Dishes made with spice
188 dishes from around the world that list spice as a main ingredient.
Samosa
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreFried or baked pastry with a spiced filling, shaped into triangles or cones
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Lunch
Pakoraपकोड़ा
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreVegetables or other fillings coated in spiced gram flour batter and deep-fried
Street food, Snacks, Tea time
StollenVegetarian
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 moreGerman fruit bread with dried fruit, nuts, spices and a sugar-dusted crust
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Ginger snapVegetarian
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 moreA crisp biscuit flavoured with ginger and spices, popular in many countries
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Christmas cake
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreCakes served at Christmas, often rich with fruit, nuts or cream
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Mince pie
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreSmall sweet pies filled with spiced fruit mincemeat, eaten at Christmas
Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks
Hot cross bunVegetarian
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreA sweet, spiced bun with a cross on top, eaten at Easter
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Welsh cakeVegetarianpicau ar y maen
🇬🇧 United KingdomRound, spiced cakes cooked on a griddle, filled with currants or sultanas
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Bara brithVegetarian
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreWelsh fruit bread with tea, dried fruit and spices, sliced and served with butter
Bread, Tea time, Snacks
Simnel cakeVegetarian
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreFruitcake with a marzipan layer and marzipan balls, linked to Easter and Lent
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Toruń gingerbreadVegetarian
🇵🇱 PolandSpiced honey biscuits from the Polish city of Toruń
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
KhakhraVegan
🇮🇳 IndiaCrisp, thin flatbread from western India, often eaten as a snack or breakfast
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Tula pryanikVegetarianтульский пряник
🇷🇺 RussiaStamped gingerbread from Tula, often filled with jam or condensed milk
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
LekachVegetarianלעקעך
🇮🇱 Israel and 2 moreDense honey-sweetened cake served for Jewish New Year and other occasions
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Doodh pati chaiVegetarianदूध पत्ति चाय / دودھ پتی چائے
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreTea simmered with milk and spices, popular across South Asia
Drink, Tea time, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Toruń gingerbread: Marcin Floryan, CC BY 2.5, source
- Stollen: Gürgi, Public domain, source
- Samosa: kspoddar, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pakora: ampersandyslexia, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mince pie: Alcinoe, Public domain, source
- Hot cross bun: Cjorsch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Khakhra: Jay87.mehta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ginger snap: Samuel Wiki, CC0, source
- Simnel cake: No machine-readable author provided. Edward assumed (based on copyrigh, Public domain, source
- Christmas cake: Martin Belam, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tula pryanik: Шалин, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Welsh cake: Moochocoogle at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Bara brith: zingyyellow...!, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lekach: Gran, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Doodh pati chai: Miansari66, CC0, source