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Results for "banana leaf"

25 dishes found.

SadyaVegetarianസദ്യ 🇮🇳 IndiaA festive vegetarian feast from Kerala, served on a banana leaf Main dish, Lunch Khanom sai buaVeganขนมสายบัว 🇹🇭 ThailandSteamed Thai dessert made with lotus stem, coconut milk, and rice flour Sweet or dessert Nem chuaMeat 🇻🇳 Vietnam and 2 moreFermented pork, garlic and chili, wrapped in leaves and eaten cold Sausage or cured food, Snacks KāluaMeat 🇺🇸 United StatesMeat slow-cooked in an underground oven with hot stones and leaves Main dish, Lunch, Dinner BarbacoaMeat 🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 moreMeat slow-cooked in a pit lined with agave or banana leaves Main dish, Lunch, Dinner Tamaletamal 🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreCorn dough filled and steamed in a leaf wrapper, with many regional fillings Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch LemangVegan 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreGlutinous rice cooked with coconut milk in bamboo tubes lined with banana leaves Main dish, Lunch, Dinner LontongVegan 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreCylindrical rice cake wrapped in banana leaf, served with sauces or soups Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch Tumpengꦠꦸꦩ꧀ꦥꦼꦁ 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreCone-shaped rice surrounded by assorted Indonesian side dishes Main dish, Lunch, Dinner BibingkaVegetarian 🇵🇭 Philippines and 1 moreBaked rice cake cooked in banana leaves, often enjoyed warm at Christmas Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks PutoVegan 🇵🇭 PhilippinesSteamed Filipino rice cake, often eaten plain or with savoury dishes Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks Cochinita pibilMeat 🇲🇽 MexicoPork slow-cooked with citrus and annatto, wrapped in banana leaves Main dish, Lunch, Dinner Chả lụaMeat 🇻🇳 VietnamVietnamese pork sausage steamed in banana leaves Sausage or cured food MatokeVegan 🇺🇬 Uganda and 4 moreSteamed and mashed green bananas, a staple meal in East Africa Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch KobaVegan 🇲🇬 MadagascarA Malagasy sweet cake of peanuts, sugar and rice flour wrapped in banana leaves Sweet or dessert, Snacks Bánh tét 🇻🇳 VietnamCylindrical sticky rice cake with mung bean and pork, wrapped in banana leaf Main dish, Snacks NacatamalMeat 🇳🇮 NicaraguaCorn masa parcels filled with seasoned meat, steamed in banana leaves Main dish, Breakfast, Dinner Fish amokFish or seafoodអាម៉ុកត្រី 🇰🇭 CambodiaSteamed Cambodian fish curry with coconut and kroeung, set in banana leaf Main dish, Lunch, Dinner Pasteles 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico and 4 moreBanana leaf-wrapped parcels of seasoned dough with savory fillings, steamed or boiled Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner ChikwangueVegan 🇨🇲 Cameroon and 2 moreFermented cassava dough wrapped in leaves and cooked until firm Main dish Khao tom 🇱🇦 Laos and 5 moreSticky rice and fillings wrapped in banana leaves and steamed Sweet or dessert, Snacks Bougna 🇻🇺 VanuatuRoot vegetables and meat or seafood wrapped in banana leaves and baked in an earth oven Main dish, Lunch, Dinner Bánh bột lọcMeat 🇻🇳 VietnamChewy Vietnamese dumplings with shrimp and pork in a clear tapioca wrapper Dumpling, Snacks Laplap 🇻🇺 VanuatuGrated root or breadfruit baked with coconut cream in banana leaves Main dish Lamprais 🇱🇰 Sri LankaRice, meat curry and sides wrapped in banana leaf and baked Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

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