Nuts

🇨🇫Central African Republic

Akpakpa

Protein-rich seeds from certain cucurbits, ground into a thickening paste for soups and stews; known as akpakpa in the Central African Republic and used much like egusi across West Africa.

🇹🇷Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey

Antep Fıstığı

The pistachio variety grown in the Gaziantep region of southeastern Turkey, prized for its vivid green color, rich flavor, and high oil content. Antep pistachios are the essential ingredient in Gaziantep baklava and are used in desserts, katmer, lokum, and as a garnish across Turkish cuisine. Gaziantep's pistachio culture is central to its identity as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.

🇰🇬Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan

Arslanbob Walnuts

Арстанбап жаңгагы

Walnuts from the wild walnut forest above Arslanbob in Jalal-Abad, the largest naturally occurring walnut stand in the world.

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

Betel Nut

Betel nut, or buai, is areca nut chewed with betel pepper leaf and slaked lime; users should be warned that the practice carries serious health risks.

🇨🇭Valais, Switzerland

Brisolée

An autumn dish of roasted chestnuts served with Valais dried meat, cheese, butter and local wine, eaten together as a rustic meal.

🇦🇺Australia

Bunya Nut

The huge edible seed of the bunya pine, a Queensland rainforest araucaria. Gathered from fallen cones the size of bowling balls and eaten roasted or boiled like a chestnut, it anchored Aboriginal Bonyi gatherings long before colonisation.

🇲🇽Mexico

Cacahuates botaneros

Mexican snack peanuts, fried and seasoned with chile, lime, and sometimes garlic or soy.

🇧🇷Pará, Brazil

Castanha-do-Pará

Large Amazonian Brazil nuts sold whole or roasted, with a buttery crunch and a strong regional identity.

🇷🇺Siberia, Russia

Cedar Nuts

Кедровые орехи

Cedar nuts are Siberian pine nuts used in Russian cooking, baking, and snacks.

🇸🇸South Sudan

Dakwa

South Sudanese peanut paste; peanuts roasted and ground into a smooth, oily butter; used as a thickener for stews, a base for soups, and a dressing for salads; the versatile ingredient that defines South Sudanese cooking; sold at markets or made at home.

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

Galip Nut

Canarium almond from the galip tree — a native PNG nut eaten raw, roasted, or incorporated into dishes; one of the staple nuts of the PNG diet, found alongside karuka in local dishes.

🇺🇾Uruguay

Garrapiñada

Peanuts cooked in a copper pan with sugar until the syrup crystallises into a rough sweet crust.

🇩🇪Germany

German Candied Almonds

Gebrannte Mandeln

Almonds roasted and coated in a crisp sugar shell in a copper kettle, a fixture of German Christmas markets and fairgrounds.

🇹🇷Black Sea Region, Turkey

Giresun Tombul Fındığı

The round "plump" hazelnut of Giresun on the Black Sea, protected by geographic indication, prized for its high oil content and thin skin — the benchmark Turkish hazelnut.

🇺🇸United States

Granola

A baked mix of oats, nuts, seeds, and sweetener, toasted into clusters — an American breakfast staple.

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

Kapiak

Kapiak is the edible breadnut of Papua New Guinea, valued for its starchy kernels, which may be boiled, roasted, or incorporated into local foods.

🇲🇼Malawi

Khobwe

Finely ground roasted peanuts used throughout Malawi to thicken stews, bind futali, and enrich vegetable relishes; a primary source of protein and flavour.

🇧🇪Ghent, Belgium

Kroakemandels

Kroakemandels are Ghent roasted almonds coated in a crisp, seasoned shell.

🇦🇺Australia

Macadamia Nuts

Gyndl

Indigenous nuts native to NSW and Queensland, high oil content with buttery texture, once Aboriginal delicacy now major commercial crop, fresh with good crunch and creamy flavor.

🇪🇸Valencian Community, Spain

Marcona Almonds

Almendra marcona

Spain's prized round, sweet almond variety, used in turron, sauces (romesco, picada), and fried as a tapa, with a buttery, rich flavor.

🇲🇿Mozambique

Mozambican Cashew

Castanha de caju

Cashews from the northern provinces, roasted in the shell at the roadside and sold warm in paper cones.

🇲🇼Malawi

Mtedza

Groundnuts, or peanuts, are one of Malawi's most important crops and a daily source of protein and oil; used whole, roasted, or ground into flour for stews, relishes, futali, and snacks.

🇹🇿Tanzania

Mtwara Cashews

Korosho

Cashews grown in the southern Mtwara and Lindi regions, roasted in the shell and sold hot by the bagful.

🇻🇺Vanuatu

Nangai Nuts

Local nuts from native Vanuatu trees, roasted or boiled and served on skewers; often served Ni-Vanuatu snack with a lightly sweet and crunchy texture; found at local markets, especially Port Vila; the perfect snack to eat after drinking kava.

🇸🇧Solomon Islands

Ngali Nut

Ngali nut is the rich kernel of Canarium indicum, eaten roasted or crushed into foods; it has a buttery, almond-like flavour and firm shell.

🇨🇱Araucanía, Chile

Pine Nut

Piñón

Seeds of the araucaria tree, sacred food for Mapuche-Pewenche people, traditional and nutritious, a highland delicacy.

🇱🇧Lebanon

Pine Nut

صنوبر

Long slim kernels from the stone pines of the mountain forests, fried in butter and scattered over rice, kibbeh and hummus.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pinhão

The edible seed of the Paraná pine, a winter staple in southern Brazil. Boiled in salt water and eaten warm, it has a nutty, starchy flavor.

🇮🇷Kerman, Iran

Rafsanjan Pistachios

پسته رفسنجان

Pistachios from the desert orchards of Rafsanjan and Kerman, sold roasted and salted, or raw with the pink hull still on.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Roast Chestnuts

Heissi Marroni

Chestnuts scored and roasted over charcoal in a perforated drum, sold hot by the paper cone at winter street stands.

🇷🇼Rwanda

Roasted Groundnuts

Imyumbati

Peanuts roasted and sold in paper cones at bus stations and street corners across Rwanda; a cheap, protein-rich snack eaten on the go, costing 100-1000 RWF; one of the most common street foods in Kigali.

🇹🇩Chad

Roasted Peanuts

Arachides Grillées

Roasted peanuts sold as a street snack across Chad; peanuts are a widely grown crop; roasted in their shells or loose; salty and crunchy; sold in paper cones or small bags at markets and roadside stalls; the grab-and-go snack of Chad; a versatile crop eaten boiled, roasted, or ground into paste.

🇪🇨Oriente (Amazonian Ecuador), Ecuador

Sacha Inchi

Sacha inchi are Amazonian seeds roasted like nuts, with a crisp shell and rich, oily interior used in snacks and regional foods.

🇺🇸United States

South Carolina Boiled Peanuts

Raw peanuts boiled for hours in heavily salted water until soft — a Southern roadside snack.

🇸🇾Aleppo, Syria

Syrian Pistachios

فستق حلبي

Small, deep green pistachios grown around Aleppo and Hama, known in Arabic simply as the Aleppo nut.