Salads

🇮🇱Israel

Israeli Salad

סלט ישראלי

Cucumber and tomato diced very small with onion, parsley, lemon and olive oil, eaten at breakfast, alongside every grill and inside every pita.

🇯🇵Japan

Japanese Potato Salad

ポテトサラダ

Japanese potato salad is a mashed, creamy salad with Kewpie mayonnaise, cucumber, and other crisp additions, served in izakaya and convenience stores; it is distinct from German potato salad.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Javanese Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce

Pecel

Javanese blanched vegetables with spicy peanut and kefir lime leaf sauce, served with emping.

🇬🇫French Guiana

Kalawang

A green mango salad; unripe mango grated or sliced, mixed with garlic, chili, salt, pepper, lime juice, and sometimes sauce créole; served as an appetizer; a Creole specialty of French Guiana.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Key Sir

ቀይ ሥር

Literally 'red root' — Ethiopia's beautifully magenta beet-and-potato salad, lightly seasoned and bright with vinegar and lemon. A jewel-toned addition to any beyaynetu.

🇷🇺Russia

Korean Carrot Salad (Morkovcha)

Морковь по-корейски

Spicy marinated carrot salad invented by Soviet-deported Koryo-saram cooks: julienned carrots dressed with garlic, coriander seed, chili and hot oil.

🇹🇷Turkey

Kısır

A refreshing bulgur salad made with fine bulgur, tomato paste, pomegranate molasses, parsley, mint, green onions, and red pepper flakes. Kısır is a staple of community gatherings and women's day events, often prepared in large batches and served with lettuce leaves for scooping.

🇬🇷Greece

Lahanosalata

Λαχανοσαλάτα

Greek cabbage and carrot salad with lemon-oil dressing, a crunchy, tangy side. A winter and home classic, served with grilled meats, a refreshing and healthy salad.

🇱🇦Laos

Lao Green Papaya Salad

ຕໍາໝາກຫຸ່ງ

Shredded green papaya pounded in a clay mortar with padaek, lime, garlic, chilli, tomato and long bean, less sweet and far more pungent than its Thai cousin.

🇹🇭Isan (Northeastern Thailand), Thailand

Larb

ลาบ

Larb is a minced-meat salad with toasted rice powder, herbs, lime, and chilli, with Lao and Isan Thai styles.

🇲🇬Madagascar

Lasary

Green beans, carrot, cabbage and onion sliced fine and dressed with vinegar and mustard in the highlands, or mango and lemon pickled with chilli on the coast.

🇲🇬Madagascar

Lasary Voatabia

Fresh Malagasy tomato salad with onion, acid and herbs served beside rice and stews.

🇱🇦Luang Prabang, Laos

Luang Prabang Salad

ສະຫລັດຫລວງພະບາງ

Watercress and lettuce tossed with tomato, hard-boiled egg, peanuts and a creamy garlic-egg dressing — a colonial-era invention that stayed.

🇫🇷Lyon, France

Lyonnais Salad

Salade lyonnaise

Frisée salad with bacon, croutons, and a poached egg, a Lyon bistro classic.

🇲🇴Macao

Macanese Salad

Salada Macaense

Traditional Macanese salad; tuna mixed with vegetables; dressed with olive oil and seasoned with salt; canned tuna is most commonly used, but high-class restaurants use fresh tuna; a Macanese classic; the salad that is a Macau staple.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Mango Kerabu

Kerabu Mangga

Green mango salad with chilies, lime, and roasted peanuts, crunchy unripe mango with balanced sweet-sour-spicy and fresh herbs.

🇬🇷Greece

Marouli

Μαρούλι

Greek lettuce salad with spring onions, dill, and a lemon-oil dressing. A light, refreshing side salad, a home and taverna classic, served with bread, a spring and summer dish.

🇲🇻Maldives

Mas Huni

މަސްހުނި

Smoked tuna is flaked with fresh coconut, onion, chilli, and lime into a breakfast mixture eaten with roshi.

🇲🇲Myanmar

Mixed Hand Salad

လက်သုပ်စုံ

A build-your-own plate of several noodles, rice, potato, papaya and beans mixed together by hand with tamarind, chilli, chickpea flour and fish sauce.

🇵🇱Poland

Mizeria

A Polish cucumber salad of thinly sliced cucumbers, sour cream, dill, and lemon juice. A refreshing, creamy side dish, a national staple served with meat and potatoes.

🇷🇸Niš, Serbia

Moravska salata

Моравска салата

Moravska salata combines ripe tomato, roasted or fresh pepper, onion and a mustard-vinegar dressing.

🇹🇭Isan (Northeastern Thailand), Thailand

Mu nam tok

หมูน้ำตก

Nam tok mu is grilled pork sliced and dressed with toasted rice powder, chilli, lime, and herbs; it differs from larb by using sliced rather than minced meat.

🇰🇭Cambodia

Nhoam Kroch Thlong

ញាំក្រូចថ្លង

Pomelo segment salad with shrimp, pork, coconut flakes, peanuts, mint, and a sweet and sour dressing of fish sauce and lime.

🇰🇭Cambodia

Nhoam Svay

ញាំស្វាយ

Shredded green mango salad with dried shrimp, fish sauce, lime, peanuts, and fresh herbs, pounded in a mortar.

🇫🇷Nice, France

Nicoise Salad

Salade niçoise

Nicoise salad with tuna, vegetables, eggs, and olives from Nice.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Nộm hoa chuối (Banana Blossom Salad)

Nộm hoa chuối

Nom hoa chuoi, banana-blossom salad with chicken or pork and peanuts, is a named Vietnamese dish built on an ingredient with no other representation.

🇭🇷Croatia

Octopus Salad

Salata od hobotnice

Boiled octopus mixed with onions, garlic, parsley, olive oil, and potatoes, served chilled, a refreshing coastal appetizer.

🇸🇨Seychelles

Octopus Salad

Salad Zourit

Boiled octopus mixed with green peppers, fresh tomatoes, and onions, dressed with lime and oil; served cold; a refreshing Seychellois salad; the octopus is boiled until tender before being flaked into the salad.

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Olivier Salad

Салат Оливье

Olivier salad is a Russian potato salad of diced vegetables, meat, eggs, and mayonnaise.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Omek Houria

أمك هورية

A Tunisian cooked carrot salad with garlic, harissa, olive oil and sometimes tuna, served as a meze or side, with a smooth, spicy-sweet flavour.

🇫🇯Fiji

Ota

Young forest fern shoots blanched and dressed with coconut cream, lime and chilli into a cool salad.

🇷🇪Reunion

Palm Heart Salad

Salade Palmiste

Salad made from palm heart (palmiste); the bud of a palm tree; a Reunionese specialty; delicate and crunchy; a TasteAtlas-listed must-try; the palm heart salad that is a Reunionese delicacy.

🇵🇪Peru

Palta Rellena

A Peruvian avocado half stuffed with chicken, shrimp or tuna salad, creamy and refreshing. A classic starter.

🇬🇷Greece

Pantzarosalata

Παντζαροσαλάτα

Greek beetroot salad of boiled beets with garlic, olive oil, and vinegar, often with yogurt. A tangy, earthy, colorful side or meze, a taverna and home classic, served cold.

🇮🇹Tuscany, Italy

Panzanella

Panzanella is a Tuscan salad of soaked stale bread, ripe tomatoes, cucumber, onion, basil, olive oil, and vinegar; the bread is softened into the salad rather than served as bread.

🇲🇾Penang, Malaysia

Pasembur

Rojak Bandung

Indian rojak with various ingredients, fresh ingredients with spicy peanut sauce and variety of components.