Dishes made with oil
90 dishes from around the world that list oil as a main ingredient.
ChapatiVeganचपाती
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreUnleavened flatbread cooked on a griddle and served hot with meals
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Mangalore bunsVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaMildly sweet, deep-fried bread from coastal Karnataka made with banana and flour
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
PapadamVegan
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreThin, crisp flatbread made from lentil or other flours, served as a snack or side
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
DosaVegetarianದೋಸೆ
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreA thin, fermented rice and lentil pancake from South India, served hot with chutney and sambar
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
PuriVegan
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreUnleavened wheat flatbread, deep-fried until puffed and golden
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Paratha
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLayered flatbread from the Indian subcontinent, often fried and sometimes stuffed
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Roti
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreUnleavened flatbread made from whole-wheat flour, common across South Asia and beyond
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Challahחַלָּה
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreBraided egg bread central to Jewish Sabbath and holiday meals
Bread, Dinner, Lunch
YoutiaoVegan油條
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreLong, golden-brown strips of deep-fried dough eaten across East and Southeast Asia
Street food, Breakfast, Snacks
Buñuelo
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreCrisp or fluffy fried dough, sweet or savory, enjoyed across Spain and Latin America
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Breakfast
Gözleme
🇹🇷 TurkeyTurkish flatbread turnover filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
SufganiyahVegetarianסופגנייה
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreDeep-fried sweet dough filled with jam, eaten for Hanukkah
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Pão de queijoVegetarian
🇧🇷 BrazilCheese-filled rolls made with cassava flour, a breakfast and snack food from Brazil
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Parotta
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLayered flatbread from South India, soft and flakey, made with refined flour
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
FrybreadVegetarian
🇺🇸 United StatesFlat, deep-fried bread made by Native Americans with flour, water, and fat
Bread, Snacks, Lunch
PandesalVegetarianpan de sal
🇵🇭 PhilippinesSoft Filipino bread roll, lightly sweet and often eaten hot for breakfast
Bread, Breakfast
KisraVegan
🇸🇩 Sudan and 5 moreA thin, fermented sorghum flatbread from Sudan and neighboring countries
Bread
Sopaipilla
🇨🇱 Chile and 5 moreFried wheat dough pastry enjoyed sweet or savory across the Americas
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Breakfast
Fried bread
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreSlices of bread fried in fat or oil until crisp and golden
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Scallion pancakeVegan蔥油餅
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreLayered Chinese flatbread with scallions, pan-fried until crisp and chewy
Bread, Snacks
KhakhraVegan
🇮🇳 IndiaCrisp, thin flatbread from western India, often eaten as a snack or breakfast
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
TheplaVegetarianથેપલા
🇮🇳 IndiaSoft spiced flatbread from Gujarat, often made with fenugreek leaves
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Parotta: Amanbedi1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Papadam: Windell H. Oskay, CC BY 2.5, source
- Dosa: Roland, CC BY 2.0, source
- Paratha: Wagaung at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mangalore buns: Manish Chauhan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chapati: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pão de queijo: Murilo manzini, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kisra: Mohamed Elfatih Hamadien, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Frybread: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Youtiao: Popo le Chien, CC0, source
- Gözleme: Maderibeyza, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Roti: HridoyKundu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pandesal: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Challah: Yoninah, Public domain, source
- Khakhra: Jay87.mehta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Scallion pancake: Howard61313, GFDL, source
- Buñuelo: Klenje, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sufganiyah: Noam Furer, CC0, source
- Sopaipilla: Popo le Chien, CC0, source
- Fried bread: Geolina163, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thepla: Rocky231293, CC BY-SA 4.0, source