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Malaysia

Nasi Ulam

Herbal rice dish with up to 44 different herbs and shoots, fresh herb variety with fragrant aroma.

Bahamas

Nassau Royale

A vanilla-and-spice rum liqueur bottled in Nassau, drunk over ice or poured into the guava duff sauce.

Japan

Nasu dengaku

茄子田楽

Nasu dengaku, aubergine halves glazed with sweetened miso and grilled, is a named Japanese dish with a fixed identity.

Venezuela

Nata

Soured cream skimmed and thickened until it is spreadable and tangy, eaten on arepas and casabe.

Cambodia

Nataing

ណាតាំង

Minced pork simmered in coconut milk with garlic, shallots, and chili, served in a small skillet with rice crackers or vegetables for dipping.

Louisiana, United States

Natchitoches Meat Pie

A Louisiana hand pie of seasoned ground beef and pork in a flaky crust, deep-fried.

Colombia

Natilla

A Colombian Christmas custard of milk, cornstarch, panela, and cinnamon, cooked until thick and sliceable. Served with buñuelos, the holiday dessert icon.

Costa Rica

Natilla

Costa Rican sour cream, thinner and less sour than American sour cream, served with gallo pinto and many dishes, a daily staple.

Cuba

Natilla al ron (Rum custard)

Natilla al ron

A Cuban rum custard, silky and lightly set, flavored with rum, vanilla, and cinnamon.

England, United Kingdom

Native Oyster

The flat native oyster, round and metallic-tasting, in season only in months containing an R, fished from Kent and Essex beds.

Japan

Nattō

納豆

Fermented soybeans with a stringy, sticky texture and pungent aroma, eaten over rice for breakfast.

Nauru

Nauru Banana Fritters

Ripe bananas coated in batter and deep-fried until golden brown and crispy on the outside, soft and sweet inside; found at local gatherings and as everyday snacks; a simple, popular snack that uses one of the few fruits grown on Nauru; similar to banana fritters across the Pacific.

Nauru

Nauru Christmas Cake

Traditional Christmas cakes made from banana and coconut; celebrated by the predominantly Christian Nauruan population; a seasonal dessert that combines two of the island's most important local ingredients; a festive tradition that reflects the adaptation of Western Christmas customs with local produce.

Nauru

Nauru Lemon Chicken

Chicken pieces marinated in lemon juice, then fried until crispy and golden brown; served with rice and extra lemon garnish; originally from China, now popular in Nauru's Chinese restaurants; one of the most ordered dishes on the island; reflects the dominance of Chinese cuisine in Nauru's restaurant scene.

Kazakhstan

Nauryz Kozhe

Наурыз көже

A Kazakh festive Nauryz soup with seven symbolic ingredients: meat, milk, salt, grain, butter, flour, and water, a spring and cultural icon

Southwestern United States, United States

Navajo Tacos

Fry bread piled with chili, beans, cheese, and vegetables — a Native American-Southwest hybrid.

France

Navarin

Lamb or mutton stew with turnips, a spring classic.

Marseille, France

Navettes Marseillaises

Navettes marseillaises are crisp, boat-shaped Marseille biscuits scented with orange blossom.

Gilan, Iran

Naz khatun

نازخاتون

Roasted aubergine, herbs, garlic and pomegranate molasses become a smoky, sour relish from Gilan.

Armenia

Nazook

Նազուկ

Rolled yeast pastry with the same buttery flour-and-sugar filling as gata, cut into diagonal fingers and baked to a deep gold.

Surami, Georgia

Nazuki

Ნაზუქი

A sweet bread enriched with butter, raisins, cinnamon, clove and vanilla, baked flat in a clay oven and sold hot at the roadside.

Yemen

Našūf

Coarsely ground wheat or barley cooked into a porridge and eaten with ghee and honey or sugar.

Western Burundi (Bujumbura / Lake Tanganyika), Burundi

Ndagala

Small silvery fish (Stolothrissa tanganyikae) endemic to Lake Tanganyika; sun-dried on racks along the shore, then fried whole until crisp and eaten with pili pili, cassava, or rice as a protein-rich everyday meal.

Senegal

Ndambé

Ndambe

Black-eyed peas stewed with tomato, onion and oil and served in a length of baguette as a breakfast sandwich.

Malawi

Ndiwo

Ndiwo is the broad Chichewa/Chinyanja term for relishes eaten with nsima, not one fixed recipe. Variants include leafy greens, beans, fish or meat preparations. In parts of eastern Zambia, the related forms ndiwo or ndiyo also refer to relish served with nshima.

Tanzania

Ndizi Kaanga

Ripe or half-ripe bananas sliced and fried until the edges caramelise, eaten as a side or a snack.

Arusha, Tanzania

Ndizi na Nyama

Green cooking bananas stewed with beef in a coconut and tomato broth until the banana thickens the sauce.

Cameroon

Ndolé

Ndole

Bitterleaf boiled and washed repeatedly to draw out the bitterness, then cooked with ground peanuts, crayfish, beef, smoked fish and pork rind into a thick green stew.

Comoros

Ndrovi ya Nazi

Fish or meat cooked with green bananas or plantains and spices in coconut milk; similar to M'tsolola but without tomato and onions; a traditional Comorian stew.

Kenya

Nduma

Ndũma

A Kikuyu boiled or fried arrowroot (taro), a daily and breakfast classic

United States

Needhams

A Maine confection of mashed potato, coconut, and confectioners' sugar dipped in chocolate.

Australia

Neenish Tart

A Neenish tart is a small pastry filled with mock cream and jam, finished with a sharply divided two-colour icing.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Neeps and Tatties

Swede and potato boiled and mashed separately, buttered and heavily peppered, the fixed accompaniment to haggis.

Karnataka, India

Neer Dosa

ನೀರ್ ದೋಸೆ

A thin, watery rice batter dosa from Karnataka that forms a lacy, bubbly crepe. It is soft and served with chicken curry or chutney.

Serbia

Negotin Wine

Неготинска вина

Wines from the eastern valley near the Danube gorge, stored in the pivnice — clusters of stone wine cellars built as small villages.

Florence, Italy

Negroni

White Negroni

Florentine cocktail of equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth, served over ice with an orange slice. Born in Florence's Caffè Casoni.