cold set
174 dishes.
Cuajada con melaoFresh curd cheese under warm panela syrup, eaten with a spoon
CuberdonPurple cone-shaped sweet with a hard shell and syrupy liquid centre.
Cușma lui Guguțăcrepe stack with sour cherries and cream, 'Guguță's hat'
Custard blockFrozen block of sweet spiced custard, sold from home freezers
DadihBuffalo milk fermented in a bamboo tube until set, eaten with rice and palm sugar
DalgonaMelted sugar puffed with baking soda, pressed flat and stamped with a shape.
DammsugareGreen marzipan roll of cake crumbs and arrack with chocolate-dipped ends
DjouziaDense walnut and honey nougat cut into diamonds
Douce macossFirm milk fudge scented with cinnamon and lime zest, cut in bars
DouhuaSilken tofu pudding in ginger or brown-sugar syrup with peanuts or tapioca
Dressed herringherring layered 'under a fur coat' of beet, mayonnaise
DropSalty liquorice sweets, often with ammonium chloride, chewed all day.
Es CendolGreen rice-flour worms in coconut milk with palm sugar syrup and ice
Es TelerAvocado, jackfruit and coconut in iced condensed-milk syrup
Eton messCrushed meringue folded with strawberries and cream.
FaloodaVermicelli, basil seed and rose syrup layered with milk and ice cream
FaloodehShirazi frozen rice-noodle sorbet with rosewater and lime
FiambreVast chilled salad of meats and pickled vegetables for Day of the Dead
FierkelsjhelliSuckling pig set in its own clear aspic and sliced cold
FifteensNo-bake traybake of digestives, marshmallows and cherries rolled in coconut
FlødebollerChocolate-shelled marshmallow domes on marzipan bases.
FreezitSweet fruit-flavoured ice frozen in a long plastic sleeve
FreskoShaved ice in a cup drenched with bright fruit syrup and condensed milk
GazIsfahani rosewater-pistachio nougat
Gelado de múcuacreamy ice cream made from baobab fruit
Gelatodense, intensely flavoured Italian ice cream
Golden GaytimeToffee and vanilla ice cream bar coated in chocolate and biscuit crumbs.
Gozinakihoney-caramelised walnut brittle, essential at New Year
Grass JellyHerb jelly served iced with syrup or hot as a thick sweet soup.
Grater cakeGrated coconut boiled with sugar and set in squares, topped pink
GrattacheccaIce shaved by hand from a block, drenched in fruit syrup and fresh fruit.
Grenada chocolateDark bars made from local trinitario cacao, fruity and intense
Guava cheeseGuava pulp boiled with sugar to a firm paste, cut and rolled in sugar
GullacSheets of starch wafer softened in sweet milk, layered with walnuts and rosewater.
Halo-HaloLayered shaved ice with sweet beans, jellies, ube and leche flan
Halwa Bahrainigelatinous saffron-cornstarch sweet with nuts, made since the 1850s-
Aish el-saraya
Syrup-soaked bread base under thick ashta cream and crushed pistachios. Ready in 30 min prep and 25 min cooking. 8…
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Aiyu Jelly
Wobbly plant jelly in iced lemon syrup, made from washed creeping-fig seeds. Ready in 20 min prep and none cooking.…
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Air Batu Campur
Shaved ice heaped with beans, jelly, sweetcorn and coloured syrups. Ready in 40 minutes prep and 30 minutes cooking. Serves…
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Ais Kacang
Shaved-ice mountain with beans, jellies, corn and syrups. Ready in 30 min prep and 20 min cooking. 4 bowls. A…
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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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Ashlan-fu
Cold spicy-vinegar noodle soup with starch jelly; Karakol icon. Ready in 40 minutes prep and 30 minutes cooking. Serves 4.…