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325 dishes.
Beef RendangBeef slow-cooked dry in coconut and spices for festive days
Bein MontSticky rice pancake with jaggery, coconut and poppy seed, cooked over coals
Bel SharbatWood apple pulp beaten with water, sugar and ice into a fragrant cooler
Benny cakeChewy sesame and molasses candy sold in small squares
BetamaxCubes of set chicken blood grilled on skewers and brushed with sauce
Bhapa PithaSteamed rice-flour cake filled with date-palm jaggery and grated coconut
BhelpuriPuffed rice tossed with onion, tamarind and coriander chutney in a paper cone
BibinkaCoconut and rice-flour cake grilled between hot plates
Biltongair-dried spiced meat, often from kudu, oryx or springbok
Black cakeDark rum-soaked fruit cake, dense and boozy, cut in thin slices
BlackfishSalted and stewed pilot whale meat, dark and oily, served with provisions
Blue drawersSweet cornmeal and coconut pudding tied in banana leaf and boiled
Blue Mountain coffeePrized mild coffee grown in the Blue Mountains
Boat NoodlesIntense pork or beef noodle soup enriched with blood, in small bowls
Bok L’hongGreen papaya pounded with lime, garlic, chilli and fermented fish or dried shrimp
Brown stew chickenChicken browned in burnt sugar, stewed in rich gravy
BrunsvigerSheet of sweet yeast dough dented and flooded with brown sugar butter
Bubble TeaSweet milk tea shaken with chewy tapioca pearls, invented in Taiwan
Bubur Cha ChaSweet potato and yam cubes in coconut milk with chewy sago pearls
BuduDark fermented anchovy sauce of the east coast, eaten with rice and raw vegetables
Bun and cheeseSpiced Easter bun eaten with cheddar slices
Buñuelos de yucaYuca-cheese fritters drenched in cinnamon syrup
Butter tartGooey butter-sugar filling in flaky pastry, sometimes with raisins
Café cubanoSweet espresso whipped with sugar foam
Calabaza en tachaPumpkin simmered in piloncillo syrup with cinnamon until glassy and dark
CanelazoHot cinnamon-naranjilla toddy spiked with aguardiente, highland nights
Carbonade flamandeBeef stewed in dark abbey beer, slightly sweet-sour, with fries.
CarnitasMichoacán pork confit, crisp and tender, for tacos
Carrageen moss puddingLight milk pudding set with boiled seaweed, served with cream.
CasareepBlack bitter-cassava syrup that flavours and preserves pepperpot
Cassava poneDense baked pudding of grated cassava, coconut and spices, cut in squares
CatalinasDark round cookies of wheat flour, papelón and spices
Ceylon TeaWorld-famous highland black tea, drunk plain or milky
Cha Houy TeukShaved-ice dessert with grass jelly, sago and coconut milk
ChamoySalty-sour-sweet fruit sauce poured over mango, jicama and iced drinks
ChampúsCold maize drink with lulo, pineapple, panela, clove and cinnamon-
Akwadu
Baked banana with coconut and citrus. Ready in 10 minutes prep and 25 minutes cooking. Serves 4. A dessert recipe…
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Akar Cadaka
Sago flour mixed with grated coconut and roasted on a hot clay plate. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 20…
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Alboroto
Ball of popped corn bound with red panela syrup, sold in bags. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 25 minutes…
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Aluwa
Diamond-cut sweet of rice flour and treacle, firm and lightly cardamom-scented. Ready in 20 min prep and 25 min cooking.…
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Antigua coffee
Balanced volcanic-soil coffee from the valley around colonial Antigua. Ready in 5 minutes prep and 5 minutes cooking. 2 cups.…
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Ang Dtray-Meuk
Grilled squid brushed with lime and chilli, sold on skewers along the Kep seafront. Ready in 20 minutes prep and…
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Arepa boyacense
Sweet maize-and-wheat arepa filled with fresh cuajada curd. Ready in 25 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking. 8 arepas. A…
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Arroz con coco
Caribbean sweet-savory caramelised coconut rice, served alongside fried fish. Ready in 15 min prep and 45 min cooking. 6 servings.…
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Asham
Parched corn ground fine with sugar, eaten dry by the spoonful. Ready in 20 min prep and 30 min cooking.…
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Asado negro
Beef round braised glossy black in papelón caramel. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 3 hours cooking. Serves 8. A…