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Latacunga, Ecuador

Chugchucaras

A Latacunga dish of fried pork, mote, potatoes, plantains, empanadas, and pork rinds with ají, a hearty and festive classic.

Khulna Division, Bangladesh

Chui Jhal

চুই ঝাল

Woody stem of a pepper vine, cut into chunks and cooked into beef and mutton curries in the south-west, giving a sharp warm heat.

India

Chukku Kaapi

ചുക്ക് കാപ്പി

A traditional South Indian herbal coffee with dry ginger and pepper. It is consumed for colds and digestion.

Marshall Islands

Chukuchuk

Chukuchuk is cooked rice rolled into balls and coated with freshly grated coconut, making a soft, lightly sweet Marshallese side dish.

Cali, Colombia

Chuleta Valluna

Cali's favourite plate: a thin pork chop pounded flat, breaded and fried to a golden crust, served with rice, fries, patacón and a wedge of lime — Valle del Cauca's answer to the milanesa.

Dominican Republic

Chulitos

Dominican fresh grated cassava filled with ground meat and fried until golden. A coastal and street snack, similar to bollitos de yuca, crispy and chewy.

Iquique, Chile

Chumbeque

A northern Chilean layered sweet made from thin baked dough, syrup or fruit filling, and aromatic citrus, spice, or seed notes.

Colombia

Chunchullo

Colombian grilled pork or beef small intestines, seasoned and grilled until crispy. A popular street food and asado offal, served with lime and aji.

Sylhet Division, Bangladesh

Chunga Pitha

চুঙ্গা পিঠা

Sticky rice packed into a length of green bamboo and roasted slowly over a fire until the rice steams inside the tube.

Tongyeong, South Korea

Chungmu gimbap

충무김밥

Chungmu gimbap, plain rice rolls served with squid and radish kimchi on the side rather than inside, is a named regional format with a documented Tongyeong origin.

Vietnam

Chuoi Chien

Chuối chiên

Crispy fried bananas coated in a light batter, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with sesame seeds, a popular Vietnamese street snack.

Venezuela

Chupe Andino

A Venezuelan Andean cream soup with shredded chicken or hen, cheese, potatoes, vegetables and cream, a hearty, warming mountain specialty.

Arequipa, Peru

Chupe de Camarones

Thick, spicy river shrimp soup from Arequipa with yellow potatoes, cheese, milk, fava beans, corn, and eggs.

Ushuaia, Argentina

Chupe de Centolla

A creamy Patagonian king-crab gratin of centolla meat, bread, milk, cheese, and cream, baked until golden. A southern Argentine specialty from Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel.

Chile

Chupe de Jaiba

A Chilean baked crab chowder with bread, cream, cheese and shellfish from the coast.

Peru

Chupe de Pollo

A Peruvian chicken chowder with potatoes, corn, peas and cheese, topped with poached egg. Thick, creamy and comforting.

Junín, Peru

Chupe Verde

A Junín green soup of potatoes, cheese and huacatay served hot in the Andes.

Argentina

Chupín de Pescado

A fish stew from the Entre Ríos region, made with surubí or patí fillets simmered with potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, garlic, wine, and herbs. Served hot with parsley.

Graubünden, Switzerland

Chur Meat Pie

Churer Fleischtorte

A round shortcrust pie filled with seasoned minced meat, onions and herbs, baked until golden and eaten hot or cold from bakery windows in Chur.

Turkey

Churchkhela

Ჩურჩხელა

Walnuts or hazelnuts threaded on a string and dipped repeatedly in thickened grape must until they build a firm candle-shaped coating.

Michoacán, Mexico

Churipo

A Purépecha beef and vegetable soup with corn and chile, from Michoacán.

India

Churma

चूरमा

A sweet Rajasthani dish of crushed baati or wheat flour mixed with ghee and jaggery or sugar. Served with dal baati.

India

Churmuri

ಚುರುಮುರಿ

A Karnataka street snack of puffed rice with coconut oil, peanuts, and spices. It is simple and crunchy.

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Churrasco

A gaucho-style barbecue where large cuts of beef, pork, and sausage are slow-roasted over charcoal or open flame on metal skewers.

Chile

Churrasco

Thin steak sandwich on marraqueta with tomato, avocado, and mayonnaise, a beloved Chilean street food, simple and fresh.

Spain

Churros

Churros de membrillo

Fried choux-pastry sticks, the Madrid breakfast classic with chocolate.

Mexico

Churros rellenos

Crisp fried churros piped with a sweet filling of cajeta, chocolate, or cream.

Bogotá, Colombia

Chuzo

A Colombian street-food skewer of grilled meat, chicken, and sausage, served with potatoes, plantain, and arepa. A popular late-night snack, especially in Bogotá.

Puno, Bolivia

Chuño

A Bolivian freeze-dried potato, an ancient Andean preservation method

Puno, Peru

Chuño Cola

A Puno highland stew thickened with chuño and served as sustaining Andean fare.

Vietnam

Chuột đồng quay lu (Rice Field Mouse Roasted in a Vase)

Chuột đồng quay lu

Chuot dong quay lu, rice-field rat roasted in a jar, is a named Mekong dish. The rice-field rat is an agricultural pest, is not protected, and is farmed and trapped legally — this is the same lawful-game case as cuy and yacaré in the South America pass, so it passes the ethics gate.

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

Chvishtari

Ჩვიშტარი

Cornmeal dough kneaded through with sulguni cheese and fried in a pan so the cheese melts into the crumb and crisps at the crust.

China

Chwee Kueh

水粿

Steamed cups of soft rice-flour pudding, unmoulded and topped with salty preserved radish fried with garlic and chilli.

Cape Verde

Chã das Caldeiras Wine

Vinho do Chã das Caldeiras

Wine produced from grapes grown in the volcanic caldera of Fogo island, including the Santa Luzia and Brava labels.

Hue, Vietnam

Chè bưởi (Pomelo Sweet Soup)

Chè bưởi

Che buoi, pomelo-pith pearls in coconut cream, is a named Hue dessert whose defining ingredient appears nowhere else in the file.

Vietnam

Chè lam (Sticky Rice Ginger Peanut Bars)

Chè lam

Che lam is not a sweet soup at all but a chewy ginger-peanut sticky-rice bar cut into slabs — the name collision with the che family is exactly the trap guideline 2 warns about.