Egyptian
A grain-and-legume cuisine of the Nile, built on fava beans, lentils, garlic, and tomato, with deep peasant roots and a strong vegetarian backbone.
6 cuisines containing the letter Y — each with origin, classification, and notes.
Below are cuisines that contain the letter Y anywhere in the name. Each of the 6 cuisines below opens to a full profile.
A grain-and-legume cuisine of the Nile, built on fava beans, lentils, garlic, and tomato, with deep peasant roots and a strong vegetarian backbone.
An East African cuisine of ugali maize porridge, slow-grilled nyama choma, and sukuma wiki greens, with a strong Indian-Swahili coastal stream.
The cuisine of Madagascar, anchored by rice three meals a day, with Southeast Asian, East African, and French strands stitched into one island table.
A Southeast Asian melting-pot cuisine that fuses Malay, Chinese, Indian, and Peranakan traditions into coconut-rich curries, fragrant rice, and skewered grills.
One of the world's oldest continuously practiced cuisines, the food of Damascus and Aleppo, layered with Persian, Ottoman, and Mediterranean influences.
A southern Arabian cuisine of slow-cooked lamb, hilbeh fenugreek foam, and fiery zhug, with one of the oldest coffee cultures on earth.
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