Wedding and feast food
Dishes for weddings, banquets and big family gatherings.
JalebiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 6 moreDeep-fried spirals of batter soaked in syrup, enjoyed across Asia and Africa
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Snacks
Jolpan
🇮🇳 IndiaAssamese breakfast snacks of rice, pitha, and sweets, often served with tea or curd
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
ThobwaVegan
🇲🇼 Malawi and 1 moreA fermented, milky cereal drink from Malawi and Zambia
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
PanettoneVegetarian
🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreTall, sweet Italian bread with candied fruit, eaten at Christmas and New Year
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Tea time
PuriVegan
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreUnleavened wheat flatbread, deep-fried until puffed and golden
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Tamaletamal
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreCorn dough filled and steamed in a leaf wrapper, with many regional fillings
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Butter teaབོད་ཇ་
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreA hot Himalayan drink of tea, yak butter and salt, churned to a creamy texture
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
UgaliVegan
🇰🇪 Kenya and 5 moreA dense maize porridge served as a staple across much of Africa
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Boiled egg
🇯🇵 JapanEggs cooked in their shells, with soft or firm yolks
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
AkaraVeganàkàrà
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreWest African bean fritters, deep-fried and eaten hot as street food or breakfast
Street food, Breakfast, Snacks
Flattened riceVegan
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreRice grains flattened into flakes, used in sweet and savoury dishes across Asia
Rice dish, Breakfast, Snacks
Nasi udukꦤꦱꦶꦮꦸꦢꦸꦏ꧀
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreSteamed coconut rice with spices, served with assorted side dishes
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
KozhukattaVegetarianകൊഴുക്കട്ട (Malayalam), கொழுகட்டை (Tamil)
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSteamed rice flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Mì Quảng
🇻🇳 VietnamCentral Vietnamese rice noodles with meat, herbs, and a little turmeric broth
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Sesame seed candyVegan
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreA sweet made from sesame seeds and honey or sugar, pressed into bars or balls
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Breakfast
Rice and peas
🇯🇲 Jamaica and 5 moreRice cooked with beans or peas, herbs, spices, and sometimes coconut milk
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Xôi
🇻🇳 VietnamVietnamese sticky rice, eaten plain or with sweet or savory toppings
Rice dish, Breakfast, Lunch
HandeshVegetarian
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreDeep-fried sweet rice flour cakes from Sylhet, often made with molasses
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Xôi: Khương Việt Hà, Public domain, source
- Tamale: Nsaum75, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jalebi: Gpkp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Akara: AkinkuotuFunmi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Panettone: N i c o l a, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ugali: Mark Skipper, CC BY 2.0, source
- Boiled egg: Ramesh NG, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Butter tea: Yosomono, CC BY 2.0, source
- Thobwa: David Atherton, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jolpan: Floris van Dyck, Public domain, source
- Nasi uduk: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nasi kuning: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kiribath: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kozhukatta: Jayashree Govindarajan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Flattened rice: Sanjay Acharya, aka Sanjay ach at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mì Quảng: Gary Stevens, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sesame seed candy: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rice and peas: Lili, CC BY 2.0, source
- Handesh: AbuSayeed, CC BY-SA 4.0, source