Sacred food and offerings
Food offered in worship, shared at a temple, church, mosque or shrine, or eaten as a rite.
Samosa
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreFried or baked pastry with a spiced filling, shaped into triangles or cones
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Lunch
Pancake
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreFlat cakes made from batter, cooked on a griddle or pan and served sweet or savoury
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
Dabo koloVegetarianዳቦ ቆሎ
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 2 moreSmall spiced fried dough pieces served as a snack in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Street food, Snacks
Börek
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreFlaky pastry filled with cheese, meat or vegetables, baked or fried
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Lunch
Potato pancakeVegetarian
🇧🇾 Belarus and 5 moreShallow-fried pancakes made from grated or mashed potato, common across Europe
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PuriVegan
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreUnleavened wheat flatbread, deep-fried until puffed and golden
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
SimitVegan
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreRing-shaped bread with a sesame seed crust, sold by street vendors
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Rojakrujak (ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀)
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreA spicy-sweet fruit and vegetable salad with peanut and palm sugar dressing
Salad or side, Snacks
Pancit
🇵🇭 PhilippinesA family of Filipino noodle dishes with many local styles and toppings
Noodle or pasta dish, Lunch, Dinner
Zeppole
🇮🇹 Italy and 3 moreItalian deep-fried dough balls, sweet or savory, often filled or topped
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
Jeon전
🇰🇷 South KoreaKorean fritters of fish, meat, vegetables or flowers, coated and pan-fried
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Coca
🇪🇸 Spain and 3 moreCatalan pastry with sweet or savoury toppings, eaten open or filled
Pie or savoury pastry
Serabi
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreRice flour pancake from Java and Bali, often served with coconut sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Kibbeh nayyehMeatكبّه نيّه
🇱🇧 Lebanon and 2 moreRaw lamb or beef mixed with bulgur and spices, served as a Levantine mezze
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
BeguniVeganবেগুনী
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreEggplant slices dipped in gram flour batter and deep-fried
Street food, Snacks
Zalabiyehزلابية
🇵🇸 Palestine and 5 moreA deep-fried fritter made from batter, found across the Middle East and beyond
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Litti ChokhaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreWheat flour balls filled with spiced roasted gram flour, served with mashed vegetables
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Sticky rice in bambooVegan
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreGlutinous rice roasted inside bamboo tubes, eaten sweet or savory across Southeast Asia
Rice dish, Snacks
Bun kebabبَن کباب
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreSpiced kebab patty in a bun, sold hot at street stalls in Pakistan and India
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Dinner
Singjuꯁꯤꯡꯖꯨ
🇮🇳 IndiaA spicy Manipuri salad of seasonal vegetables, with or without fermented fish
Salad or side, Snacks, Tea time
Sabudana khichriVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaTapioca pearls cooked with potatoes, peanuts and spices, often eaten during Hindu fasts
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
Sabudana vadaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaCrisp fritters of tapioca pearls, potato and peanuts, popular in Maharashtra
Street food, Snacks, Tea time
BoulfafMeatبولفاف
🇲🇦 MoroccoLiver kebabs wrapped in caul fat, grilled and served for Eid al-Adha in Morocco
Main dish, Lunch
KhichraMeatکھچڑا
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA slow-cooked stew of meat, lentils and spices from the Indian subcontinent
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Acarajé
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreBlack-eyed pea fritters fried in palm oil and stuffed with spicy pastes
Street food, Snacks, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rojak: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bun kebab: LunaticFringe97, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Acarajé: Claudia Baiana, Public domain, source
- Pancit: bingbing, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dabo kolo: Jongenelen, R.G.L., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Samosa: kspoddar, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Simit: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pancake: Brandon Martin-Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Coca: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Serabi: Ivan Lanin, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Börek: Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Potato pancake: Photo made by Daniel Spils and uploaded to flickr.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Zeppole: I, Calcagnile Floriano, Florixc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Beguni: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Jeon: by 南宮博士, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Litti Chokha: Sumit Surai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kibbeh nayyeh: منال شحادة, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zalabiyeh: Sankeerth, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sticky rice in bamboo: Wagaung at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sabudana vada: Archana Joshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sabudana khichri: Sharvarism, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Singju: Punshiba18, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Boulfaf: Zouhir, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khichra: Miansari66, CC0, source