Dishes made with spice
188 dishes from around the world that list spice as a main ingredient.
Freekehفريكة
🇵🇸 Palestine and 5 moreRoasted green durum wheat grains, a staple across the eastern Mediterranean
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Phophở
🇻🇳 Vietnam and 5 moreVietnamese rice noodle soup with beef or chicken in aromatic broth
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
DalVeganदाल
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreSoupy dish made from split lentils, peas or beans, a staple across South Asia
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Lentil soupVegan
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreA hearty soup made from lentils, often with vegetables and spices
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
LaghmanMeatلەغمەن
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreHand-pulled noodles with meat and vegetables in a savoury broth
Noodle or pasta dish, Lunch, Dinner
HaleemMeat
🇮🇳 India and 7 moreA slow-cooked stew of wheat, lentils, meat and spices
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
Bak kut tehMeat肉骨茶
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 3 morePork ribs in a spiced herbal broth, served with fried dough and condiments
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
Soto
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreIndonesian soup of spiced broth, meat and vegetables with many regional versions
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
KadhiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreYogurt and gram flour soup, often with fritters, from Rajasthan
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Oxtail soupMeat
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreSoup made by simmering oxtail with vegetables and spices
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
PayaMeat
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA slow-cooked stew of animal trotters with spices, served at gatherings in South Asia
Stew or curry, Breakfast
Achu soup
🇨🇲 CameroonCameroonian yellow soup made with cocoyam, palm oil, and spices
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Ash-e doogh
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreIranian soup of yogurt, herbs and sometimes meatballs, served hot
Soup
Maraqمرق
🇸🇴 Somalia and 3 moreSomali and Arabian meat or vegetable soup served with rice or bread
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Mannish waterMeat
🇯🇲 JamaicaJamaican goat soup with yam, banana, and dumplings
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Achu soup: Minette Lontsie, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Oxtail soup: Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pho: Phương Huy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Freekeh: Kristen Taylor, CC BY 2.0, source
- Maraq: Abu Isa, CC BY 4.0, source
- Haleem: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Mannish water: Foodista, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bak kut teh: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, source
- Soto: Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dal: Bhaskaranaidu, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lentil soup: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY 4.0, source
- Kadhi: Mowglee, Public domain, source
- Laghman: Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ash-e doogh: مهرزاد at Persian Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Paya: Miansari66, Public domain, source