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Dhaka, Bangladesh

Shahi Jilapi

শাহি জিলাপি

An outsized coil of fried batter, the width of a dinner plate, soaked in syrup and sold by weight in Old Dhaka during Ramadan.

India

Shahi Paneer

शाही पनीर

A Mughlai paneer curry in a rich, creamy tomato and cashew sauce. It is a royal vegetarian dish often served at celebrations.

Pakistan

Shahi Tukray

شاہی ٹکڑے

Fried bread slices soaked in cardamom milk and sugar syrup, topped with reduced milk, nuts and silver leaf.

Egypt

Shai (Egyptian Tea)

شاي

Egypt's daily tea, served strong and sweet in glasses, a national and social icon

Sudan

Shai bil Laban

Black tea boiled with powdered or evaporated milk and heavily sweetened, often with cinnamon or cardamom.

Sudan

Shaiyah

Cubes of lamb or beef fried hard in a heavy pan with onion, chilli and cumin and tipped straight onto paper on the table.

Bhutan

Shakam Ezay

ཤ་སྐམ་ཨེ་ཙེ།

Dried beef shredded raw and dressed with chilli, onion, coriander and a little cheese, eaten as a snack with ara.

Bhutan

Shakam Paa

ཤ་སྐམ་པ།

Air-dried beef, hard as wood before cooking, simmered or fried with dried chillies and radish until it softens just enough to chew.

Iraq

Shakar Lama

شكر لمة

Short, crumbly cardamom biscuits made with clarified butter, so fragile they collapse in the mouth.

Tajikistan

Shakarob

Шакароб

Tomatoes and onions sliced thin, salted and left to release their juice, sometimes with a spoon of chakka stirred through.

United States

Shaker Lemon Pie

A Shaker pie of paper-thin whole lemon slices — rind and all — in a custard, baked in pastry.

Syria

Shakriyeh

شاكرية

Lamb chunks simmered in a hot garlic-yoghurt sauce and served over rice with fried pine nuts.

Egypt

Shakshuka

شكشوكة

Eggs poached in a simmering tomato, pepper, onion, garlic, and chilli sauce, with regional names and seasonings across North Africa.

Israel

Shakshuka

שקשוקה

Eggs poached in a pan of tomatoes, peppers, garlic and cumin, brought to the table in the pan with bread to tear into it.

Kazakhstan

Shalap

Шалап

A Kazakh cold yogurt drink with water, salt, and herbs, a summer and daily classic

Kyrgyzstan

Shalgam

Шалгам

Radish or turnip cut into matchsticks and dressed with vinegar, oil and chilli, served cold as a bazaar snack and a vodka chaser.

Afghanistan

Shalgham Challow

شلغم چلو

Turnips slow-cooked with lamb and sugar into a sweet-sour stew served over white rice.

Trujillo, Peru

Shambar

Trujillo's Monday soup combining wheat, beans, pork and herbs into a thick restorative bowl.

India

Shami Kebab

शामी कबाब

A North Indian kebab of minced meat and chana dal, shaped into patties and pan-fried. It has a smooth texture.

Cyprus

Shamishi

Σιάμισι

Thin dough wrapped around semolina custard and deep-fried, then rolled in sugar and eaten hot from the pan.

Ethiopia

Shamita

ሻሚታ

A nourishing Ethiopian drink-meal of mixed roasted grain and legume flours blended with water and spices. Filling, energizing, and deeply traditional — somewhere between a beverage and a porridge.

Bhutan

Shamu Datshi

ཤ་མུ་དར་ཚིལ།

Mushrooms — oyster, button or wild — cooked in cheese sauce with chilli and spring onion.

Shan, Myanmar

Shan Noodles

ရှမ်းခေါက်ဆွဲ

Flat rice noodles with marinated minced chicken or pork, garlic oil, pickled mustard greens and crushed peanut, served dry or in a light broth.

Shan, Myanmar

Shan Tofu Salad

ရှမ်းတိုဟူးသုပ်

Set chickpea-flour tofu cut into strips and tossed with garlic oil, chilli, roasted peanut, coriander and tamarind.

United States

Shandy

A British drink of beer mixed with lemonade (or ginger beer), producing a refreshing, low-alcohol summer drink.

Jordan

Shaneeneh

شنينة

Goat or sheep yoghurt whisked with cold water and salt, drunk through the summer and served alongside mansaf.

India

Shankarpali

शंकरपाळी

A Maharashtrian and North Indian sweet or savory diamond-shaped snack made from flour and ghee. Popular during festivals.

Lebanon

Shanklish

شنكليش

Balls of aged, fermented cheese rolled in za'atar and chilli and left to develop a rind, sharply pungent and crumbly.

China

Shaoxing Rice Wine

黄酒

Amber wine brewed from glutinous rice and wheat qu, aged in clay jars, drunk warmed and used constantly in Jiangnan cooking.

Australia

Shapes

Savory cracker biscuits since 1954 in flavors like BBQ, Chicken Crimpy, Pizza, and Cheese and Bacon, bold flavor coating with crisp biscuit base, flavour you can see.

Tibet, China

Shapta (Tibetan Stir-Fried Yak)

Shapta

Shapta, strips of yak or beef stir-fried with onion and chilli, is a named Tibetan dish served everywhere on the plateau.

Syria

Sharab al loz

شراب اللوز

Almonds are ground and strained into a cloudy, milky sherbet, sweetened and poured over ice during Syrian Ramadan.

Syria

Sharab el-toot (Syrian mulberry syrup)

شراب التوت

Mulberries are cooked into a dark syrup and diluted with water as a tart, cooling Syrian summer drink.

Libya

Sharba Libiya Bil Dajaj

A Libyan chicken soup, rich with tomato, chickpeas, and warming spices, served with lemon.

Iran

Sharbat-e Bahar Narenj

شربت بهار نارنج

Sour-orange blossom distillate diluted with water, sugar and ice, served in spring when the trees are in flower.

Sudan

Sharmout

Beef cut in strips, salted and hung to dry hard in the sun, then stored for months and broken into stews.