Dishes made with mint
19 dishes from around the world that list mint as a main ingredient.
RaitaVegetarianरायता
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreYogurt mixed with vegetables, fruit or pulses, served as a cooling side dish
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Lunch, Dinner
TzatzikiVegetarianτζατζίκι
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreStrained yogurt mixed with cucumber, garlic and herbs, served cold as a dip or sauce
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Lunch, Dinner
Larbລາບ
🇱🇦 Laos and 3 moreFinely chopped meat salad with herbs, a national dish of Laos
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
BissaraVeganبصارة
🇪🇬 Egypt and 1 moreCreamy fava bean purée with herbs, served as a dip or soup
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
Ash Reshtehآش رشته
🇮🇷 IranThick Iranian soup with noodles, beans, herbs and a tangy dairy topping
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Kibbeh nayyehMeatكبّه نيّه
🇱🇧 Lebanon and 2 moreRaw lamb or beef mixed with bulgur and spices, served as a Levantine mezze
Main dish, 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.
- Tzatziki: Vegan Feast Catering, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tabriz meatballs: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Bissara: Ruby Josephine Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Raita: Sonia Goyal, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Larb: Jpatokal, 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