Stews

🇴🇲Oman

Majeen

معجن

Majeen is a Dhofari preserved-meat specialty slow-cooked in rendered fat until tender, concentrating its savory flavor for shelf-stable storage.

🇹🇿Tanzania

Makande

Whole maize kernels and kidney beans boiled long with coconut milk into a thick, plain stew.

🇮🇩Makassar, Indonesia

Makassar Meat Stew

Pallubasa

Hearty Makassar beef stew with toasted coconut instead of peanuts, giving unique texture and flavor.

🇨🇳Sichuan, China

Mala Xiangguo

麻辣香锅

A Sichuan 'spicy pot' of stir-fried meats, vegetables and noodles tossed with numbing mala seasoning.

🇺🇬Gulu, Uganda

Malakwang

Sour hibiscus leaves boiled and finished with groundnut paste into a sharp purple-green stew, eaten with millet bread or sweet potato.

🇲🇱Mali

Malian Chicken Stew

Poulet kedjennou

A Malian chicken stew cooked with vegetables; listed in Wikipedia's Malian cuisine; chicken is simmered with tomatoes, onions, and vegetables in a rich, spiced sauce; a comforting, hearty dish; served over rice; a popular lunch dish; the Malian take on chicken stew, distinct from yassa or tigadeguena.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Braised Horse Meat

Laħam taż-żiemel

Horse meat braised slowly in red wine, bay and tomato until it goes dark and tender, served with chips.

🇲🇹Malta

Maltese Snails

Bebbux

Land snails purged, boiled and stewed with garlic, mint, tomato and wine, eaten with a pin from the shell.

🇪🇸Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Manchegan Flatbread-and-Game Stew

Gazpachos manchegos

Gazpachos Manchegos are flatbread pieces and game or meat simmered together in a Manchegan stew.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

Manel Antone Stew

Manel Antone

A beef stew with vegetables and local seasonings, a traditional Cape Verdean home-cooked dish.

🇧🇷Pará, Brazil

Maniçoba

An Amazonian stew of finely ground cassava leaves simmered for days with smoked meats, sausages, and bacon, served with rice and farinha.

🇨🇳Sichuan, China

Mao Xue Wang

毛血旺

A fiery Sichuan stew of beef tripe, duck blood curd, eel and vegetables in a deep red chilli oil broth with Sichuan peppercorns, a Chongqing specialty.

🇧🇮Burundi

Marahagwe

One-pot stew of red beans slow-cooked with potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage or spinach, onions, garlic, and aromatics until thick and hearty; a vegetarian main eaten across Burundi with rice or bugali.

🇩🇯Djibouti

Marake Kaloune

One-pot Djiboutian fish stew of tilapia or sea bass with potatoes, okra, eggplant, tomatoes and tamarind, simmered together with rice.

🇳🇦Namibia

Marathon Chicken

Home-grown free-range chicken cooked in a stew — named for the birds that roam freely ('run a marathon') before being caught; a traditional Namibian village dish, tougher but more flavourful than commercial chicken.

🇮🇶Iraq

Margat Bamia

مرقة بامية

Okra stewed with lamb in a tomato and dried-lime broth until the pods soften and the sauce thickens.

🇸🇦Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Margoog

مرقوق

Margoog is a Najdi winter stew of meat and vegetables with large, thin dough sheets that soften as they absorb the rich broth.

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Margooga

مرقوقة

Margooga is a meat and vegetable stew with hand-torn dough pieces simmered in rich spiced broth until the dough softens and the meat is tender.

🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

Marmite Sarthoise

Marmite Sarthoise is a Sarthe casserole of mixed meats and vegetables, slowly cooked until tender in a rich savory sauce.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Marqa

مرقة

The general Tunisian stew — lamb or chicken with a seasonal vegetable in a tomato and harissa base, thickened with olive oil.

🇩🇿Tlemcen, Algeria

Marqa Bel Assel

مرقة بالعسل

Lamb stewed with prunes, honey, cinnamon and orange-flower water until the sauce turns dark and sweet.

🇲🇾Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Masak Lemak Cili Api

Dishes cooked in coconut milk with turmeric and chilies, common in Negeri Sembilan, rich coconut flavor with yellow turmeric color and creamy consistency.

🇰🇪Kenya

Matoke

A Kenyan stew of green bananas cooked in tomato sauce with meat, a daily and regional classic

🇲🇺Mauritius

Mauritian Daube

Daube

Chicken or beef browned with ginger, garlic and onion and stewed in a tomato sauce lightened with thyme and a squeeze of lime — the French-Creole cousin of rougaille.

🇪🇬Egypt

Mazalika

مزاليكا

An Egyptian dish of okra cooked with tomatoes, garlic, and coriander, stewed into a thick, glossy sauce.

🇨🇲Cameroon

Mbongo Tchobi

Fish or meat stewed in a jet-black sauce made from burnt mbongo spice, njangsa and country onion.

🇹🇿Arusha, Tanzania

Mchemsho

Meat, plantain, potato, carrot, aubergine and beans boiled together in a light spiced broth and served in the pot liquor.

🇲🇱Mali

Meat and Baobab in Peanut Sauce

Naboulou

A Malian dish of meat with baobab leaves in peanut sauce; listed in Wikipedia's Malian cuisine; baobab leaves are a key ingredient in Malian cooking, used in sauces across the country; the combination of peanut and baobab leaf creates a rich, earthy, and nutritious sauce; served over tô or rice; a traditional dish.

🇲🇱Mali

Meat in Onion Sauce

Diabadji

A Malian dish of meat in onion sauce; listed in Wikipedia's Malian cuisine; onions are caramelized and simmered with meat to create a sweet, rich sauce; similar to Senegalese yassa but with Malian seasoning; served over rice or tô; a comforting, everyday dish; the sweetness of the onions is the tell.

🇲🇱Mali

Meat in Sweet Potato Leaf Sauce

Saga saga

A Malian dish of meat in sweet potato leaf sauce; listed in Wikipedia's Malian cuisine; sweet potato leaves are a common sauce base in Mali; the leaves are cooked with onions, tomatoes, and sometimes peanut; a nutritious, green sauce served over tô or rice; a traditional dish that uses every part of the sweet potato plant.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Meat Stew

Siga Tsebhi

Eritrean beef or lamb stew; meat simmered in berbere, onions, and garlic; the general term for meat tsebhi; zigni is the most famous variety; served on injera; a daily staple across the highlands.

🇵🇭Pampanga, Philippines

Meat Stew

Kaldereta

A meat stew (traditionally goat) with liver paste, tomatoes, chilies, potatoes, and carrots.

🇪🇸Balearic Islands, Spain

Menorcan Lobster Stew

Caldereta de langosta

In the Balearic Islands, Caldereta de langosta is Menorcan lobster stew with tomato, onion, pepper, and fish stock.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Mermez

مرمز

Lamb and chickpeas stewed with onion and a great deal of black pepper into a pale, unspiced broth — one of the few Tunisian dishes with no harissa.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Meskel Wet

መስቀል ወጥ

A rich Ethiopian festival stew prepared for Meskel with onions, spice and a choice of meat or pulses.

🇬🇾Guyana

Metemgee

Ground provisions — cassava, eddoe, plantain, yam — boiled down in coconut milk with salt fish or meat and topped with flour dumplings called duff.