Recipes

1504 records with their sources, across 11 categories.

Recipes

A stack of golden Emirati chebab pancakes with porous griddle-marked surfaces beside date syrup.

Chbaab

Emirati saffron-and-cardamom pancakes made from a short-rested yeast batter and cooked on both sides.

United Arab Emirates · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Cloudy red-brown Mbege, Chagga banana-and-finger-millet beer, served in a carved gourd cup.

Mbege

Chagga beer from the slopes of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, made by combining a fermented banana porridge with a sweet porridge of germinated finger millet and drunk fresh within a day or two.

Kilimanjaro Region · Traditional method
· Drinks
Three Filipino ensaymada buns with coiled golden dough and grated cheese topping.

Filipino ensaymada, butter-sugar-cheese version

Soft Filipino ensaymada coils use enriched yeast dough, then receive butter, sugar and grated cheese. This modern Filipino version differs from Mallorcan ensaïmada and other Philippine regional formulas.

Philippines · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Three sesame-and-nigella-topped Tamees-style flatbreads, dimpled and baked on a home oven pan until golden.

Tamees-style flatbread

A home-oven interpretation of Saudi tamees, dimpled and topped with sesame and nigella.

Saudi Arabia · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A broad, uneven round of Yemeni layered malawah, golden with browned blisters, fine buttered folds and a sparse scattering of black seeds.

Yemeni malawah

A Yemeni layered wheat bread made by stretching an unleavened dough thin, folding butter or ghee through it, and baking it on a very hot stone.

Yemen
Two plain Thai rotis, thin and golden with delicate griddle-browned layers.

Thai roti (stretched griddle bread)

An unleavened wheat dough is rested in oiled portions, stretched almost transparent, coiled, flattened and fried on an oiled griddle. This source batch serves plain roti with optional condensed milk and sugar.

Thailand · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A clear glass of deep garnet-red Korean bokbunja-ju sits in front of an unlabelled dark glass bottle.

Bokbunja-ju

Korean black raspberry wine: crushed bokbunja berries with their seeds, sweetened to 20 °Brix, fermented 15 days at 25 °C with wine yeast, filtered and matured three months.

Gochang County · Traditional method
· Drinks
Three light-golden youtiao, paired fried dough sticks, with one broken end showing an airy hollow crumb.

Youtiao

Youtiao are Chinese breakfast crullers made from soft baking-powder dough, chilled overnight, stretched into paired strips and fried until light golden.

China · Modern method
· Grains and starches
Golden Hong Kong pineapple buns with crisp cracked tops and soft bread inside.

Bo lo bao

Hong Kong-style pineapple buns have soft yeast dough beneath a crisp, sweet pastry topping.

Hong Kong · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Round golden Belokranjska pogača scored into squares and topped with caraway and coarse salt.

Belokranjska pogača

A round Slovenian flatbread scored in a grid and topped with caraway and coarse salt.

Bela Krajina · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Illustrative home-style Weihnachtsstollen with a folded ridge, dried fruit, almonds and powdered sugar; not Dresdner Stollen PGI.

Weihnachtsstollen (family recipe)

A four-loaf German family Christmas stollen with rum-soaked sultanas, almonds, candied citrus and marzipan, baked in two stages.

Germany · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
One Swiss butterzopf, a golden, egg-washed yeast loaf braided from two strands.

Swiss butterzopf

A Swiss braided yeast loaf enriched with milk and butter and brushed with egg yolk.

Switzerland · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Original editorial photograph of soft Norwegian potato lefse and lomper, plain and folded with subtle golden griddle spots.

Potato lefse and lomper

Soft Norwegian potato flatbreads with wheat and sifted rye flour, rolled into rounds and cooked on a dry griddle.

Norway · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Golden baked sopa paraguaya made with fine maize flour, cheese and onion, shown in a rectangular pan with a cut square portion.

Sopa paraguaya

Sopa paraguaya is a savory Paraguayan bake made with fine maize flour, cheese, onion, eggs and milk. This flour-based cake is distinct from chipa guazú, which FUPACEL makes with fresh maize.

Paraguay
A golden chipa guazú fresh-corn bake in a shallow dish, with one moist corn-studded square served beside it.

Chipa guazú

A Paraguayan fresh-corn bake mixed with Queso Paraguay, onion, eggs and milk, served in moist squares.

Paraguay · Traditional method
· Grains and starches
Plain Sri Lankan godamba roti, thin and folded into soft golden rectangles on an ivory plate.

Plain godamba roti

A Sri Lankan wheat flatbread made from thinly stretched, oil-rested dough and cooked briefly on a dry griddle until soft.

Sri Lanka
Three golden Chilean hallullas with characteristic fork marks on a linen cloth.

Chilean hallullas

Round Chilean yeast breads made with shortening, rolled and folded, then cut, pricked and baked until golden.

Chile · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Small golden, lightly cracked cuñapé rolls on a plain ceramic plate

Cuñapé (Santa Cruz baked cheese bread)

A Santa Cruz cheese-and-starch bread made with grated cheese, eggs, butter and milk as needed; optional cooked yuca makes the dough. This municipal formula bakes small balls on a tray.

Santa Cruz · Traditional method
A finished, round whole-wheat tandoori roti with scattered brown char spots on a plate, with the heatproof handled rack and domestic stovetop used for the home adaptation in the background.

Tandoori roti

This unleavened North Indian tandoori roti uses atta, salt and water, then cooks on a handled wire rack over a low-to-medium flame. It makes 13 medium breads with tandoor-style browning.

North India
Illustrative editorial image of soft, lightly browned Kazakh shelpek, the selected unleavened flour-and-water version.

Shelpek (Kazakh fried flatbread)

Shelpek is a round Kazakh flatbread fried in oil. This ten-piece flour-and-water version follows a documented Kazakh home-cooking demonstration; zheti shelpek ritual contexts remain distinct.

Kazakhstan
A thin golden Gambir flatbread, rolled in layers and pan-fried, with two small parallel slits near the center

Gambir

Mongolian pan-fried flatbreads made by folding sugar and oil through a simple wheat dough.

Mongolia · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Illustrative original photograph of plain round, porous, griddle-cooked buckwheat khur-le pancakes in a stack; the page documents a milk-and-egg home adaptation.

Khur-le buckwheat pancakes

Bhutanese-style buckwheat pancakes made with milk and egg, cooked on a hot pan. This home version serves three.

Bumthang · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Plain round chatamari rice-flour crepe on a ceramic plate with a small separate bowl of chutney.

Plain chatamari

A Newar rice-flour crepe cooked covered on a pan. This Nepal Tourism Board method serves it plain with accompaniments.

Nepal · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Golden round Kyrgyz onion kattama with a cut wedge showing its thin spiral layers and softened onion filling.

Kyrgyz onion kattama

A Kyrgyz layered flatbread filled with softened onion, coiled and pan-fried. This home batch makes four.

Kyrgyzstan · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A glossy braided chocolate babka loaf with one slice showing its chocolate-filled layers.

Chocolate babka

A yeasted enriched dough is rolled with cocoa, chocolate, nuts and cinnamon, twisted into two loaf pans, topped with streusel and baked.

Eastern Europe
Shanghai-style scallion pancakes, one cut to show the flaky layers and scallions inside.

Shanghai Scallion Pancakes (Cong You Bing)

Bill Leung’s Shanghai-style scallion pancakes layer soft wheat dough with scallions and an oil-flour paste, then fry and finish in the oven.

China · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A plain round of golden bannock scored into portions in a cast-iron pan over embers

Bannock (North American)

This flour, baking-powder and oil dough is Parks Canada’s contemporary Métis-interpreter version prepared at Rocky Mountain House; its specific recipe origin is unknown.

Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site
Four square hardtack biscuits with regular docking holes, stacked on a wooden table.

Hardtack

A flour-and-water biscuit baked hard for transport; this home version follows the measured National Park Service Manassas interpretation.

United States
Small Sri Lankan pol roti made with fresh grated coconut, browned in spots on a tawa and served plain on a ceramic plate.

Sri Lankan pol roti

An unleavened Sri Lankan flatbread made with fresh grated coconut and wheat flour, cooked on a tawa.

Sri Lanka · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Two golden round Kesra flatbreads with toasted skillet marks, one cut open to show its tender crumb.

Kesra

This Algerian semolina and wheat flatbread rises with yeast, browns in an oiled skillet and finishes crisp in the oven. It is the author's leavened adaptation, not the unleavened semolina baseline.

Algeria
Illustrative serving of Mangalore banana buns, puffed golden fried rounds on a pale plate; not a specific recipe batch.

Mangalore banana buns

Sweet banana and wheat breads, rolled into rounds and fried. This coastal Karnataka home version rests the dough for 30 minutes.

Karnataka · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Golden round Ecuadorian pan de yuca cheese buns, one cut open to show its soft interior

Ecuadorian pan de yuca: Laylita's version

Small cassava-starch cheese breads mixed in a processor, chilled, baked and briefly browned under a broiler. This is Laylita's Ecuadorian-style formula.

Ecuador · Modern method
· Grains and starches
Finished Chickasaw Nation fry bread in the source-specific form: small golden-brown rectangular pieces with a center slit, served plain on an ivory plate.

Chickasaw Nation fry bread

A soft egg-and-flour dough is lightly kneaded, cut into strips and fried until browned on both sides.

Sulphur
· Grains and starches
Golden fried Jamaican bammy cakes with a cut wedge showing the white cassava interior, served with a small side of fish and pickled peppers.

Bammy finished with coconut milk

A serving method for approved, prepared bammy rounds: soak them in coconut milk and refry until golden. It does not process raw cassava.

Jamaica · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A sesame-topped round Algerian khobz el dar with a cut wedge showing its soft pale crumb.

Khobz el dar

An Algerian round loaf made with semolina, wheat flour, milk, egg and sesame; this source version uses an overnight-free yeast method with three rests and an egg glaze.

Algeria
Square Bahamian johnnycake baked golden in a glass pan, with two thick pieces showing its pale crumb

Bahamian baked johnnycake

A soft, butter-rich Bahamian-style baked johnnycake made from flour, baking powder, sugar, butter and milk. The dough rests briefly in a square pan before baking.

The Bahamas
· Grains and starches
Three light-golden puffed bhatura breads served with a small bowl of chole.

Bhatura

A North Indian fried bread made with yogurt, wheat flour and chemical leaveners. This source batch makes eight.

India · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A stack of thin golden Malabar parottas, one opened to show its flaky coiled layers.

Malabar parotta

A layered Kerala flatbread made with an unleavened refined-wheat dough, stretched, coiled and cooked on a tawa.

Kerala · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Original editorial photograph of Punjabi aloo paratha: thin round whole-wheat flatbreads with browned tawa spots and a modest glimpse of spiced potato filling.

Punjabi aloo paratha

Unleavened wheat flatbreads filled with seasoned mashed potato and cooked on a tawa. This Punjabi-style batch makes eight.

India · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Four golden Southern-style buttermilk biscuits on an ivory plate, one split to show a tender layered interior.

Southern-style buttermilk biscuits

A small batch of tender American quick breads made with cold butter, buttermilk and baking powder.

Southern United States · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Three thick, round Balep korkun breads with golden skillet marks on a blue plate, one opened to show its tender crumb.

Balep korkun

A Central Tibetan style pan bread made from flour, water and baking powder. Four dough balls are rested, rolled into rounds and cooked covered in a skillet, turning them several times.

Central Tibet
· Grains and starches
Two golden Hawaiian Portuguese sweet bread loaves, each formed from seven joined rolls and baked in a round pan.

Pão doce (Hawaiian Portuguese sweet bread)

This Hawaiian Electric pão doce is an enriched yeast bread with milk, eggs, melted butter and sugar, baked as two loaves or shaped into small rolls.

Hawaiʻi · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A freshly cooked golden lachha paratha with fine spiral layers and a few coriander flecks on a plain ceramic plate.

Lachha paratha with coriander and cumin

A layered wheat paratha, rolled with ghee, coriander, garlic and cumin and cooked on a tawa. This batch makes twelve.

India · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A small stack of thin Moroccan baghrir pancakes with their honeycomb holes visible beside butter and honey.

Baghrir

Moroccan semolina pancakes made from a thin yeast batter, rested until foamy and cooked on one side until the surface sets with a honeycomb of holes. This source-specific batch makes sixteen 5-inch pancakes.

Morocco
· Grains and starches
A plain round Gujarati khakhra, thin and crisp with light-brown tawa-roasted spots, on a simple plate.

Khakhra

A thin Gujarati wheat flatbread, pressed and roasted over low heat until crisp and lightly browned.

Gujarat · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches