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Montserrat
Rose's Ginger Beer
The #1 brand for authentic Montserratian ginger beer; homemade, organic, vegan-friendly; can be diluted or mixed to taste; produced by Ms Rose's Emerald Isle; a Montserrat beverage; served hot or cold, used as a mixer.
Israel
מסבחה
A warm Israeli hummus dish of whole chickpeas in tahini sauce, served with lemon, garlic and olive oil, a rustic cousin of hummus.
Morocco
مسمن
Square layered Moroccan flatbread made by stretching, folding, and pan-frying oiled dough.
Comoros
Marinated beef cubes skewered and grilled over charcoal; the marinade includes ginger paste, garlic paste, grated papaya, chili powder, turmeric, lemon juice, and curry powder; similar to East African mishkaki but distinctly Comorian.
Armenia
Մշոշ
A rustic Armenian lentil stew with caramelised onions, walnuts and dried apricots, seasoned with cumin and paprika, a vegan lenten dish.
Malawi
Groundnuts, or peanuts, are one of Malawi's most important crops and a daily source of protein and oil; used whole, roasted, or ground into flour for stews, relishes, futali, and snacks.
Malawi
Small Malawian fried groundnut pastries sold as a sweet or savoury snack.
Arusha, Tanzania
Green bananas boiled with beef and mashed into a thick soup, eaten by Chagga households for breakfast.
Georgia
Მწვანე პომიდვრის მწნილი
Georgian Green Tomato Pickle is made from firm unripe tomatoes brined with garlic, herbs and spices until sharply sour.
Tanzania
Korosho
Cashews grown in the southern Mtwara and Lindi regions, roasted in the shell and sold hot by the bagful.
Thailand
หมูแดดเดียว
Mu daet diao, pork marinated and sun-dried for a day then fried, is a named Thai dish sold from dedicated shops.
Thailand
หมูกระทะ
Mu kratha, the domed grill-and-moat pan where diners barbecue pork while broth simmers around it, is a named Thai institution with its own restaurant category.
Isan (Northeastern Thailand), Thailand
หมูน้ำตก
Nam tok mu is grilled pork sliced and dressed with toasted rice powder, chilli, lime, and herbs; it differs from larb by using sliced rather than minced meat.
Kuwait
معدس
Rice cooked down with red lentils until the grains take on their colour, topped with dried shrimp, fried onion and a little clarified butter.
Malaysia
Chewy glutinous rice dough coated with peanut and sesame, soft chewy texture with generous coating and not too sweet, a Malaysian Chinese snack.
Libya
A Libyan stuffed potato dish: potato halves filled with spiced meat and baked until tender.
Zimbabwe
Young pumpkin leaves and their shoots stripped of their fibrous skin, boiled and finished with peanut butter or tomato.
Mozambique
Rice cooked with mung beans and coconut milk into a soft green-flecked dish eaten with fish or curry.
Kampala, Uganda
Pork or goat cut into cubes, skewered and grilled over charcoal, salted heavily and served with raw onion, tomato and cassava.
Ecuador
An Ecuadorian snack of green plantain dough stuffed with cheese, fried until golden, a coastal and street classic.
Papua New Guinea
Mud clams from mangrove swamps, cooked with fern leaves and coconut cream — a Milne Bay delicacy, foraged from the mangroves and steamed in the traditional way.
Araucanía, Chile
Traditional Mapuche fermented drink made from wheat or pine nuts, slightly fermented and grain-flavored, a sacred beverage.
South Korea
추어탕
A hearty, spicy soup made with ground mudfish (loach), doenjang, gochujang, and vegetables, a traditional health food.
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
مفطة
Mufattah is a Hijazi whole lamb or poultry preparation served over saffron rice with hard-boiled eggs and savoury accompaniments; it is not a pasta dish.
Angola
Grilled fish served with boiled cassava, sweet potato, fried plantain, beans in palm oil and a raw onion-and-vinegar sauce, all on one plate.
New Orleans, United States
A round Sicilian sesame bread stuffed with layers of cured meats, cheeses, and olive salad, born in the French Quarter.
Zimbabwe
Vegetables — covo, pumpkin leaf, okra, cowpea leaves — blanched and sun-dried in the harvest months to be rehydrated through the dry season.
Jinja, Uganda
Mugaati n'amaggi
Wheat dough spread thin on a hot plate, an egg cracked and spread over it with minced meat, then folded into a square parcel.
West Bengal, India
মোগলাই পরোটা
Bengali paratha is folded around egg, minced meat, or onion and fried on a griddle.
Japan
麦茶
Caffeine-free roasted barley tea, served chilled in summer as Japan's most popular cold drink.
United Arab Emirates
المحلة
Fish with rice, traditional Emirati fish and rice dish with local spices, fresh fish with perfectly cooked rice and balanced seasoning, a coastal heritage dish representing Emirati seafood tradition.
Lebanon
Sakizli muhallebi
A milk pudding thickened with rice flour or starch and often scented with rosewater or orange blossom; Turkish muhallebi and related Middle Eastern versions vary by region.
Bahrain
محمر
Rice cooked with date syrup or sugar, saffron and cardamom until it turns dark and sweet, served alongside fried fish.
Lebanon
مجدرة
Lentils and rice or bulgur cooked together and buried under deeply caramelised onions fried almost to black.
Bujumbura, Burundi
Lake Tanganyika perch (Lates stappersii), an endemic predatory fish with dense white flesh; grilled, roasted, or boiled whole and served with cassava, plantains, and pili pili on the lakeshore.
Jinja, Uganda
Tiny silver fish netted at night on Lake Victoria and dried in the sun on racks, then fried with onion and tomato or ground into a powder.
