Dishes made with pistachio
16 dishes from around the world that list pistachio as a main ingredient.
BaklavaVegetarianباقلوا
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreThin pastry filled with nuts and soaked in sweet syrup
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Turkish delightVegan
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreSoft, chewy cubes of starch and sugar, often flavored or filled with nuts or fruit
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Sheer khurmaVegetarianشير خرما
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA sweet vermicelli pudding with milk, dates and nuts for Eid celebrations
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
KheerVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreA sweet pudding of rice, milk and sugar, flavoured with cardamom and nuts
Sweet or dessert
KnafehVegetarianكنافة
🇵🇸 Palestine and 5 moreShredded pastry layered with cheese and soaked in sweet syrup
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
CannoliVegetarianCannolo
🇮🇹 ItalySicilian fried pastry tubes filled with sweet ricotta cream
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
MortadellaMeat
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreLarge Italian sausage of finely ground pork and cubes of fat, often with pepper or pistachio
Sausage or cured food, Lunch, Dinner
Qatayefقطايف
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreSweet stuffed pancakes, folded and filled with nuts or cream, served for Ramadan
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Kabuli pulaoMeatقابلی پلو
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 5 moreAfghan rice pilaf with caramelized carrots, raisins, and meat
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Ma'amoulVegetarianمعمول
🇸🇾 Syria and 4 moreSemolina cookies filled with dates or nuts, shaped in moulds for festive occasions
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Umm AliVegetarianأم علي
🇪🇬 Egypt and 2 moreEgyptian dessert of soaked pastry, milk, nuts and sugar, baked until golden
Sweet or dessert, Dinner, Snacks
FaloodehVeganفالوده
🇮🇷 IranIcy Persian dessert of starch noodles in sweet rose water syrup
Sweet or dessert, Lunch, Dinner
GujhiaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet deep-fried dumpling filled with milk solids, coconut and nuts
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
ChikkiVegan
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA brittle Indian sweet made from nuts and jaggery or sugar
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
ZardaVegetarianزردہ
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSweet rice cooked with saffron, dried fruit and nuts, often served at celebrations
Sweet or dessert
KahkVegetarianكحك
🇪🇬 EgyptEgyptian shortbread biscuits dusted with powdered sugar, made for Eid and other feasts
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Gujhia: Sanjeevdwivedi, CC BY 3.0, source
- Turkish delight: c.berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Baklava: Sakaman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kheer: stu spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kahk: Rotana Nawwaf Al Hasanat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cannoli: Paolo Piscolla, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mortadella: ehud, CC BY 2.0, source
- Faloodeh: Rka11111, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Knafeh: elif ayse, CC BY 2.0, source
- Qatayef: Fjmustak, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ma'amoul: fugzu, CC BY 2.0, source
- Umm Ali: روتانا, CC BY 4.0, source
- Chikki: Zeel Patel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zarda: Miansari66, CC0, source