Egg-Free Lunches from Around the World, Page 2
A world of lunches that are naturally egg-free: 217 authentic dishes, each from a real region with its cultural story and dietary swaps built in. Toggle egg-free on any other recipe and it rewrites itself to match.
217 recipes · showing 49 to 96
Krain KrainFreetown, Sierra Leone · easy · 45 minChopped jute leaves stewed with red palm oil and smoked fish into a savory green sauce, served over rice.
Krain Krain KajaikJuba, South Sudan · easy · 45 minFresh Nile fish simmered in a light tomato and onion stew, a staple lunch along South Sudan's rivers.
Kajaik Feijoada à SantomenseSão Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe · easy · 1 h 15 minIsland beans simmered with red palm oil, smoked fish, and greens, the São Toméan take on Portuguese-Creole feijoada.
Feijoada à Santomense SidvudvuMbabane, Eswatini · easy · 40 minSweet pumpkin cooked down with maize meal into a smooth, comforting porridge, a traditional Eswatini favorite.
Sidvudvu NashifN'Djamena, Chad · easy · 40 minGround beef sautéed with tomato, onion, and warm spices into a quick, savory dish eaten with bread or rice in N'Djamena.
Nashif DjenkouméLomé, Togo · medium · 1 hA savory red maize-meal paste cooked with tomato and palm oil, served with grilled chicken, a Togolese celebration favorite.
Djenkoumé AseedaJuba, South Sudan · medium · 30 minSouth Sudan's smooth sorghum dough dome, beaten glossy over the fire and eaten by hand from a shared bowl with mullah stew.
Eru (Wild Greens with Waterleaf)Littoral (Douala), Cameroon · medium · 1 h 15 minA rich, oily stew of finely shredded eru forest leaves and waterleaf cooked with palm oil, smoked fish and crayfish, eaten with garri or water fufu.
Eru (Wild Greens with Waterleaf) Jollof RiceGreater Accra, Ghana · medium · 1 h 20 minLong-grain rice steamed in a reduced, deeply spiced tomato-and-pepper stew until every grain is stained red and the base lightly caramelises.
Jollof Rice GitheriNairobi, Kenya · easy · 1 h 45 minBoiled maize and beans finished in a tomato and onion masala, one of the oldest and most dependable Kenyan home meals.
Githeri Canja de GalinhaSantiago (Praia), Cape Verde · easy · 1 h 15 minA thick, comforting Cape Verdean chicken and rice soup with carrot, potato and a bright squeeze of lime.
Canja de Galinha Poisson Fumé aux Bananes PlantainsLibreville, Gabon · easy · 40 minSmoked fish simmered in a tomato, onion and chili sauce, served over golden fried ripe plantains, an easy Gabonese plate.
Poisson Fumé aux Bananes Plantains Akume with Ademe SauceLomé, Togo · medium · 1 hA smooth cornmeal swallow served with ademe, a slippery jute-leaf sauce cooked with smoked fish and palm oil.
Sauce Gombo Ivoirienne (Okra Sauce)Abidjan (Lagunes), Côte d’Ivoire · easy · 1 hA silky, faintly stringy Ivorian okra sauce with beef and smoked fish in a tomato and palm oil broth, eaten with foutou or rice.
Sauce Gombo Ivoirienne (Okra Sauce) Malakwang (Sour Greens in Groundnut Sauce)Kampala, Uganda · easy · 45 minTangy malakwang leaves simmered until tender then folded into a smooth groundnut sauce, sweet, sour and nutty at once.
Malakwang (Sour Greens in Groundnut Sauce) Vary Amin'anana (Rice with Greens)Analamanga (Antananarivo), Madagascar · easy · 40 minSoft, soupy rice cooked with leafy greens and ginger, the everyday restorative bowl of the Malagasy highlands.
Vary Amin'anana (Rice with Greens) Mbika (Pumpkin Seed Stew)Kinshasa, DR Congo · easy · 50 minGround pumpkin seeds simmered into a thick, nutty-tasting stew with smoked fish, greens and red palm oil, a Congo Basin staple.
Mbika (Pumpkin Seed Stew) Baasto iyo Suugo (Somali Spaghetti)Mogadishu, Somalia · easy · 55 minSpaghetti under a xawaash-spiced beef and tomato sauce, the Somali table always finished with a ripe banana on the side.
Baasto iyo Suugo (Somali Spaghetti) Jagacida (Cape Verdean Rice and Beans)Santiago (Praia), Cape Verde · easy · 45 minRice simmered with beans, onion, garlic and bay until glossy and tender, the everyday jag of the Cape Verde islands.
Hamli (Eritrean Spiced Greens)Asmara, Eritrea · easy · 35 minCollard greens or chard wilted with onion, garlic, ginger and gentle spices, the everyday greens of the Eritrean platter.
Hamli (Eritrean Spiced Greens) Okra Soup (Sierra Leonean)Freetown, Sierra Leone · easy · 1 h 5 minFresh okra cooked down with beef and smoked fish in a red palm oil broth into a thick, silky Freetown Saturday soup.
Fasoolia (White Bean Stew)Djibouti City, Djibouti · easy · 50 minWhite beans simmered soft in a spiced tomato and onion sauce warm with cumin and cinnamon, eaten with bread or rice.
Fasoolia (White Bean Stew) M'tsolola (Fish, Plantain and Coconut Stew)Moroni, Comoros · medium · 1 hFish poached with green plantain and cassava then finished in fresh coconut milk, the island stew of the Comoros.
M'tsolola (Fish, Plantain and Coconut Stew) Babenda (Greens, Grain and Groundnut Pot)Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · easy · 55 minBitter greens and rice simmered with pounded groundnuts and pungent soumbala into a thick, nourishing one-pot meal.
Babenda (Greens, Grain and Groundnut Pot) Pescado Frito con Plátanos MadurosMalabo, Equatorial Guinea · easy · 45 minWhole fish marinated in lime and garlic and pan-fried until crisp, served with sweet caramelised fried plantains.
Pescado Frito con Plátanos Maduros Potato Greens (Palava Sauce)Monrovia, Liberia · easy · 50 minFinely chopped sweet potato leaves simmered in a seasoned red palm oil broth with smoked fish, served over rice.
Potato Greens (Palava Sauce) Leksour (Lamb Stew on Pancakes)Nouakchott, Mauritania · medium · 1 h 40 minA spiced lamb and vegetable stew spooned over thin millet-and-wheat pancakes, rolled and eaten by hand.
Leksour (Lamb Stew on Pancakes) Miyan Taushe (Pumpkin and Groundnut Soup)Niamey, Niger · easy · 1 h 5 minA creamy Hausa soup of mashed pumpkin and pounded groundnuts with meat and greens, thick, mildly sweet and savoury.
Miyan Taushe (Pumpkin and Groundnut Soup) Tam Mak Hoong (Lao Green Papaya Salad)Luang Prabang, Laos · easy · 23 minShredded green papaya pounded in a mortar with padaek, lime, chili, garlic, and tomato, the dark, funky, fiery Lao papaya salad.
Tam Mak Hoong (Lao Green Papaya Salad) Khuushuur (Fried Meat Pastry)Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · medium · 1 h 5 minCrisp deep-fried half-moon pastries filled with minced mutton, onion, and garlic, the taste of the Naadam festival.
Khuushuur (Fried Meat Pastry) LahmacunGaziantep, Turkey · medium · 1 h 50 minPaper-thin flatbread blistered under a spiced lamb, pepper, and parsley crust, rolled with lemon and herbs.
Lahmacun Masala DosaTamil Nadu (Chennai), India · medium · 8 h 50 minA crisp, golden fermented rice-and-lentil crepe wrapped around spiced potato, South India's iconic anytime meal.
Masala Dosa KhinkaliImereti, Georgia · medium · 1 hTwisted soup dumplings filled with spiced meat and hot broth, eaten by hand, a proud Georgian mountain dish.
Khinkali Bún ChảHanoi (Red River Delta), Vietnam · medium · 1 h 50 minSmoky grilled pork patties and slices in a sweet-sour dipping broth, with rice noodles and heaps of fresh herbs, Hanoi's lunch.
Bún Chả XiaolongbaoShanghai, China · advanced · 1 h 15 minDelicate steamed dumplings with a thin pleated skin and a burst of hot pork soup inside, a Shanghai treasure.
Xiaolongbao FalafelBeirut, Lebanon · medium · 45 minCrisp herb-flecked chickpea fritters tucked into pita with tahini, pickles, and salad, a Levantine street classic.
Falafel Adana KebapGaziantep, Turkey · medium · 45 minHand-minced spiced lamb pressed onto skewers and grilled over charcoal, served with flatbread and sumac onions.
Pancit BihonCentral Luzon, Philippines · easy · 40 minThin rice noodles stir-fried with chicken, shrimp, and vegetables in a savory soy sauce, a Filipino celebration staple.
Pancit Bihon MomoKathmandu Valley, Nepal · medium · 1 h 5 minSteamed dumplings of spiced minced filling served with a tangy tomato-sesame achar, Nepal's everyday bite.
Momo SamsaTashkent, Uzbekistan · medium · 1 h 10 minFlaky baked pastries filled with spiced lamb and onion, blistered golden in a tandoor, a Silk Road staple.
Samsa Nom Banh ChokSiem Reap, Cambodia · medium · 1 hRice noodles under a fragrant green fish-and-lemongrass gravy, piled with raw vegetables, Cambodia's Khmer noodles.
Nom Banh Chok MansafAmman, Jordan · medium · 2 h 30 minLamb cooked in a tangy fermented-yogurt sauce over rice and flatbread, Jordan's national dish of hospitality.
Mansaf Shorshe IlishDhaka, Bangladesh · medium · 40 minHilsa fish in a pungent mustard-and-green-chili sauce, the prized national dish of Bengal, eaten with rice.
Shorshe Ilish Penang Asam LaksaPenang, Malaysia · medium · 1 h 10 minA tart, spicy mackerel-and-tamarind noodle soup topped with pineapple, mint, and ginger flower, Penang's iconic bowl.
Penang Asam Laksa Gua Bao (Pork Belly Buns)Taipei, Taiwan · medium · 2 h 10 minTaiwan’s famous night-market bun: a pillowy folded steamed bun cradling red-braised pork belly, tangy pickled mustard greens, cilantro, and sweet peanut powder.
Gua Bao (Pork Belly Buns) Khao PoonLuang Prabang, Laos · medium · 1 h 10 minA spicy, herbal rice-vermicelli soup in a fragrant coconut-and-chili broth, the celebratory noodle bowl of Laos.
MantuKabul, Afghanistan · advanced · 1 h 30 minSteamed dumplings of spiced beef and onion topped with garlicky yogurt and a lentil-tomato sauce, an Afghan favorite.
Mantu Lahpet ThokeYangon, Myanmar · easy · 30 minA tea-leaf salad of fermented tea, crunchy fried beans, nuts, and seeds tossed with cabbage and lime, Myanmar's national treasure.
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