Results for "ritual"
30 dishes found.
BhangVeganभांग
🇮🇳 IndiaCannabis leaf paste used in drinks and sweets, central to Indian spring festivals
Drink, Snacks
PanchamritaVegetarianपञ्चामृत
🇮🇳 IndiaA sacred blend of five sweet ingredients offered in Hindu and Jain rituals
Sweet or dessert
Coffee ceremonyVeganቡና ማፍላት
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreA social ritual of roasting, brewing and sharing coffee in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Drink
MahaprasadVegetarianମହାପ୍ରସାଦ
🇮🇳 IndiaSanctified vegetarian food served at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
MochiVegan餅
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese rice cake made by pounding glutinous rice into a sticky, chewy mass
Sweet or dessert
BeshbarmakMeat
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan and 4 moreCentral Asian noodles with chopped boiled meat and onion sauce, eaten with the hands
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chicha
🇵🇪 Peru and 6 moreA traditional Latin American drink made by fermenting maize or other plants
Drink, Snacks
KetupatVegan
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreRice packed in woven palm leaf pouches and boiled until firm
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PulqueVegan
🇲🇽 MexicoFermented drink made from the sap of the maguey (agave) plant in central Mexico
Drink
Challahחַלָּה
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreBraided egg bread central to Jewish Sabbath and holiday meals
Bread, Dinner, Lunch
SamanuVeganسمنو
🇮🇷 Iran and 3 moreSweet, thick paste made from sprouted wheat for Nowruz spring celebrations
Sweet or dessert
TsampaVegetarianརྩམ་པ་
🇳🇵 Nepal and 1 moreRoasted barley flour mixed with tea or water, a staple in Tibet and the Himalayas
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Maghrebi mint teaVegan
🇲🇦 Morocco and 5 moreGreen tea with fresh mint and sugar, shared across North Africa
Drink
ModakVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreA sweet dumpling with coconut and jaggery, offered in Hindu and Buddhist rituals
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Banana beerVegan
🇺🇬 Uganda and 4 moreA fermented drink made from ripe bananas and grains in East Africa
Drink
Christmas waferVegan
🇵🇱 Poland and 2 moreThin, embossed wheat wafers shared at Christmas in Poland and Lithuania
Bread
Nasi kuningVegetarian
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreRice cooked with coconut milk and turmeric, served for celebrations across Indonesia
Rice dish, Breakfast, Lunch
YakgwaVegetarian약과
🇰🇷 South KoreaDeep-fried Korean sweet made with wheat flour, honey, and sesame oil
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
QueimadaVegan
🇪🇸 SpainGalician punch of orujo spirit, sugar, citrus peel and coffee, set alight in a ritual
Drink, Dinner
Serabi
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreRice flour pancake from Java and Bali, often served with coconut sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
MarorVeganמָרוֹר
🇮🇱 Israel and 2 moreBitter herbs eaten at the Passover Seder to recall the hardship of slavery in Egypt
Main dish
Siu yukMeat燒肉
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreCantonese roast pork with crisp skin and tender meat
Main dish
TosoVegan屠蘇
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreSpiced medicinal sake shared at Japanese New Year
Drink
BsisaVeganبسيسة
🇹🇳 Tunisia and 2 moreRoasted grain powder from North Africa, mixed as a paste or drink
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
Karah ParshadVegetarianਕੜਾਹ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦ
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreA sacred Sikh sweet made from whole-wheat flour, ghee, and sugar, shared in Gurdwaras
Sweet or dessert
KarpasVeganכַּרְפַּס
🇮🇱 Israel and 1 moreA green vegetable dipped and eaten early in the Passover Seder
Main dish
SodabiVegan
🇧🇯 Benin and 5 moreWest African spirit distilled from fermented palm wine
Drink
Singjuꯁꯤꯡꯖꯨ
🇮🇳 IndiaA spicy Manipuri salad of seasonal vegetables, with or without fermented fish
Salad or side, Snacks, Tea time
Guagua de panVegetarian
🇪🇨 Ecuador and 2 moreSweet bread shaped like a child, made for ancestral Andean festivals
Sweet or dessert
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.
- Ketupat: Meutia Chaerani, CC BY 2.5, source
- Siu yuk: avlxyz of Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bsisa: Kamelgazzah, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Acarajé: Claudia Baiana, Public domain, source
- Karpas: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Toso: midorisyu, CC BY 2.0, source
- Maghrebi mint tea: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chicha: Tisquesusa, CC BY 4.0, source
- Panchamrita: Skubydoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mahaprasad: Government of Odisha, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bhang: Reuben Strayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mochi: Kropsoq, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Guagua de pan: Juan Jorge Arellano Lima, Perú, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Karah Parshad: Jasleen Kaur, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Coffee ceremony: sameffron, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Samanu: Myone63, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Modak: MAHESH MUTTA, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Serabi: Ivan Lanin, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Beshbarmak: NataAllice, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Christmas wafer: No machine-readable author provided. Julo assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, source
- Nasi kuning: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Challah: Yoninah, Public domain, source
- Tsampa: jqn, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Banana beer: Ilpo's Sojourn, CC BY 2.0, source
- Yakgwa: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Queimada: No machine-readable author provided. Rapomon assumed (based on copyrig, Public domain, source
- Maror: Yoninah, Public domain, source
- Singju: Punshiba18, CC BY-SA 3.0, source