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Crete, Greece

Dakos

Ντάκος

Cretan salad of a barley rusk (paximadi) topped with grated tomato, feta or mizithra, olive oil, and oregano. A meze and island classic, crunchy and fresh, a Cretan specialty, a summer staple.

Sudan

Dakwa

Peanuts roasted and pounded coarse with salt into a rough butter that thickens stews, dresses salads and is eaten on bread.

South Sudan

Dakwa

South Sudanese peanut paste; peanuts roasted and ground into a smooth, oily butter; used as a thickener for stews, a base for soups, and a dressing for salads; the versatile ingredient that defines South Sudanese cooking; sold at markets or made at home.

Rajasthan, India

Dal Bati Churma

दाल बाटी चूरमा

The iconic Rajasthani meal of baked wheat balls, lentil curry, and sweet crushed wheat. It is rich and served with ghee.

Nepal

Dal Bhat

दाल भात

Steamed rice is served with a pourable lentil soup, vegetables, pickle, and sometimes meat as Nepal's everyday meal.

Punjab, India

Dal Makhani

दाल मखनी

A rich, slow-cooked black-lentil curry finished with butter and cream, now a signature Punjabi restaurant dish; accounts of its modern restaurant origin differ.

India

Dal Pakhori

दाल पखोरी

Lentil batter is seasoned, shaped, and fried into crisp pakhori served with chutney or curry.

West Bengal, India

Dal Puri

दाल पूरी

A fried flatbread stuffed with spiced lentil filling, popular in Bengal and parts of North India. It is a festive bread often served with aloo dum.

India

Dal Tadka

दाल तड़का

Cooked lentils finished with a sizzling tempering of ghee, cumin, garlic, and dried chilies. A simple, aromatic dish found across North India.

Hyderabad, India

Dalcha

دالچہ

Lentils are cooked with meat, vegetables, and tamarind into a tangy Hyderabadi stew.

Dalmatia, Croatia

Dalmatian Pancetta

Panceta

Dalmatinska panceta is a protected dry-cured pork-belly product from Dalmatia, made by salting or brining, cold smoking, drying and maturation.

Dalmatia, Croatia

Dalmatinska pržolica

In Dalmatia, Dalmatinska pržolica is grilled pork-loin steak from the Dalmatian coast.

Sudan

Dama

A Sudanese meat preparation cooked slowly with onion and aromatic spice.

Uruguay

Damasquitos

Small apricot jelly sweets rolled in sugar, made in the town of Minas.

Jura, Switzerland

Damassine

A plum eau-de-vie distilled from a small local damson variety grown in orchards in the north-west.

Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

Dambalkhacho

Დამბალხაჭო

A rare, moldy aged curd cheese from the mountain regions of Tianeti and Pshavi, dried and aged in qvevri for 1-2 months, with an intense, spicy flavour.

North (Parakou / Borgou / Bariba), Benin

Dambou

A steamed cereal dish of Zarma and Songhai origin in Niger, commonly prepared with moringa leaves. It is also a traditional food in northern Benin, including Parakou, with versions made from rice, millet or maize.

Niger

Dambou

A festive Zarma and Songhai couscous-like dish from Niger: steamed granules of rice, millet, or fonio fluffed with moringa leaves, onion, chilli, groundnut, and sometimes dried fish or meat; served at weddings and celebrations.

Nigeria

Dambu Nama

Northern Nigerian shredded meat floss seasoned and dried into a portable snack.

Niger

Dambun Shinkafa

Flaked and seasoned rice preparation associated with Hausa cooking in Niger.

Belgium

Dame Blanche

Dame Blanche is vanilla ice cream covered with warm chocolate sauce, a Belgian dessert-shop classic.

Australia

Damper

Bush Bread

Damper is a plain Australian camp bread made from flour, water, and salt, baked in coals or a camp oven.

Balochistan, Pakistan

Dampukht

دم پخت

Meat sealed in a heavy pot with its own fat and no added water, cooked over low coals until it steams itself tender.

Taiwan

Dan Bing

蛋餅

Thin batter crêpe cooked with an egg spread over it, rolled with cheese, corn, bacon or pork floss and cut into pieces with scissors.

Sichuan, China

Dan Dan Noodles

担担面

Thin wheat noodles under a spoonful of minced pork fried with preserved mustard greens, dressed with chilli oil, sesame paste, soy and Sichuan pepper.

Niger

Dan Wake

Small bean-flour dumplings served with pepper, oil and onion in northern Niger.

Kano, Nigeria

Dan Wake

Northern dumplings of bean and cassava flour boiled and tossed with oil, chilli, onion and kuli kuli crumbs.

Denmark

Danablu

Danish blue cheese, invented in Denmark.

Khuzestan, Iran

Dande kabab

دنده کباب

Marinated lamb ribs are grilled over wood in Khuzestan, leaving a smoky crust and a juicy, fatty center.

United Kingdom

Dandelion and Burdock

A dark, faintly medicinal soft drink flavoured with dandelion and burdock root, descended from a fermented medieval cordial.

Andorra

Dandelion Salad

Amanida de bordolaga

Dandelion salad, a dish frequently found on Andorran tables in spring; made with foraged dandelion greens; dressed with olive oil, vinegar, and garlic; a simple, fresh, and slightly bitter salad; reflects the Pyrenean tradition of foraging wild greens; found at homes and traditional restaurants in spring; the dandelion salad of Andorra; a wild spring dish.

Tijuana, Mexico

Danger Dog

A Tijuana street hot dog wrapped in bacon, griddled, and piled with grilled onions, peppers, and sauces.

Japan

Dango

団子

Skewered rice-flour dumplings, often grilled and glazed with a sweet soy-miso sauce (mitarashi).

Denmark

Danish Hot Dog

Pølsehorn

A Danish hot dog with a red sausage, bun, ketchup, mustard, remoulade, and crispy fried onions, a street classic.

Niger

Dankuwa

A sweet and spicy Nigerien snack of roasted groundnuts, millet or maize, sugar, ginger, and cloves, pounded and shaped into small balls or bars; energy-dense and popular in the north.

Germany

Danube Wave Cake

Donauwelle

German sheet cake with cherry and buttercream layers, topped with chocolate glaze resembling waves of the Danube.