Dishes made with spice
188 dishes from around the world that list spice as a main ingredient.
Gefilte fishFish or seafood
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 morePoached patties of seasoned fish, often topped with carrot
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Ackee and saltfishFish or seafoodaki ah saalfish
🇯🇲 JamaicaJamaica’s national dish of salted cod and ackee fruit cooked with spices
Main dish, Breakfast
SardineFish or seafood
🇵🇹 Portugal and 5 moreSmall oily fish enjoyed fresh, canned, smoked or pickled in many countries
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
ChraimeFish or seafoodحرايمي
🇱🇾 Libya and 1 moreNorth African fish stew simmered with tomatoes and spices
Main dish, Dinner
BrudetFish or seafood
🇭🇷 Croatia and 2 moreAdriatic fish stew cooked with wine, vegetables and spices
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SteckerlfischFish or seafood
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreWhole fish marinated, skewered, and grilled over embers
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Machher jholFish or seafoodমাছের ঝোল
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSpicy fish curry with potatoes, served as a stew with rice in eastern South Asia
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Stuffed musselsFish or seafood
🇹🇷 Turkey and 1 moreMussels filled with herbed rice, sold as street food in Turkey and Armenia
Street food, Snacks
CaldouFish or seafood
🇸🇳 SenegalSenegalese fish and vegetable stew with a tangy broth, served with rice
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Steckerlfisch: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ackee and saltfish: gailf548, CC BY 2.0, source
- Caldou: Marshiayers, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gefilte fish: Olaf.herfurth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brudet: Chiqui Teo, Public domain, source
- Sardine: Rl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Stuffed mussels: Fenerli1978, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chraime: Bar.levy141, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Machher jhol: Sanshlistha m, CC BY 3.0, source