Every dish the atlas documents for Asia — 1,014 of them, from 25 countries. Narrow it by food type, country or ingredient below.
1,014 dishes.
A PingWhole tarantulas fried with garlic and salt until crisp outside and soft insidefermented & pickledAam ka AcharUnripe mango salted and matured in mustard oil with fenugreek and chilli
Aam PannaTart green-mango cooler seasoned with roasted cumin, black salt and mintcheese & dairyAartsThick sour curd paste from skimmed milk, eaten fresh or dried further.cheese & dairyAaruulRock-hard sun-dried sour milk curds, herders' travel foodfermented & pickledAcarCucumber, carrot and shallot pickled in vinegar with turmeric and chillimainAchar GoshtMutton curry cooked with pickling spices, whole green chillies and mustard oilfermented & pickledAchcharuVegetables or fruit steeped in vinegar, mustard and chilli, sweet and sour
AdoboChicken or pork braised in vinegar, soy, garlic and bay
Afghan BreadLong tandoor-baked flatbread dusted with nigella seeds, served at every mealsauce & condimentAi ManasFiery crushed-chili condiment spooned onto everythingwine & spiritAilaNewari rice liquor poured from a height into clay cups at festival feastsdrinkAir BandungRose syrup stirred into evaporated milk and served bright pink over ice
Air Batu CampurShaved ice heaped with beans, jelly, sweetcorn and coloured syrups
Air KatiraMilk drink thickened with gum tragacanth, basil seeds and malva nutsdrinkAir Mata KucingChilled brew of dried longan, monk fruit and winter melon sugar
AiragLightly alcoholic fermented mare's milk, tangy and fizzy summer stapledessertAis KacangShaved-ice mountain with beans, jellies, corn and syrupsdessertAiyu JellyWobbly plant jelly in iced lemon syrup, made from washed creeping-fig seedsdessertAkar CadakaSago flour mixed with grated coconut and roasted on a hot clay platedrinkAlishan High Mountain TeaLightly oxidised oolong grown above a thousand metres, creamy and floralmainAloo KeemaHomestyle minced meat and potato curry eaten with roti
Aloo ParathaGriddled flatbread stuffed with spiced potato, served with curd and picklesoup & stewAloo TamaSour curry of potatoes, fermented bamboo shoots and black-eyed peasdessertAluvi BoakibaaDense baked cake of grated cassava, coconut and sugar, cut into squaresdessertAluwaDiamond-cut sweet of rice flour and treacle, firm and lightly cardamom-scented
AmazakeThick sweet rice drink from koji, alcohol-free; served hot at shrines.
AmbuyatGluey sago starch twirled on bamboo forks, dipped in sour cacahwine & spiritAndong SojuTraditional distilled rice liquor from Andong, far stronger and cleaner than green-bottle soju
Ang Dtray-MeukGrilled squid brushed with lime and chilli, sold on skewers along the Kep seafrontstreet foodApam BalikCrisp-folded peanut pancake with sweet corn and butter
AppamBowl-shaped rice and coconut pancake with lacy edges, eaten with stewwine & spiritAraHomemade distilled spirit of fermented rice, maize or wheatwine & spiritArak BaliClear spirit distilled from palm or rice wine, drunk neat or with lime and honeysoup & stewArroz CaldoGinger rice porridge with chicken, safflower and fried garlicfermented & pickledAsaaraChopped mango, chilli and lime cured in oil and salt into a sharp pickle