Stews

🇩🇿Algeria

Lham Lahlou

لحم حلو

Lamb cooked with prunes, raisins, cinnamon, orange-blossom water and sugar into a dish that is frankly a dessert with meat in it.

🇲🇦Morocco

Lham Mrouzia

لحم مروزية

Eid lamb braised with raisins, honey, saffron, and almonds until the sauce becomes dark and sticky.

🇱🇷Liberia

Liberian Cabbage Stew

Cabbage Stew

Cabbage and beef or chicken simmered with tomato paste, onion, black pepper, and stock until tender, served beside rice, yam, plantain, or potato.

🇱🇷Liberia

Liberian Chicken Gravy

Chicken Gravy

A special-occasion chicken stew with shrimp, green beans, bell pepper, tomato, onion, stock, ginger, garlic, hot pepper, and parsley, served with rice.

🇱🇸Lesotho

Likhobe

A thick stew of speckled red beans, sorghum, and cracked wheat berries (bulgur) simmered until soft and slightly mashed. Nutritious and filling, it is eaten as a main or side across rural Lesotho.

🇳🇱Limburg, Netherlands

Limburg Sour Meat

Limburgse zuurvlees

Sour beef stew from Limburg, similar to hachee but regional variation, served with fries or bread, a southern specialty.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Lithuanian Peasant Stew

Šiupinys

Thick peasant stew of mixed meat, groats and vegetables.

🇫🇮Finland

Liver Casserole

Maksalaatikko

Rich casserole of rice, ground liver, eggs, sautéed onions, baked until crispy, traditionally Christmastime.

🇭🇷Croatia

Lički lonac

Lički lonac is a Lika pot roast of lamb, cabbage and root vegetables cooked slowly in one vessel.

🇦🇷Argentina

Locro

A thick Andean stew of white hominy corn, pork, beef, chorizo, squash, and potatoes, slow-cooked for hours. Argentina's national dish for May Revolution Day and patriotic holidays.

🇵🇾Paraguay

Locro

Traditional stew made with white corn (locro) and meat, slow-cooked for hours until thick, a Sunday favorite.

🇧🇴Bolivia

Locro Carretero

A Bolivian Amazonian rice and meat stew with yuca, plantains, and spices, a hearty and rustic classic.

🇦🇷Argentina

Locro de Zapallo

A lighter, vegetarian-friendly locro of squash, corn, and beans, without meat. A northern Argentine variation, served in winter with salsa criolla and bread.

🇦🇷Tucumán, Argentina

Locro Tucumano

A Tucumán-style locro made with white corn, beans, pork, chorizo, and squash, seasoned with paprika and cumin. It is denser and spicier than other regional versions.

🇩🇿Algeria

Loubia

A Moroccan white bean stew simmered with tomato, garlic, paprika, and cumin.

🇫🇯Fiji

Lovo

Meat, fish and root crops wrapped in banana leaf and buried over fire-heated stones for several hours, then dug out and unwrapped at the table.

🇦🇹Salzburg, Austria

Lungauer Schöpsernes

Lungauer Schöpsernes slow-roasts mutton with onion, garlic and herbs until the meat pulls apart beside potatoes.

🇳🇺Niue

Lupe

A seasonal Niuean delicacy of wild Pacific pigeon, hunted during the open season and slow-cooked in the umu wrapped in banana leaves to keep the fatty juices.

🇺🇬Kampala, Uganda

Luwombo

Chicken, beef, smoked fish or groundnut sauce tied into a folded banana leaf and steamed, so the parcel arrives at the table still knotted.

🇰🇲Comoros

M'tsolola

Banane au Coco

A traditional Comorian stew of green bananas, cassava, and coconut milk with fish (tuna, mackerel, swordfish) or beef/goat; the meat or fish is marinated in chili-garlic paste, poached with vegetables, and finished with fresh coconut milk

🇬🇲The Gambia

Maafe

Sauce d'arachide

Beef, lamb or chicken stewed in a groundnut paste and tomato sauce with cassava, carrot and sweet potato, served over rice.

🇲🇴Macao

Macanese Rabbit Stew

Coelho Estufado

Rabbit stewed in wine, cinnamon, and star anise; a Macanese dish with Portuguese and Asian influences; the rabbit is slow-cooked until tender; the sauce is rich and aromatic; the rabbit stew that is a Macanese tradition.

🇫🇮Finland

Macaroni Casserole

Makaronilaatikko

Popular everyday casserole with macaroni, minced meat, and egg, one of Finland's most popular home dishes.

🇲🇰North Macedonia

Macedonian Potato Moussaka

Мусака со компири

Macedonian potato moussaka layers sliced potatoes with minced meat and onion, finished with a baked yogurt-and-egg topping.

🇧🇾Belarus

Machanka

Мачанка

Pork ribs, sausage and smoked belly simmered into a loose flour-thickened gravy, brought to the table in a bowl to dunk pancakes into rather than to eat with a spoon.

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Madfoon

مدفون

Slow-cooked meat marinated in spices, wrapped, and buried in underground pit with charcoal for smoky flavor, served over saffron rice, extremely tender meat that melts in mouth, a Bedouin specialty.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Madfouna

مدفونة

Chard and lamb stewed with chickpeas until the greens collapse into a dark, oily sauce — a Gafsa and southern dish.

🇪🇸Madrid, Spain

Madrid Stew

Cocido madrileno

A hearty chickpea stew with pork, chicken, beef, morcilla, and chorizo, traditionally served in three courses: broth first, then vegetables, then meats.

🇪🇸Madrid, Spain

Madrid-Style Beef Stew

Carne al desarreglo

Carne al desarreglo is a Madrid dish of beef strips cooked with onion, garlic, wine, and a savoury sauce.

🇪🇸Madrid, Spain

Madrid-Style Tripe

Callos a la madrilena

A tripe stew with chorizo, morcilla, and ham simmered in a rich paprika-and-tomato sauce, a classic Madrid tapa dating to the 19th century.

🇵🇸Palestine

Maftoul

مفتول

Hand-rolled Palestinian couscous, larger than Moroccan couscous, steamed and served with chickpeas, chicken, and a rich broth cooked with cumin and olive oil.

🇬🇳Kankan, Guinea

Mafé Kankan

A unique peanut stew with lamb, tomatoes, and vegetables; the signature dish of Kankan; found only in this Upper Guinean city; richer and more spiced than standard mafé.

🇸🇾Syria

Maghmour

مغمور

Aubergine and chickpeas stewed in olive oil with tomato and a great deal of garlic, eaten cold or at room temperature.

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

Maguru

Cow tripe boiled for hours until it loses its chew, then stewed with onion and tomato — a cheap, slow, much-loved plate.

🇹🇿Tanzania

Maharage ya Nazi

Red kidney beans stewed in coconut milk with onion, tomato and curry powder.

🇰🇪Kenya

Maharagwe

Maharage

A Kenyan bean stew in coconut milk or tomato sauce, a daily and home classic