Salads

🇳🇬Nigeria

Abacha

Shredded dried cassava soaked and dressed with a palm oil and potash emulsion, garden egg leaves, ugba and fish — eaten cold.

🇰🇲Comoros

Achard aux Légumes

A lightly pickled vegetable salad of carrots, cabbage, green beans, and bell peppers; quick-pickled with lime juice, salt, bird's eye chilies, garlic, ginger, and turmeric; a palate cleanser served alongside rich coconut dishes.

🇺🇿Uzbekistan

Achichuk

Achicuk Salad

A Uzbek fresh tomato, cucumber, and onion salad with herbs, a daily and side classic

🇬🇷Crete, Greece

Aginares salata

Αγκινάρες σαλάτα

A salad of boiled artichoke hearts dressed with lemon, olive oil, dill and sometimes potato, served cold as a spring meze across Greece.

🇳🇴Norway

Agurksalat

Cucumber salad, a ubiquitous everyday side.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Ajlouk Quraa

A Tunisian squash salad of cooked pumpkin or zucchini mashed with garlic, olive oil, and spices.

🇺🇸United States

Ambrosia Salad

A Southern fruit salad of oranges, pineapple, coconut, and marshmallows folded into whipped cream or sour cream.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Asinan

Asinan, vegetables or fruit pickled in a sweet-sour peanut-chilli brine and served cold, is a named Betawi and Bogor dish, not a generic pickle.

🇬🇷Crete, Greece

Askordoulakous

Ασκόρδουλακοι

Salad of the bulbs of wild tassel hyacinth, boiled repeatedly to lose their bitterness, then dressed with olive oil and lemon — an island and Peloponnesian meze.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Austrian Potato Salad

Erdäpfelsalat

Potato salad Austrian-style, dressed with oil and vinegar rather than mayonnaise, often with beef broth, served with Wiener Schnitzel, a classic side.

🇬🇼Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Avocado with Tuna

Abacate com Tuna

Ripe avocado halves filled with tuna, coconut, milk, and tomatoes; a cold starter or light meal reflecting Portuguese and tropical influences; one of the dishes TasteAtlas lists for Guinea-Bissau.

🇸🇳Senegal

Avocat aux Crevettes

Halved avocado filled with small prawns in a light mayonnaise and lemon dressing.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Azifa

አዚፋ

A cold Ethiopian green-lentil salad tossed with chopped onions, jalapeños, lime juice, mustard and oil. Spiced with ginger and turmeric, it's a beloved fasting dish that's bright, tangy and refreshing.

🇲🇦Morocco

Bakoula (Mallow Salad)

بقولة

Cooked mallow leaves chopped with garlic, preserved lemon, olive oil, and spices into a Moroccan salad.

🇮🇩Bali, Indonesia

Balinese Mix

Lawar

Balinese minced meat, coconut, and vegetables with rich spices and base genep blend.

🇷🇴Romania

Beef Salad

Salată de boeuf

Boiled beef, potato, carrot, peas and pickles diced small and bound with mayonnaise, moulded and decorated with pickled peppers.

🇪🇪Estonia

Beet Garlic Salad

Peediküüslaugusalaat

Salad with beets and garlic, a simple but flavorful Estonian side dish with vibrant color.

🇫🇮Finland

Beetroot Salad

Rosolli

Cold Christmas salad of cooked beetroots, carrots, potatoes, often with apple, pickled cucumber, and sour cream sauce.

🇸🇰Slovakia

Beetroot Salad

Cviklový šalát

Cooked beetroot grated with horseradish, vinegar and caraway, jarred in autumn and eaten with cold meat all winter.

🇲🇽Guadalajara, Mexico

Bionico

A Guadalajara fruit dessert: chopped fresh fruit in a sweetened cream with granola, coconut, and raisins.

🇮🇩West Java, Indonesia

Boiled Vegetable Salad

Lotek

Sundanese boiled vegetables with peanut sauce, simpler than gado-gado, with kencur flavor.

🇰🇭Cambodia

Bok L'hong

បុកល្ហុង

Green papaya salad pounded in a mortar with prahok, dried shrimp, palm sugar, lime, fish sauce, and peanuts, the Cambodian counterpart to Thai som tum.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Bramborový salát

A Czech potato salad with mayonnaise, carrots, peas, eggs, and pickles, a Christmas and daily classic

🇷🇸Serbia

Cabbage Salad

Купус салата

Shredded white cabbage salted, squeezed and dressed with oil and vinegar, served with grilled meat and roasts.

🇲🇽Tijuana, Mexico

Caesar salad

The original Caesar salad, invented in Tijuana: romaine, garlic croutons, parmesan, and a raw-egg anchovy dressing, tossed tableside.

🇺🇸United States

Celery Victor

A San Francisco-era salad of braised celery hearts chilled and dressed with vinaigrette, capers, and anchovies.

🇩🇯Tadjourah, Djibouti

Chakri

Fresh tomato, onion and green-pepper salad dressed with lemon and oil; a simple Djibouti side sold at Tadjourah street stalls.

🇺🇸United States

Chef Salad

An American salad of greens topped with strips of ham, turkey, cheese, egg, and tomato, served with dressing.

🇺🇸United States

Chinese Chicken Salad

A crunchy salad of shredded chicken, lettuce, fried wonton strips, and sesame-ginger dressing.

🇬🇹Guatemala

Chojín

A Guatemalan chopped pork salad with tomato, onion, mint, cilantro, and lime, served cool after the meat is cooked and shredded.

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

Chow

Green mango, pommecythere or pineapple cut up and tossed raw with shadon beni, garlic, salt and hot pepper.

🇺🇸United States

Cobb Salad

A chopped salad of greens, chicken, bacon, egg, avocado, tomato, and blue cheese — born at Hollywood's Brown Derby.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Coconut Vegetables

Urap

Steamed vegetables coated in spiced grated coconut, a Central Javanese specialty.

🇺🇸United States

Coleslaw

A salad of shredded cabbage in a creamy, vinegar, or mustard dressing, served with barbecue and fried foods.

🇺🇸United States

Crab Louie

A West Coast salad of Dungeness crab on lettuce with tomato, egg, and a pink, creamy dressing.

🇱🇦Laos

Crispy Rice Salad

ໜຳເຂົ້າ

Rice balls fried until crisp, then broken up and tossed with sour fermented pork, peanut, coriander, lime and chilli, wrapped in lettuce to eat.