Offal & Organ Meats

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Tripe Curry

බබත්

Beef or goat stomach and intestines cleaned thoroughly and cooked in a dark, spicy curry with roasted curry powder and coconut milk, eaten with pittu or rice.

🇫🇷France

Tripoux

Tripoux are rolls of veal or lamb tripe stuffed with herbs, simmered slowly until tender in a savory broth.

🇮🇹Florence, Italy

Trippa alla Fiorentina

Florentine-style tripe simmered with tomato, Parmigiano, and vegetables, baked in a dish. A humble Tuscan second course.

🇮🇹Rome, Italy

Trippa alla Romana

Roman-style tripe simmered with tomato, mint, Pecorino, and soffritto. A humble 'quinto quarto' (fifth quarter) dish of offal cookery.

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

Ulpershek

Үлпершек

A Kazakh dish of boiled offal — liver, heart and lungs — with broth.

🇸🇩Sudan

Umfitit

Sheep's offal chopped small and mixed with lemon, onion and chilli, sometimes with bread torn through it.

🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

Veal Sweetbreads

Zwezerik

Creamy veal sweetbreads, a classic of old Belgian bistro cooking.

🇲🇬Madagascar

Vorivorinkena

Zebu tripe cut in strips and stewed with ginger, garlic and tomato until tender.

🇬🇭Ghana

Wele

Cow hide singed, scraped and boiled until it turns gelatinous, then added to soups and to waakye.

🇿🇲Zambia

Zambian Gizzards

Malambo

Chicken gizzards are a popular delicacy in Zambia; cooked in a tomato-onion gravy; tender and chewy; served with nshima; a prized relish that uses every part of the chicken; a common street and home dish; the offal delicacy of Zambia; inexpensive and flavorful.

🇲🇰Skopje, North Macedonia

Širden

Ширден

Sheep's stomach stuffed with chopped offal, rice and paprika, sewn shut and baked slowly until the casing browns.