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Croatia

Mađarica

In Croatia, Mađarica is thin biscuit layers with chocolate cream in squares.

Kenya

Mbaazi za Nazi

Pigeon peas simmered in coconut milk, a creamy Swahili-coast Kenyan breakfast or side.

The Gambia

Mbahal

Mbaxal

Rice mixed with a pounded paste of smoked and salted fish, peanuts, black-eyed peas, okra, chilli, bitter tomato, and locust bean.

Senegal

Mbakhal

Mbaxal

Rice cooked with groundnut paste, dried fish and vegetables into a thick, savoury one-pot.

Zimbabwe

Mbambaira

Sweet potatoes boiled or roasted whole and sold hot at roadsides and bus ranks, eaten plain with tea.

Cameroon

Mbanga Soup

Palm nuts pounded and pressed for their thick red juice, then cooked with smoked fish and country spices into a soup eaten with kwacoco.

Malawi

Mbatata Buns

Soft, slightly sweet yeasted buns made with mashed sweet potatoes, flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar; a tender, golden-crumbed roll popular for breakfast and snacks in Malawi.

Malawi

Mbatata Cookies

Soft, cake-like Malawian cookies made with mashed sweet potatoes, flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and raisins; traditionally cut into heart or round shapes and baked until golden.

Arusha, Tanzania

Mbege

Chagga banana beer brewed from ripe bananas and finger millet, fermented for days into a cloudy, sour drink.

Paraguay

Mbeju

Mbejú

Traditional flatbread made with cassava starch, cheese, and fat, crispy outside and tender inside, gluten-free.

Algeria

Mbesses

مبسس

Semolina, butter and sugar pressed into a pan and baked or griddled into a crumbly, sandy cake cut into diamonds.

Cameroon

Mbongo Tchobi

Fish or meat stewed in a jet-black sauce made from burnt mbongo spice, njangsa and country onion.

Georgia

Mchadi

Მჭადი

A flat, unleavened cake of coarse cornmeal and water cooked on a griddle or in a clay pan, eaten hot with cheese and beans. Walnut-enriched mchadi is a recognised form, but the plain corn bread is the canonical item here.

Arusha, Tanzania

Mchemsho

Meat, plantain, potato, carrot, aubergine and beans boiled together in a light spiced broth and served in the pot liquor.

Kenya

Mchicha

A Kenyan sautéed spinach or amaranth greens with onions and tomatoes, a daily and home classic

Tanzania

Mchicha

Amaranth leaves cooked down with onion, tomato, coconut milk and often groundnut paste.

Tanzania

Mchuzi wa Biringani

Aubergine stewed in coconut milk with tomato, onion, garlic and curry spices until it collapses.

Tanzania

Mchuzi wa Samaki

Fish simmered in a coconut milk curry with tomato, tamarind, garlic and curry spices.

Lithuania

Mead

Midus

Ancient Lithuanian mead made from honey and water simmered with thyme, lemon, cinnamon, juniper berries, and hops.

Mali

Meat and Baobab in Peanut Sauce

Naboulou

A Malian dish of meat with baobab leaves in peanut sauce; listed in Wikipedia's Malian cuisine; baobab leaves are a key ingredient in Malian cooking, used in sauces across the country; the combination of peanut and baobab leaf creates a rich, earthy, and nutritious sauce; served over tô or rice; a traditional dish.

England, United Kingdom

Meat and potato pie

Meat and potato pie is a pie from England, rooted in local cooking tradition. Distinct from food-meat-pie.

Serbia

Meat Aspic

Пихтије

Pork trotters and head meat boiled until the stock sets, poured into dishes with garlic and paprika and chilled to a firm savoury jelly.

Chile

Meat Empanada

Empanada de pino

Baked pastry filled with ground beef, onions, raisins, olives, and hard-boiled eggs, Chile's iconic empanada.

Mali

Meat in Bean Leaf Sauce

N'gougouna

A Malian dish of meat in bean leaf sauce; listed in Wikipedia's Malian cuisine; bean leaves are foraged and used as a sauce base; the leaves are cooked down with onions, tomatoes, and spices; a traditional dish that reflects the use of wild and cultivated greens in Malian cuisine; served over tô or rice.

Mali

Meat in Onion Sauce

Diabadji

A Malian dish of meat in onion sauce; listed in Wikipedia's Malian cuisine; onions are caramelized and simmered with meat to create a sweet, rich sauce; similar to Senegalese yassa but with Malian seasoning; served over rice or tô; a comforting, everyday dish; the sweetness of the onions is the tell.

Mali

Meat in Sweet Potato Leaf Sauce

Saga saga

A Malian dish of meat in sweet potato leaf sauce; listed in Wikipedia's Malian cuisine; sweet potato leaves are a common sauce base in Mali; the leaves are cooked with onions, tomatoes, and sometimes peanut; a nutritious, green sauce served over tô or rice; a traditional dish that uses every part of the sweet potato plant.

Australia

Meat Pie

Aussie Meat Pie

An Australian meat pie is a hand-sized pastry filled with minced beef and thick gravy, served hot with tomato sauce.

Finland

Meat Pie

Lihapiirakka

Deep-fried savory pie of yeasted dough filled with minced meat and rice, a popular Finnish street food.

Kosovo

Meat Pie

Pite me Mish

Phyllo pie filled with minced meat and onion, the savory heart of Kosovar baking.

Mongolia

Meat Pie Soup

Хуушуурт шөл

Broth of mutton and vegetables served with fried khuushuur alongside for dipping, a roadside driver's meal.

Netherlands

Meat Pudding

Balkenbrij

Traditional cold meat pudding from pork broth, buckwheat meal, organ meats with rommelkruid spices, sliced and fried.

Eritrea

Meat Stew

Siga Tsebhi

Eritrean beef or lamb stew; meat simmered in berbere, onions, and garlic; the general term for meat tsebhi; zigni is the most famous variety; served on injera; a daily staple across the highlands.

Pampanga, Philippines

Meat Stew

Kaldereta

A meat stew (traditionally goat) with liver paste, tomatoes, chilies, potatoes, and carrots.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Meat under Sač

Meso pod sač

A traditional Bosnian dish of lamb, veal or goat slow-cooked under a metal or ceramic lid (sač) heaped with hot coals and ashes, with potatoes and vegetables.

Kosovo

Meat Under the Sač

Mish nën saç

Lamb or veal with potatoes cooked under an iron bell buried in embers, so the meat steams in its own fat for hours.

Kosovo

Meat with Yogurt

Mish me Kos

Slow-braised lamb served over bread and topped with baked yogurt sauce.