A national dish is a dish, food or a drink that represents a particular country, nation or region. It is usually something that is naturally made or popular in that country.
The concept is highly informal and vague, and in many, if not most cases the relationship between a given territory or people and certain typical foods is ambiguous.
However, more for fun than anything else, I decided to compile an informal list of national dishes. I’ll go alphabetically and try to build the list to cover every country eventually…..or get bored in the meantime.
| Bahamas |
Cracked Conch |
Queen Conch, Fried in Breadcrumbs |
Bahrain |
Baked Shari |
Shari Fish in garlic and Turmeric |
Bangladesh |
Biriyani |
A mixed preparation of rice and meat |
Barbados |
Flying Fish with Cou-cou |
Cou-cou is a cornmeal and ocra side |
Belarus |
Matchanka |
Pork, bacon and sausage stew |
Belgium |
carbonnades flamandes |
A Flemish Beef Stew with beer |
Belize |
Rice & Beans |
Rice and haricot beans cooked in Coconut Milk |
Benin |
Kuli-Kuli |
Deep Fried Peanut Sticks |
Bhutan |
Ema Datse |
Hot Peppers with Cheese and rice |
Bolivia |
Salteñas |
Pastry stuffed with beef, peas, olives and raisins |
Bosnia & Herz. |
Bosanski lonac |
Meat & Vegetable Stew |
Botswana |
Seswaa |
Soft Salted Meats |
Brazil |
Feijoada |
Rice, Black Beans, Pork & Oranges |
British Virgin Isl. |
Fish & Fungi |
Fungi is a cooked cornmeal paste |
Brunei |
ambuyat |
Starched Sago |
Bulgaria |
Karvarma |
Chopped Meat and Vegetable Stew |
Burkina Faso |
Riz Gras |
Rice cooked in fat |
Burundi |
Mealie-Meal Porridge |
What it says |
