Vegetables

🇼🇸Samoa

Fa'alifu Ulu

Faalifu ulu is breadfruit cooked in coconut cream with onion and seasoning until the fruit is tender and coated in a savoury sauce.

🇹🇻Tuvalu

Fakapapa

Fakapapa is beaten cooked pulaka, pounded until smooth and served as a soft Tuvaluan root preparation alongside coconut or fish.

🇹🇻Tuvalu

Fekei

Tuvaluan fekei is grated pulaka mixed with coconut cream, wrapped in leaves, and steamed into a dense starchy parcel shared across the islands.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Felfel Mahchi

فلفل محشي

Tunisian sweet peppers stuffed with spiced minced lamb, rice and herbs, simmered in a tomato and harissa sauce, a festive everyday dish.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

Fenland Celery

Fenland Celery is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.

🇫🇷Provence, France

Fenouil braisé (Braised fennel)

Fenouil braisé is fennel slowly softened with olive oil or stock until tender, sweet, and lightly caramelized.

🇨🇦Atlantic Canada, Canada

Fiddleheads

Fougères

Curled edible shoots of ostrich fern, harvested for few weeks each spring, traditional Acadian and Maritime dish.

🇫🇯Fiji

Fiji Asparagus

Duruka

The unopened flower of a wild cane, peeled from its sheath and cooked in coconut milk — available for only a few weeks a year.

🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

Flemish Asparagus

Asperges op z'n Vlaams

White asparagus with melted butter, boiled eggs and ham, a Flemish spring ritual.

🇭🇺Hungary

Fozelek

Főzelék

Thick vegetable pottage, a daily staple.

🇺🇸United States

Fried Cabbage

Cabbage sautéed in a hot skillet with onions, bacon, and seasoning until browned and sweet.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Fried Cauliflower

Smažený květák

Cauliflower florets breaded and fried, served with boiled potatoes and tartar sauce.

🇪🇸Andalusia, Spain

Fried Eggplant with Honey

Berenjenas con miel

Thin strips of eggplant, battered and fried until crisp, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with sesame, a Cordoba tapa.

🇺🇸United States

Fried Green Tomatoes

Sliced unripe tomatoes coated in cornmeal and fried until golden — a Southern classic.

🇺🇸United States

Fried Okra

Okra slices coated in cornmeal and fried until crisp — a Southern side and snack.

🇱🇷Liberia

Fried Plantains

Ripe plantain slices fried until caramelised and served as a Liberian side or snack.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Fritos Maduros

Dominican fried ripe plantains, sweet and caramelized, served as a side with rice and beans. A sweet contrast to savory dishes, eaten nationwide.

🇨🇩DR Congo

Fumbwa

A vegetable dish made from the leaves of Gnetum africanum (African spinach); the leaves are rolled into a bundle and cut into thin strips, giving them a filament appearance; usually prepared with spices and peanuts; a specialty of the western provinces of DRC; also known as okok in Cameroon; a nutritious, earthy vegetable dish; served with fufu or chikwangue.

🇯🇴Jordan

Galayet Bandora

قلاية بندورة

Tomatoes fried hard in olive oil with garlic and green chilli until they collapse into a thick sauce, scooped up with bread.

🇮🇳Rajasthan, India

Gatte Ki Sabzi

गट्टे की सब्जी

A Rajasthani curry of gram flour dumplings in a yogurt-based gravy. It is a signature dish of the desert state.

🇬🇷Greece

Gemista

Γεμιστά με κρέας

Greek stuffed tomatoes and peppers with herbed rice (and sometimes meat), baked with potatoes until soft. A summer ladera classic, vegetarian and fragrant, a taverna and home staple.

🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva Spiny Cardoon

Cardon épineux genevois

Protected thorny Geneva cardoon is blanched and cooked for Geneva Christmas tables, especially in gratin-like preparations.

🇼🇸Samoa

Giant Taro

Ta'amu

Ta'amu is giant taro cooked by boiling, roasting, or steaming until dense and starchy, then served as a Samoan staple.

🇰🇷South Korea

Gim gui

김

Gim, roasted and salted laver sheets, is bought as itself in every Korean market and airport and is the single most-exported Korean food.

🇦🇴Angola

Gimboa

A soft-leaved local green, close to spinach, that goes into calulu and is sold in tied bundles at every market.

🇬🇫French Guiana

Giraumonade

Mashed pumpkin (giraumon) with smoked bacon, onions, garlic, herbs, and spices; a side dish accompanying grilled meat or fish; a Creole comfort food of French Guiana.

🇬🇺Guam

Gollai Hågon Suni

Gollai hagon suni is taro leaves simmered in coconut cream until completely tender, producing a rich green side with a gentle earthy sweetness.

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Golpi

گلپی

Cauliflower cooked down with tomato, turmeric and coriander into a soft, gently spiced side dish.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Gomen Kitfo

ጎመን ክትፎ

Finely chopped collard greens seasoned with spiced butter in a meat-free Ethiopian kitfo-style preparation.

🇫🇷Occitanie, France

Gratin d'artichauts (Artichoke gratin)

Gratin d’artichauts is artichoke hearts baked under a browned layer of cream, breadcrumbs, or cheese.

🇫🇷Lyon, France

Gratin de cardons

Gratin de cardons is tender cardoon stalks baked with béchamel and cheese until bubbling and golden.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Green Bamboo Shoots (Bijiao)

綠竹筍

Green bamboo shoots dug before dawn in summer and served chilled with mayonnaise, sweet and crisp with no bitterness.

🇱🇧Lebanon

Green Beans in Olive Oil

لوبية بزيت

Flat green beans stewed slowly with onion, garlic, tomato and a great deal of olive oil, served at room temperature.

🇬🇩Grenada

Grenadian Callaloo

Callaloo

Dasheen (taro) leaves, the island's favorite greens; the elephant-ear-shaped leaves of the dasheen plant; used in oil down, callaloo soup, and as a side dish; a staple of Grenadian cuisine; rich in vitamins and minerals; the callaloo of the Spice Isle; the green that defines Grenadian cooking.

🇬🇩Grenada

Grenadian Provisions

Provisions

Boiled root vegetables and starchy staples of Grenada; includes breadfruit, yams, dasheen, tannia, green bananas, and sweet potatoes; the carbohydrate base of Grenadian cuisine; served with stewed meats, fish, or saltfish; a staple at every meal; the provisions of the Spice Isle; the foundation of Caribbean cooking.

🇩🇰Denmark

Grønlangkål

Grønlangkål is a vegetable dish from Denmark, rooted in local cooking tradition.