Recipes

1504 records with their sources, across 11 categories.

Recipes

Golden, puffed sesame-coated bánh tiêu arranged on a white plate, one opened to show its airy interior.

Bánh tiêu

Bánh tiêu is a lightly sweet Vietnamese fried bread coated with sesame. A yeast-raised dough with baking powder is rolled into small rounds and fried until puffed and golden.

Vietnam · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Soft white Vietnamese banh bao buns in a bamboo steamer, one cut open to show pork, sausage, mushroom and quail egg filling
Elevated risk

Bánh bao

Vietnamese steamed wheat buns wrapped around seasoned pork, mushrooms, Chinese sausage and hard-boiled quail eggs. This from-scratch version uses yeast and self-rising flour.

Vietnam
· Grains and starches
Illustrative bowl of thick amber-brown banana ketchup with ripe banana, chilli and garlic nearby.

Banana ketchup in a Filipino-inspired direction

A sweet-hot table sauce of ripe banana simmered with vinegar, sugar, onion, garlic and fresh chilli, in the manner of Philippine banana ketchup. An untested development batch of about 500 g.

Philippines
· Condiments
Coarse dark red Ata dindin fried pepper sauce in a shallow ceramic bowl.

Ata dindin

Ata dindin is the Yoruba fried pepper sauce: chillies, red bell pepper and onion blended and cooked down in oil until the oil separates. The same name is also given to a finished stew built on it.

Yorubaland
· Condiments
Aso takanazuke furuzuke, the aged mustard-green pickle, served as long olive-green and golden-brown stems and leaves on a ceramic plate.

Aso takanazuke

Takana mustard greens from Aso in Kumamoto are salted and pressed into a fresh spring pickle, or aged into a sour furuzuke that is fried and mixed into takana rice.

Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture
Vegetables
Three dark flattened Anishi taro-leaf cakes in a plain wooden bowl.
Elevated risk

Anishi

Dried cakes of pounded taro leaves from the Ao Naga in Nagaland, yellowed in a bag, then dried by hot ash or sun and used to flavour meat dishes.

Ao Naga communities, Nagaland, India
· Vegetables
Glossy, translucent orange salmon roe caviar in a clear serving bowl beside a simple spoon.
High risk

Alaska salmon roe caviar

Salmon roe is separated from skeins and treated in two salt-water stages using a University of Alaska Extension formula.

Alaska
· Fish and seafood
Plain salted Dominican sour-orange agrio in a clear bottle with fresh sour oranges and salt.

Agrio de naranja

A Dominican table and seasoning condiment of sour orange juice, mixed with lime and salt and bottled raw; garlic, oregano or a hot pepper may be added for meat or a spicier bottle.

Dominican Republic
· Condiments
Illustrative bowl of cloudy amber-brown Burkina Faso Dolo; not a documentary image of this exact recipe batch.
Elevated risk

Burkina Faso dolo from sorghum malt

A Burkina Faso sorghum beer brewed from malted grain, soured by a spontaneous lactic stage and then fermented with a traditional yeast leaven.

Burkina Faso · Traditional method
· Drinks
White brine-ripened beyaz peynir in two cut blocks on an ivory plate.

Beyaz peynir

Beyaz peynir is a Turkish white cheese matured in brine. Sheep milk, alone or mixed with other milks, gives a close-textured cheese cut into blocks and packed in cans.

Turkey · Traditional method
· Dairy
Golden-brown chicha de jora in a clear glass beside panela, pineapple peel and malted maize on a warm ivory surface.
Elevated risk

Chicha de jora with panela and pineapple peel

A contemporary Ecuadorian recipe simmers jora flour with spices, then adds panela and pineapple peel before a short spontaneous ferment. Its particular aromatics and measurements belong to this published adaptation.

Cañar Province, Ecuador · Modern method
· Drinks
A pale ceramic dish of dark, whole fermented soybeans representing a documented dried bacterial-type douchi sample.

Bacterial-type douchi

A Chinese fermented soybean condiment in which Bacillus-led bacteria, not moulds, drive the fermentation. Documented in Zunyi, Guizhou, and kept separate from mould-led douchi.

China
· Legumes and seeds
Illustrative Meitei Atingba: a filtered pale yellow rice beverage in a plain glass. Exact batch appearance and serving vessel are not documented.
High risk

Meitei atingba rice beverage with Hamei starter

A Manipuri rice beverage: cooked rice is cooled to about 40°C, inoculated with Hamei starter cakes, fermented for a season-dependent spell, then held submerged before filtering.

Manipur and Assam · Traditional method
· Drinks
Three golden baguettes with diagonal scores on a cooling rack, one cut to show its airy crumb.

Baguette with overnight poolish

Three long, crusty wheat loaves made with an overnight yeast poolish, shaped by hand and baked with steam for a crisp crust.

France
· Grains and starches
A small pool of glossy amber-brown meat-trim koji garum in a plain tasting dish, with an unlabelled glass cruet behind it.
High risk

Meat-trim koji garum

Meat-trim koji garum is a savoury liquid seasoning made by holding meat scraps with rice koji, salt and water at steady warmth before straining the mash.

Czechia · Modern method
· Meat
Traditional-style alpaca charqui in irregular dried pieces with bone visible.
Elevated risk

Alpaca charqui

Alpaca charqui is Andean dried meat, made from camelid meat exposed to hot sun by day and frost by night at high altitude, the ancestor of the modern word jerky.

High-altitude Andean puna
Meat
Two golden soft sourdough pretzels with coarse salt on an ivory platter.

Sourdough discard pretzels

Unfed sourdough starter flavours a soft pretzel dough raised with instant yeast. After a short rest, the dough is shaped, brushed with a sweet wash, salted and baked without a final proof.

United States · Modern method
· Grains and starches
Illustrative pale cream Agbelima fermented cassava dough in a plain shallow earthenware bowl.
Elevated risk

Agbelima (Ghanaian fermented cassava dough)

Ghanaian sour cassava dough fermented with traditional inoculum and drained during fermentation. It is used as a base for cooked foods such as banku and akple; process variants and safety outcomes differ.

Ghana
· Grains and starches
Cloudy rice-koji amazake with softened rice fragments in a clear glass beside a small ceramic dish of rice koji.
Elevated risk

Rice-koji amazake

Cooked rice, rice koji and water are held warm for hours so koji enzymes turn the rice starch to sugars, giving a naturally sweet Japanese drink with no added sugar and no second fermentation.

Japan · Modern method
· Drinks
Plain matsoni in a terracotta pot with a separate milk jug on an ivory surface.

Matsoni with a countertop culture

A commercial countertop-culture version of matsoni, a Georgian cultured milk. Its room-temperature method differs from the warmer Georgian production process.

Georgia · Modern adaptation
· Dairy
Whole tender green figs cooked in golden syrup with cinnamon and dried ginger, served on an olive-green plate.

Green-fig konfyt

Whole unripe figs are softened and cooked in cinnamon and ginger syrup as a refrigerator-only South African konfyt; this method does not provide a shelf-stable canning process.

Cape · Modern method
· Fruit
Smooth pale-golden brine-finished kashkaval block with sliced pieces on a wooden board.
Elevated risk

Kashkaval, brine-finished

A yellow stretched-curd cheese made by acidifying, draining and kneading curd in hot brine. This small-batch kashkaval uses a commercial starter and a brine finish.

Bulgaria · Modern adaptation
· Dairy
Pale koumiss in a clear drinking glass, with a small milk pitcher beside it.
Elevated risk

Koumiss (pasteurized mare milk)

Koumiss is a sour, lightly alcoholic mare-milk drink made by lactic bacteria and yeasts. This technical method uses pasteurized milk, a previous-batch starter and staged cooling.

Kazakhstan · Modern method
· Dairy
Loose dark Batabata-cha leaves beside a foamy bowl of brewed tea and its paired bamboo whisk.

Batabata-cha

A Japanese post-fermented tea from Asahi in Toyama: mature tea leaves are steamed and fermented aerobically in turned, self-heating heaps, then dried; traditionally boiled and whisked into a foam.

Birudan, Asahi · Traditional method
· Tea, cocoa and coffee
Illustrative Fukuoka okyuto served in narrow translucent seaweed-jelly ribbons with green onion, ginger and sesame; a separate soy-vinegar dressing is shown.

Okyūto (Fukuoka Egonori Seaweed Jelly)

A traditional Fukuoka seaweed jelly made by boiling dried egonori, sometimes with igisu, until it forms a thick extract that sets into soft sheets, eaten cold with soy sauce, vinegar and aromatic condiments.

Fukuoka City and Hakata · Traditional method
· Vegetables
Finocchiona salami section and three slices with irregular pale fat pieces on an ivory plate.
High risk

Finocchiona, starter-cultured

A Tuscan-style fennel salami made with pork and back fat. Toasted fennel, fennel pollen and Sambuca flavor this starter-cultured preparation.

Tuscany, Italy · Modern adaptation
· Meat
Milk kefir in a glass, with a milk pitcher and kefir grains beside it.

Milk kefir

Milk kefir is a tangy fermented drink made with reusable grains of bacteria and yeasts. Grain fermentation can give the milk a light fizz and some alcohol.

Eastern Europe · Traditional method
· Dairy
Plain golden bagels with a dense chewy crumb, one opened to show its interior.

Bagel

A yeast-raised wheat ring shaped from a firm dough, briefly boiled and baked. This source-batch formula gives a gently malted crust and a chewy crumb.

Eastern Europe
· Grains and starches
Soft white Domiati cheese in a larger portion and small cut piece on an ivory plate.
High risk

Domiati

Domiati is a soft Egyptian white cheese made by salting milk before renneting. It is eaten fresh or ripened in brine, with cow and buffalo milk used in varying proportions.

Egypt · Traditional method
· Dairy
White feta-style cheese block and broken chunk with a few crumbs on an ivory plate.
Elevated risk

Feta-style brined cheese

White cheese made with a lactic starter and rennet, drained without pressing, dry-salted and covered in brine. This home adaptation allows whole milk from different dairy animals.

Greece · Modern adaptation
· Dairy
Plain fresh chèvre with a softly textured surface in an ivory bowl.

Fresh chèvre

Fresh chèvre is a soft goat-milk cheese with a gently tangy flavour. This home method uses a combined lactic starter and coagulant, then drains the curd in cloth before salting and chilling.

United States · Modern adaptation
· Dairy
Dark brown mushroom garum in a glass jar and shallow dish, with mushrooms beside them.
High risk

Koji mushroom garum

Mushroom garum turns mushrooms, rice koji, salt and water into a dark savoury seasoning. A sustained warm hold lets koji enzymes break down the mixture before straining.

Modern method
· Condiments
A spoonful of thick plain Greek-style strained yogurt lifted over a white ceramic bowl.

Greek-style strained yogurt

Greek-style strained yogurt is cultured whole milk drained through cloth to remove whey. This modern Utah home method makes a thick yogurt from a gallon batch.

Utah · Modern method
· Dairy
Illustrative bowl of plain fresh cottage cheese with small soft curds.

Cottage cheese, long-set

Skim milk is cultured slowly, cut into curds, warmed and drained to make fresh cottage cheese. Cold-water washing softens its flavour before cream and salt are added.

Canada · Modern method
· Dairy
Golden Belgian cramique loaf with raisins baked through its soft crumb, shown with slices.

Cramique

A tender Belgian wheat loaf enriched with milk, butter and egg, with raisins scattered through the crumb. Cramique is sliced for breakfast or a snack, often with butter, jam or chocolate cream.

Flanders · Modern method
· Grains and starches
Illustrative whole, paraffin-coated cheese based on the Canadian home-dairy method; the source does not specify its mould shape or interior.
Elevated risk

Semi-soft cheese

A mild whole-milk cheese set with starter and rennet, drained in a mould, dry-salted and ripened. This small-batch method appeared in Canadian home-dairy guidance.

Canada · Modern method
· Dairy
Finished Paiwan cinavu parcels wrapped in dark green leaves, one cut open to show cooked millet and pork.

Cinavu (Paiwan leaf-wrapped parcel)

Cinavu is a Paiwan leaf-wrapped parcel built around millet or taro, meat and locally gathered leaves. It belongs to a food culture of harvest, hospitality and shared work, with village recipes differing in both filling and cooking time.

Liangshan Village, Majia Township
Zimbabwean chimodho cornmeal bread with a golden crust and coarse yellow crumb.

Chimodho

A Zimbabwean maize-meal bread, baked with buttermilk and served plain or with a spread.

Zimbabwe · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Small Brazilian pão francês rolls with a crisp golden crust and airy crumb.

Pão francês

A Brazilian wheat roll with a crisp crust, this home batch uses dry baker’s yeast and a steam-assisted oven bake.

Brazil · Modern method
· Grains and starches
Fresh chopped green chimichurri sauce with parsley, garlic and oil in a white bowl.

Chimichurri

Chimichurri is an uncooked sauce of chopped parsley, garlic, oregano, oil and vinegar from Argentina. It is spooned over grilled meat and has spread across Latin America.

Argentina
Condiments
A few small round golden Belgian pistolet rolls, one split open to show a soft, airy crumb.

Belgian pistolet

A crisp Belgian roll made from a supplier’s Croc-flour dough, mixed by hand or machine, proofed in rounds and baked with steam.

Brussels · Modern method
· Grains and starches
A round Barmbrack fruit loaf with a cut slice showing sultanas, beside a small bowl of sultanas and butter.

Barmbrack

An Irish fruit-studded yeast loaf, associated in a contemporary cultural account with Halloween and often served fresh or toasted with butter.

Ireland · Traditional method
· Grains and starches
A thin folded Staffordshire oatcake filled with mushrooms and melted cheese on a cream plate, beside oatmeal and flour.

Staffordshire oatcake

A North Staffordshire speciality, this soft yeast-raised oat-and-wheat pancake is cooked on a pan or griddle and folded around a savoury filling.

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire · Modern method
· Grains and starches
Cloudy pale grain drink in a glass beside a dish of millet.

Tonoto with millet malt

An Ainu grain drink for festivals and housewarmings, made by cooling cooked grain gruel, adding millet malt and holding it in a sake-making vessel.

Hokkaido · Historical attestation
Drinks
Amber ginger wine in a stemmed glass, with ginger, lemon and a dish of raisins on ivory paper.

Ginger wine, cask-matured on raisins

A Victorian household wine of boiled sugar, lemon and bruised ginger, worked on raisins in a cask for a fortnight and finished with brandy, made nine gallons at a time.

London · Historical attestation
· Drinks
Glossy amber ginger murabba pieces in syrup in a ceramic bowl, with fresh ginger slices beside it.

Adrak / ginger murabba

Adrak murabba preserves young ginger in sugar syrup, a sweet South Asian preparation recorded in Indian cookery and food-processing sources.

India · Historical attestation
· Condiments
Plain piimä in a clear tumbler, with a separate ceramic milk jug behind on an ivory surface.

Piimä with a countertop culture

A thin cultured-milk drink made with a commercial countertop starter. Finnish piimä is a mealtime sour milk with distinct regional traditions.

Finland · Modern adaptation
· Dairy
Aam panna in a clear tumbler beside unripe mangoes and mint.

Aam panna

Aam panna is a tart Indian summer drink made by cooking unripe green mango until its flesh softens, then blending the pulp with sweetener, salt and spices and diluting it with water.

India
· Drinks