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Malaysia

Curry Laksa

咖喱面

Coconut milk-based curry noodle soup with fish cake, tofu puffs, and cockles, rich coconut broth with aromatic laksa leaves.

Japan

Curry Pan

カレーパン

A deep-fried bread roll filled with spicy Japanese curry, crisp outside, molten inside.

Seychelles

Curry Pili

A Seychellois curry sharpened with local chili, garlic and Creole aromatics.

Saint Helena

Curry Puffs

Saint Helena curry puffs are shortcrust pastry parcels filled with curried corned beef, onion, parsley, and egg, a local party food adapted from the wider curry-puff tradition.

Berlin, Germany

Currywurst

Berlin street food staple made with boiled and fried sausage served with curry-spiced tomato sauce.

El Salvador

Curtido

A Salvadoran fermented cabbage and carrot slaw with vinegar and oregano, the essential pupusa companion

Colombia

Curuba

Taxo

A Colombian banana-passion fruit, with yellow-green skin and orange, seedy pulp. Used in juices and desserts, a highland specialty, tart and aromatic.

Cusco, Peru

Cusco Giant White Maize

Maíz blanco gigante Cusco

The world's largest corn kernels, grown in the Sacred Valley. INDECOPI granted Denomination of Origin in 2005 (Paraqay Sara).

Brazil

Cuscuz de Tapioca

A Northeastern Brazilian tapioca couscous, moist and sweet, often served with coconut and butter.

Brazil

Cuscuz Nordestino

A steamed cornmeal cake from the Northeast, made with tapioca or corn flour and coconut milk, eaten sweet with coconut or savory with cheese and eggs.

São Paulo, Brazil

Cuscuz Paulista

A São Paulo savory cornmeal couscous steamed in a ring mold and layered with tomato, sardines, tuna, olives, boiled eggs and peppers. Served cold at parties and picnics.

Guatemala

Cusha

A Guatemalan traditional fermented corn drink, an indigenous and festive classic

United Kingdom

Custard

A pouring sauce of milk, sugar and either egg yolk or cornflour powder, served hot over almost every British pudding.

Hong Kong

Custard Bun

奶黃包

A dim sum bun filled with molten yellow custard, steamed until the filling runs.

Netherlands

Custard Flip

Vlaflip

Layered dessert with vanilla custard, fruit sauce, and yogurt, a beloved Dutch refrigerated dessert in layers.

Serbia

Custard Slice

Кремпита

A thick slab of vanilla custard between two sheets of puff pastry, chilled and cut into squares, dusted with icing sugar.

New Zealand

Custard Square

Thick set vanilla custard between two sheets of flaky pastry, topped with white icing and cut into blocks.

Cayman Islands

Custard Top Cornbread

A popular traditional Cayman dessert made with corn meal, flour, sugar, baking soda, nutmeg, eggs, coconut milk, evaporated milk, vanilla, lime juice, and butter, baked for 2 hours until firm with a custard-like texture; a Caymanian dessert.

Belize

Cut-o-Brute

Chunks of coconut boiled in dark sugar until they candy, sold in ragged lumps rather than neat squares.

Nariño, Colombia

Cuy Asado (Roast Guinea Pig)

Cuy asado

Whole guinea pig seasoned and roasted over coals or in an oven. Ecuadorian highland versions are served with potatoes and sauces; in Cusco, Peru, a roasted preparation is called Q’oe Kanka.

Arequipa, Peru

Cuy Chactado

Crispy fried guinea pig, flattened and pressed before frying. A highland specialty of Arequipa, Cusco, Ayacucho, and Puno.

Ecuador

Cuy Frito

Fried guinea pig prepared in several Andean regional styles. In Chaltura, Ecuador, it is served with potatoes, mote, toasted corn, or avocado; a Moquegua, Peru version is coated with ground maize before frying.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Cuñapé

A Bolivian cheesy yuca bread roll, round and golden, a Santa Cruz and eastern classic.

Moldova

Cușma lui Guguță

A stacked Moldovan pancake dessert filled with sour cherries, covered with sour cream, and named for the literary character Cușma lui Guguță.

Lower Carniola, Slovenia

Cviček

Pale, low-alcohol red-and-white field blend from Dolenjska, protected, sour and light enough to drink through an afternoon.

Cyprus

Cypriot Coffee

Κυπριακός καφές

Cypriot coffee is finely ground coffee brewed unfiltered in a small briki and served thick and strong in a small cup.

Cyprus

Cypriot Daktyla

Δάκτυλα

Daktyla are Cypriot finger-shaped pastries of thin dough filled with nuts and scented with cinnamon, then fried or baked and syruped.

Cyprus

Cypriot Trahanas

Τραχανάς

Cracked wheat soured with sheep's milk, dried into hard shards and later boiled into a thick soup with halloumi cubes.

Cyprus

Cyprus Flake Salt

Αλάτι σε νιφάδες Κύπρου

Cyprus flake salt is hand-harvested sea salt formed into delicate white crystals as brine evaporates in shallow pans.

Czech Republic

Czech Eggnog

Vaječný koňak

Creamy homemade egg liqueur with rum and vanilla, a Czech Christmas tradition.

Czech Republic

Czech Gingerbread Cookies

Perníčky

Iced honey-gingerbread cookies, baked and decorated for holidays and fairs.

Slovakia

Czech Goulash

Hovězí guláš

A Czech beef goulash with onions, caraway, marjoram, and paprika, served with dumplings or bread, a pub and daily classic

Czech Republic

Czech Tartar Sauce

Tatarská omáčka

Tangy sauce of pickles, capers and mayonnaise served with fried cheese and fish.

Poland

Czernina

Duck-blood soup.

Poland

Czwórniak

A lighter Polish mead, made with one part honey to four parts water, aged for months. A dry, light, aromatic drink, a traditional mead, served warm or cold, a refreshing variant.

Vietnam

Cá kho tộ (Caramelized Fish in Clay Pot)

Cá kho tộ

Ca kho to, fish caramelised in a clay pot with fish sauce and pepper, is one of the most-cooked dishes in Vietnam.