Amaranth
An ancient pseudocereal seed that was a staple of the Aztec Empire, packed with complete protein and gluten-free, popped like popcorn or simmered into porridge.
11 foods ending with the letter H — each with origin, classification, and notes.
This page lists foods that end with H. 11 foods are detailed below. Each entry below is a doorway into a full profile — not just a name on a list.
An ancient pseudocereal seed that was a staple of the Aztec Empire, packed with complete protein and gluten-free, popped like popcorn or simmered into porridge.
Enriched Jewish braided bread — a Shabbat and holiday loaf made with eggs, oil, and a touch of honey, with a characteristic plaited shape and glossy egg-wash crust.
Hungary's national dish — slow-braised beef with paprika, onions, and caraway, originating as Hungarian herdsmen's trail food and evolving into the definitive expression of Hungarian paprika cuisine.
The national dish of Lebanon and Syria — a blend of minced lamb, bulgur wheat, and spices shaped into oval torpedoes and fried, or served raw as a steak tartare equivalent.
Strained yoghurt cheese from the Levant — yoghurt hung in cloth until thick enough to roll into balls or spread; drizzled with olive oil and dusted with zaatar or dried herbs, a cornerstone of the mezze table.
A vividly colored tropical reef fish eaten across the Pacific and Caribbean — firm white flesh with a slightly sweet flavor, controversial because of its ecological role.
A Kashmiri slow-braised lamb curry of Persian origin — deep red from Kashmiri chillies and Ratan Jot bark rather than from turmeric, mildly spiced relative to much Indian cooking.
Bread leavened by wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria captured from flour and air — a 6,000-year-old technique with a 2020 pandemic-era revival, producing complex flavor unobtainable from packaged yeast.
A Levantine salad of finely chopped parsley, mint, tomato, onion, and fine bulgur — bright, herb-forward, and contrary to most non-Arab versions where bulgur dominates.
An Indonesian fermented soybean cake bound together by white mycelium — meatier and more textured than tofu, with a nutty, mushroomy flavor that improves with cooking.
A large, fast-swimming Pacific game fish prized for its firm, slightly fatty flesh — eaten raw as Japanese hamachi or cooked in Australian and Mediterranean kitchens.
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