Breakfast around the world
The first meal of the day, from congee and idli to a full fry-up.
Fried rice
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreCooked rice stir-fried with eggs, vegetables, meat or seafood, and seasonings
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
IdliVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSteamed cakes of fermented rice and lentil batter from South India and Sri Lanka
Main dish, Breakfast, Dinner
Nasi goreng
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreSoutheast Asian fried rice seasoned with sweet soy sauce and spices
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
KhichdiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreRice and lentils cooked together, often with vegetables and spices
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
PuttuVeganപുട്ട്
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSteamed cylinders of rice flour and coconut, served hot for breakfast
Main dish, Breakfast
Flattened riceVegan
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreRice grains flattened into flakes, used in sweet and savoury dishes across Asia
Rice dish, Breakfast, Snacks
Tamago kake gohan卵かけご飯
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreCooked rice mixed with raw egg and soy sauce, a classic Japanese breakfast
Main dish, Breakfast
LontongVegan
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreCylindrical rice cake wrapped in banana leaf, served with sauces or soups
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
KedgereeFish or seafood
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice and smoked fish with eggs, herbs and mild spices
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Nasi udukꦤꦱꦶꦮꦸꦢꦸꦏ꧀
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreSteamed coconut rice with spices, served with assorted side dishes
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Pongal
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice cooked in milk, central to the Tamil harvest festival
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Nasi kuningVegetarian
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreRice cooked with coconut milk and turmeric, served for celebrations across Indonesia
Rice dish, Breakfast, Lunch
KiribathVeganකිරිබත්
🇱🇰 Sri LankaSticky rice cooked in coconut milk, served for celebrations in Sri Lanka
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Panta bhatVegan
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreCooked rice soaked overnight in water and eaten cold, often with salt and onion
Main dish, Breakfast
Nasi Kerabuناسي کرابو
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 3 moreBlue-tinted rice with herbs, salad, and assorted sides from Malaysia and southern Thailand
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Tacu-tacu
🇵🇪 PeruPeruvian rice and beans fried into a flat oval and topped with meat or eggs
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tacu-tacu: Suedehead, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Idli: Soumya dey at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tamago kake gohan: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Khichdi: Dkgohil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nasi goreng: shankar s., CC BY 2.0, source
- Fried rice: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- Puttu: Mathew Jibin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lontong: No machine-readable author provided. Diádoco assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kedgeree: User:Justinc, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Nasi uduk: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pongal: Jennifer Kumar, Public domain, source
- Nasi kuning: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kiribath: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Panta bhat: TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nasi Kerabu: amrufm, CC BY 2.0, source
- Flattened rice: Sanjay Acharya, aka Sanjay ach at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source