Dishes made with mint
19 dishes from around the world that list mint as a main ingredient.
TomatokeftedesVegan
🇬🇷 GreeceFried tomato fritters from Santorini made with herbs and flour
Street food, Snacks
Larbລາບ
🇱🇦 Laos and 3 moreFinely chopped meat salad with herbs, a national dish of Laos
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
Çiğ köfte
🇹🇷 Turkey and 2 moreSpiced bulgur and pepper paste mixture, once made with raw meat, from southeastern Turkey
Main dish, Snacks
BissaraVeganبصارة
🇪🇬 Egypt and 1 moreCreamy fava bean purée with herbs, served as a dip or soup
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
Kibbeh nayyehMeatكبّه نيّه
🇱🇧 Lebanon and 2 moreRaw lamb or beef mixed with bulgur and spices, served as a Levantine mezze
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Ash Reshtehآش رشته
🇮🇷 IranThick Iranian soup with noodles, beans, herbs and a tangy dairy topping
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Tabriz meatballsMeatتبریز کوفتهسی
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreLarge stuffed meatballs from Tabriz, cooked with herbs and split peas
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pakhalaପଖାଳ
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreRice soaked in water, sometimes fermented, served chilled with sides in Odisha
Main dish, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tabriz meatballs: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Bissara: Ruby Josephine Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Larb: Jpatokal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tomatokeftedes: Sam Holt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Çiğ köfte: Mahirli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ash Reshteh: AilinParsa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pakhala: Subhransu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kibbeh nayyeh: منال شحادة, CC BY-SA 4.0, source