, tofu, shrimp and peanuts, a Thai street food classic
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
ThieboudienneFish or seafood
🇸🇳 Senegal and 5 moreSenegalese rice and fish cooked together with vegetables and tomato
Main dish
Moqueca
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreBrazilian seafood stew simmered with tomatoes, onions, lime and coriander
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Pozole
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreMexican hominy soup with meat and a range of fresh toppings
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Chicharrón
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 moreCrispy fried pork belly or skin, enjoyed as a snack or dish in many countries
Street food, Snacks, Lunch
Khoreshخورش
🇮🇷 Iran and 4 moreSlow-cooked Persian stew, served hot with rice
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Oyster omelette
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreA chewy egg and oyster dish fried with starch, popular across East and Southeast Asia
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
MenudoMeat
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreMexican soup of beef tripe in a chili broth, often with hominy and fresh garnishes
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Mì Quảng
🇻🇳 VietnamCentral Vietnamese rice noodles with meat, herbs, and a little turmeric broth
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Soto PadangMeat
🇮🇩 IndonesiaClear beef soup with fried potato patties and rice vermicelli from West Sumatra
Soup, Breakfast
Motemut'i
🇦🇷 Argentina and 5 moreBoiled maize or wheat grains, often nixtamalized, eaten across South America
Main dish
Khao kha muMeatข้าวขาหมู
🇹🇭 ThailandStewed pork knuckle served over rice with pickles, egg, and spicy sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
EncebolladoFish or seafood
🇪🇨 EcuadorEcuadorian fish stew with onions, cassava and pickled red onion rings
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Ohn no khao swèMeatအုန်းနို့ခေါက်ဆွဲ
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 1 moreEgg noodles in a coconut chicken soup, topped with crisp garnishes
Soup, Breakfast
Carne asadaMeat
🇲🇽 MexicoGrilled and sliced beef, marinated and cooked over high heat
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Kati rollকাঠি রোল
🇮🇳 IndiaParatha flatbread rolled around spiced kebab or other fillings
Street food, Lunch, Dinner
Thai sukiสุกี้ไทย
🇹🇭 ThailandThai communal hot pot with meat, seafood, vegetables and spicy dipping sauce
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
Mas huniFish or seafoodމަސްހުނި
🇲🇻 MaldivesMaldivian breakfast mix of tuna, coconut, onion, chili and lime
Main dish, Breakfast
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pozole: Meutia Chaerani / Indradi Soemardjan http://www.indrani.net, CC BY 2.5, source
- Ceviche: No machine-readable author provided. Manuel González Olaechea assumed, CC BY 3.0, source
- Mas huni: Xavier Romero-Frias, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thieboudienne: KVDP, Public domain, source
- Moqueca: BR, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Satay: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Encebollado: Ministerio de Turismo Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Menudo: Ron habla hispana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Carne asada: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Oyster omelette: No machine-readable author provided. Theorb assumed (based on copyrigh, Public domain, source
- Khoresh: Roozitaa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Soto Padang: Midori, CC BY 3.0, source
- Mì Quảng: Gary Stevens, CC BY 2.0, source
- Khao kha mu: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ohn no khao swè: Gary Stevens, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mote: Dtarazona, Public domain, source
- Kati roll: Satyajit Dhawale (Satyajit888), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Thai suki: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- 'Ota 'ika: Eric Chan, CC BY 2.0, source