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Madagascar

Lasopy

A vegetable soup of carrot, turnip, potato and leek pushed through a sieve, a French inheritance eaten at the start of a meal in the highlands.

Madagascar

Lasopy Chinoise

A Malagasy Chinese-influenced noodle soup with vegetables, broth and meat or seafood.

Seychelles

Lasos Piman

Local Seychellois chili sauce made from the notoriously fiery Seychelles chillies; dishes are often cooked with or accompanied by lasos piman; an essential condiment on every Seychellois table; the chili can be mixed into octopus curry or served separately.

Bangladesh

Lassi

Mango Lassi

A thick, chilled yogurt drink, sweet or salted, sometimes flavoured with mango.

Guinea

Latchiri Kossan

Millet or fonio served with tangy sour milk in a traditional Guinean breakfast preparation.

Guam

Latiya

Latiya is a Guam custard pudding finished with cinnamon, combining a soft set layer with a lightly spiced, milky top.

Israel

Latkes

לביבות

Grated potato and onion bound with egg and fried flat in oil for Hanukkah, eaten with apple sauce or sour cream.

Sabah, Malaysia

Latok

Sea grapes, seaweed with grape-like bubbles, fresh crunchy bubbles with salty ocean flavor and not slimy.

Sri Lanka

Lattice Sweet

අස්මි

A fried rice-flour disc drizzled with threads of treacle syrup into a lattice, made only for the New Year table.

Latvia

Latvian Biezpiena Piragi

Sweet cottage cheese pastries/buns.

Latvia

Latvian Pilditi Kaposti

Latvian cabbage rolls filled with seasoned minced meat and rice, simmered with tomato and vegetables.

Iceland

Laufabrauð

Iceland's thin, leaf-patterned fried bread, a Christmas and festive classic.

Hawaii, United States

Laulau

A Hawaiian dish of pork and sometimes butterfish or chicken, wrapped in taro leaves and steamed until melting.

Mozambique

Laurentina

A Maputo brewery's range, best known for the dark Preta — a sweet, malty beer unusual in the region.

Lankaran-Astara, Azerbaijan

Lavangi

Ləvəngi

Chicken or Caspian fish stuffed with a paste of ground walnut, fried onion and sour plum pulp, then baked whole.

Azerbaijan

Lavash

Լավաշ

Paper-thin unleavened bread slapped onto the wall of a clay tonir and peeled off seconds later, dried in stacks and revived with a sprinkle of water.

Iran

Lavashak

لواشک

Fruit purée is seasoned, spread thin, and dried into Iranian sour fruit leather sold in colourful rolls and sheets.

Wales, United Kingdom

Laverbread

Laver seaweed boiled for hours to a dark green purée, rolled in oatmeal and fried, served with bacon and cockles at breakfast.

Afghanistan

Lawand

لوند

Chicken or lamb cooked in a turmeric-yellow sauce enriched with yoghurt at the end.

Egypt

Layali Lubnan

ليالي لبنان

A Egyptian semolina and milk pudding with rosewater, cream, and pistachios, a daily and sweet shop classic

Hungary

Layered Cabbage

Rakott káposzta

Layered cabbage is a Hungarian bake of sauerkraut, ground pork, rice, and sour cream assembled in layers.

Hungary

Layered Pancakes

Rakott palacsinta

Layered pancakes are Hungarian crepes layered with cottage cheese or jam and baked as a casserole.

Hungary

Layered Potatoes

Rakott krumpli

Layered Potatoes is a casserole of layered potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, smoked sausage, and sour cream, golden brown top.

Philippines

Layered Rice Cake

Sapin-Sapin

A layered glutinous rice cake in rainbow colors, each layer with a different flavor (ube, coconut, jackfruit).

Laos

Layered Rice Jelly

ເຂົ້າປາດ

Rice-flour and coconut milk steamed in thin alternating layers, usually green from pandan, and cut into diamonds.

Georgia

Layered Sweet Pastry

Ქადა

Layers of yeasted dough spread with a filling of butter, flour and sugar cooked to a crumb, rolled up and baked.

Lithuania

Lazy Cake

Tinginys

A no-bake dessert made from crushed biscuits, cocoa, butter, sugar, and condensed milk, rolled into a log.

Serbia

Lazy Cake

Лења пита

Two layers of biscuit crumb with a filling of fruit, cheese or walnut between, assembled without rolling dough — hence lazy.

Slovenia

Laško

Pale lager brewed in Laško since 1825 under the Zlatorog chamois mark, the country's most-drunk beer and the object of a long rivalry with Union.

France

Le frésinat

Le frésinat is an Occitan pork stew combining tender meat with beans, herbs, and a reduced savory sauce.

France

Le poirat

Le poirat is a Berry pear tart baked with sliced pears in pastry until fragrant and tender.

Hauts-de-France, France

Le Welch

Le Welch is a northern French open toast covered with beer-soaked cheese, ham, and often a fried egg.

Barbados

Lead Pipes

Cylinders of boiled coconut sugar candy, dark and hard, named for exactly what they look like.

Central Java, Indonesia

Leaf-Wrapped Coconut Parcels

Buntil

Javanese meat and grated coconut parcels wrapped in cassava leaves, savory and aromatic.

Tasmania, Australia

Leatherwood Honey

Single-floral honey from leatherwood blossom in Tasmania's west-coast rainforests, with a distinctive spicy-resinous aroma and firm set; produced only in Tasmania yet stocked nationwide.

Lebanon

Lebanese Couscous

مغربية

Large hand-rolled semolina pearls steamed and served with chicken, chickpeas and small onions in a caraway-scented broth.