Sacred food and offerings
Food offered in worship, shared at a temple, church, mosque or shrine, or eaten as a rite.
RechtaMeatرشتة
🇩🇿 Algeria and 1 moreAlgerian handmade noodles served with chicken and vegetables in a spiced sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PachamancaMeat
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreAndean meats and vegetables slow-cooked with hot stones in an earthen oven
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Kala bhunaMeat
🇧🇩 BangladeshA dark, richly spiced beef curry from Chittagong, Bangladesh
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
AspicMeat
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreMeat or fish set in savoury gelatin, served cold as an appetizer or festive dish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
RendangMeatRandang
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreMeat simmered with coconut and spices until coated in a rich, dry sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
FeijoadaMeat
🇵🇹 Portugal and 4 moreBean stew with pork or beef, common in Portugal and Brazil
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
CholentMeatטשאָלנט
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreA slow-cooked Jewish stew of meat, beans, grains and potatoes for the Sabbath
Stew or curry, Lunch
MansafMeatمنسف
🇯🇴 Jordan and 3 moreLamb cooked in fermented yogurt sauce, served over rice and flatbread
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Roast chickenMeat
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreWhole chicken roasted over heat or fire, served in many styles worldwide
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
KeşkekMeat
🇹🇷 Turkey and 3 moreA ceremonial wheat and meat stew shared across Turkey, Armenia, and the region
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
HaleemMeat
🇮🇳 India and 7 moreA slow-cooked stew of wheat, lentils, meat and spices
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
HareesMeat
🇦🇲 Armenia and 5 moreWheat and meat cooked to a soft, porridge-like dish for festive and religious meals
Main dish, Dinner, Lunch
Chicken paprikashMeatpaprikás csirke
🇭🇺 Hungary and 2 moreChicken simmered in paprika sauce, often finished with sour cream
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
MaultaschenMeat
🇩🇪 GermanyStuffed pasta squares from Swabia with a savory meat and vegetable filling
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
MagiritsaMeatμαγειρίτσα
🇬🇷 GreeceGreek lamb offal soup eaten to break the Easter fast
Soup, Dinner
VatapáMeat
🇧🇷 BrazilA creamy Brazilian dish of bread, shrimp, coconut milk, peanuts and palm oil
Main dish
Siu yukMeat燒肉
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreCantonese roast pork with crisp skin and tender meat
Main dish
MrouziaMeatالمروزية
🇲🇦 MoroccoLamb tagine with honey, almonds, cinnamon and ras el hanout
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Curry GoatMeat
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreGoat meat simmered in spiced curry, enjoyed across Asia and the Caribbean
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
KourdassMeat
🇲🇦 Morocco and 1 moreLamb offal sausage, salted, spiced, sun-dried and boiled for festivals and weddings
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.
- Keşkek: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Siu yuk: avlxyz of Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Feijoada: Melsj, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cholent: en:User:AlexMilkis, Public domain, source
- Mrouzia: Iron Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rechta: Ms10vc, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vatapá: Elingunnur, CC BY 3.0, source
- Pachamanca: Javi270270, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mansaf: Abdulla aljammal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Haleem: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Kourdass: مصطفى ملو, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kala bhuna: Dolon Prova, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chicken paprikash: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Maultaschen: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aspic: Gmelfi, Public domain, source
- Magiritsa: Andrew Dalby, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Roast chicken: Rajeeb Dutta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Harees: Krista, CC BY 2.0, source
- Curry Goat: Leon Brocard, CC BY 2.0, source