Dishes made with spices
15 dishes from around the world that list spices as a main ingredient.
Bhel puriVegan
🇮🇳 IndiaPuffed rice snack tossed with chutneys, sev and crisp puris, sold on Mumbai streets
Street food, Snacks, Tea time
Papri chaatVegetarianपापड़ी चाट
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreCrisp wafers topped with potatoes, chickpeas, yoghurt and tangy chutneys
Street food, Snacks
BreadfruitVegan
🇵🇭 Philippines and 4 moreLarge tropical fruit cooked as a starchy staple in many island cuisines
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chana masalaVegan
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreChickpeas simmered in a spiced tomato and onion sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Massaman curryแกงมัสมั่น
🇹🇭 Thailand and 1 moreA Thai curry blending local and imported spices, often made with chicken and potatoes
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chicharrón
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 moreCrispy fried pork belly or skin, enjoyed as a snack or dish in many countries
Street food, Snacks, Lunch
EisbeinMeat
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 moreGerman cured and boiled pork knuckle, often served with hearty sides
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
BotifarraMeat
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 moreA family of pork sausages central to Catalan and Latin American cooking
Sausage or cured food, Lunch, Dinner
SosatieMeat
🇿🇦 South AfricaSouth African skewers of marinated meat, often cooked over a fire
Main dish, Dinner, Lunch
Kishka
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 moreStuffed sausage with meat, grain or potato, found across Eastern Europe and Jewish cooking
Main dish, Breakfast, Dinner
CaldeiradaFish or seafood
🇵🇹 Portugal and 2 morePortuguese and Galician fish stew with potatoes and mixed seafood
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Jamaican patty
🇯🇲 Jamaica and 5 moreGolden, flaky pastry turnovers filled with spiced meat or other savoury fillings
Pie or savoury pastry, Lunch, Dinner
Picadillo
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreGround meat sautéed with vegetables, often served with rice or as a filling
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
TourtièreMeat
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreFrench Canadian meat pie with spiced filling, often served at Christmas and New Year
Main dish, Dinner
PrinskorvMeat
🇸🇪 SwedenSmall Swedish sausages of pork and veal, fried and served at festive meals
Sausage or cured food, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Massaman curry: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sosatie: chee.hong, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tourtière: Dominic Genest, Public domain, source
- Bhel puri: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Papri chaat: Ravi Talwar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jamaican patty: ritcharnd moskow, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Breadfruit: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chana masala: kspoddar, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Caldeirada: (WT-en) Mimi at English Wikivoyage, Public domain, source
- Eisbein: Rainer Zenz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Botifarra: Javier Lastras, CC BY 2.0, source
- Prinskorv: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kishka: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Picadillo: Cary Bass, CC BY-SA 3.0, source