Street Snacks

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

Bambara Nut Fritters

Beignets de pois de terre

Bambara groundnut (voandzou) fritters with salt and potash; a village-style beignet; the underground-ripening legume is pounded into paste and deep-fried.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Bamischijf

Deep-fried disc of Chinese noodle stew in breadcrumbs, a Belgian snack-bar original.

🇲🇺Mauritius

Banana Chips Mauriciens

Chips de banane

Thin slices of banana fried or dried into a crisp Mauritian snack.

🇬🇼Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Banana Fritters

Fidjós

Fried fritters made with mashed banana and flour; sweet, golden, and crispy; a popular street snack across Guinea-Bissau, sold at markets and roadside stalls; the Portuguese name reflects the Lusophone culinary vocabulary.

🇯🇲Jamaica

Banana Fritters

A Jamaican snack of ripe mashed bananas mixed with flour, sugar and nutmeg, deep-fried into golden, crisp fritters, a simple, comforting treat.

🇲🇶Martinique

Banana Fritters

Beignets de Banane

Banana fritters made with ripe local bananas; fried until crispy outside and soft inside; flavored with cinnamon and rum; an essential sweet treat during celebrations and family meals; the beignets de banane that are a Martinican sweet.

🇵🇭Philippines

Banana Fritters

Maruya

Saba bananas sliced and coated in a light batter, deep-fried until golden, dusted with sugar.

🇲🇺Mauritius

Banana Fritters Mauriciens

Beignets de banane

Ripe banana pieces coated in batter and fried as a Mauritian tea-time sweet.

🇸🇨Seychelles

Banana Fritters Seychelloises

Beignets de banane

Ripe banana pieces fried in batter as a Seychellois market sweet.

🇻🇳Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Banh Trang Nuong

Bánh tráng nướng

Grilled rice paper topped with egg, sausage and scallions — Saigon street food.

🇹🇬Togo

Bean Fritters

Gawou

Crispy Togolese bean fritters made from skinned black-eyed peas blended with onion, chilli, and salt, then deep-fried into golden balls; a popular morning or afternoon market snack.

🇧🇪Belgium

Beef Croquette

Rundvleeskroket

Crisp breadcrumbed croquette filled with creamy beef ragout.

🇵🇰Sindh, Pakistan

Beeh ki Tikki (Lotus-Root Patties)

Bhee ji Tikki

Lotus stem/root is sliced or grated with spices, bound, and shallow-fried into Sindhi patties.

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Beguni

বেগুনি

Aubergine sliced thin, dipped in a spiced gram-flour batter and deep-fried; a fixture of the Ramadan iftar plate.

🇨🇲Cameroon

Beignets Haricots Bouillie

Fried dough balls eaten with a bowl of stewed beans and a cup of sweet spiced maize porridge — the standard Cameroonian breakfast, ordered as a set.

🇨🇬Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Beignets with Beans

Beignets avec haricots

A classic Brazzaville breakfast of fried yeast dough balls served with a bowl of boiled beans; the sweet beignet and savoury bean combo is a morning ritual.

🇧🇲Bermuda

Bermuda Fish Cakes

Fish Cakes

Fried patties made from salted codfish, mashed potatoes, spices, and herbs; served year-round on buns with condiments, and traditionally on hot cross buns during Easter season; a Bermudian street food and snack.

🇺🇬Uganda

Bhaji Ugandan

Bhaji

Ugandan vegetable fritters shaped and fried as a tea-time or market snack.

🇰🇪Kenya

Bhajia

A Kenyan deep-fried potato slices coated in spiced gram flour, a street and daily classic

🇮🇳Maharashtra, India

Bhakarwadi

भाकरवडी

A spiral-shaped, spicy-sweet snack from Maharashtra and Gujarat filled with coconut and spices. It is crunchy.

🇳🇵Nepal

Bhatmas Sadheko

भटमास सादेको

Newari-style spiced soybeans, roasted and tossed with garlic, ginger, chillies and lime.

🇮🇳Mumbai, India

Bhel Puri

भेल पूरी

A Mumbai chaat of puffed rice, sev, vegetables, and chutneys. It is light, crunchy, sweet, and tangy.

🇮🇳Bikaner, India

Bikaneri bhujia

बीकानेरी भुजिया

Moth-bean and gram flour are seasoned, extruded into fine strands, and fried into Bikaner's brittle snack.

🇮🇱Israel

Bissli

ביסלי

Fried wheat snack in hard, crunchy shapes, sold in flavours — grill, onion, taco, pizza — that map to distinct shapes.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Bitter Balls

Bitterballen

Small round version of kroket made with beef or veal ragout, popular bar snack served with mustard, traditionally with liquors.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Black Angelhair Fritters

Deep-fried fritters made from black angelhair, a local sea moss or seaweed; mixed with seasoned batter and fried until crisp; a distinctive Antiguan appetizer and street food; found at local restaurants and roadside stalls; the angelhair fritters of Antigua; a crispy, oceanic snack.

🇦🇼Aruba

Black-Eyed Pea Fritters

Cala

Cala; black-eyed pea fritters; beans soaked overnight in water, peeled, ground, and fried in ball shapes; a popular Aruban snack; a feature of roadside snack-bars; a staple of Aruban street food

🇬🇭Ghana

Bofrot

Botokoin

Sweetened yeast dough dropped by the spoonful into hot oil and fried into round, chewy balls.

🇵🇹Portugal

Bolinhos de Bacalhau

Crisp salt cod and potato fritters, a national snack found in every tasca.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Bollitos de Yuca

Dominican cassava rolls stuffed with ground meat, similar to carimañolas, fried until golden. A coastal and street snack, crispy and chewy, served with hot sauce.

🇨🇴Colombia

Bollo de Yuca

A Caribbean-coast bollo of grated cassava wrapped in leaves and boiled. Served with suero costeño and cheese, it is a staple of coastal breakfasts.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Bolón de Verde

Mashed green plantains stuffed with cheese or chicharrón and fried into a crisp-edged ball, a filling coastal Ecuadorian breakfast.

🇧🇶Bonaire

Bonaire Funchi Hasá

Funchi Hasa

A fried version of funchi; thick cornmeal pudding sliced and fried until golden and crispy on the outside

🇰🇲Comoros

Bonbon Piment

Small fried cakes of split peas, chili and herbs, a Comorian snack with a crisp shell and soft centre.

🇮🇳Punjab, India

Bread Pakora

ब्रेड पकोड़ा

A North Indian snack of bread slices stuffed with potato, dipped in gram flour batter, and deep-fried. Popular in Punjab.

🇸🇨Seychelles

Breadfruit Chips

Thin slices of breadfruit deep-fried until crisp, sold as a popular snack at markets and roadside stalls; a Seychellois alternative to potato chips; the breadfruit's starchy texture makes excellent chips when fried golden.