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Tell me your favorite food from your country. I want to learn recipes from all over the world.


Lately I've been watching a lot of food vlogs because I'm bored of everything I usually cook. I love trying out new food when I travel, and I love cooking, so I've decided to try to learn some new recipes, so tell me your favorite national dishes.

I'm from Hungary, and we have goulash (a hearty stew), langos (deep fried flat bread), and a lot of other food that's easy to make vegan.
My favorite comfort meal though is chickpea paprikash. It's pasta with tomato sauce and a lot of paprika and sour cream. Here's a recipe for it:
https://munchmealsbyjanet.com/2022/08/26/chickpea-paprikash/

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  1. Coastanatic

    I’m not a huge fan of my country’s cuisine (I’m French), but if there’s one I really like and I can recommend, it’s flammekueche (or “tarte flambée”)

  2. ilovedetroit

    I’m Italian and there are a ton of good recipes but the most underrated one I feel like I never see is panelle! I believe it is almost always naturally vegan and it is the best with some fresh lemon and parsley in the summer

  3. -007-bond

    Traditional Kenyan Staples, delicious and healthy. You can substitute spinach for sukuma. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-bCSRKmXFI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-bCSRKmXFI)

    Kenyan food with some Indian touch during the British colonization, taking inspiration from both worlds: [Bharazi & Mandazi](https://www.theroute2roots.com/bharazi-mandazi-gujju-loved-east-african-breakfast/)

    Various flavored french fries (the best kind of fries is a hill i’m willing to die on) for the [pousin chips ](https://fauziaskitchenfun.com/poussin-chips-fries/)you can follow the instructions in the link or you can also simplify it to
    1. melting lots of butter,
    2. and add lots of paprika to the butter
    3. finally add the cooked fries onto it.

    [Masala chips ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEAooUOCzik)and [garlic chips](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSrXK66marc)

  5. Expression-Little

    I can’t say there are many British recipes that I actually make (I cook a lot of Italian and Indian) but I do love a sausage roll.

  6. mimus_saturninus

    Brazilian Feijoada made vegan (replacing the meat with smoked tofu or cubes of dried coconut is the way to go 🍀)

  11. th-emptyhearse

    I love this idea! I can’t say New Zealand cuisine is the most exciting or expansive, but a childhood classic I still love is Curried Sausages. Tend to freestyle it but [this recipe ](https://vjcooks.com/curried-sausages/#mv-creation-168-jtr) is similar, with a few substitutes. We replace the sausages with homemade seitan sausages but you can sub any vegan sausages obv, just make sure to slice them up! Also we omit the peas, and add a diced apple and some sultanas (apparently this is not really a NZ thing, just a family quirk since my Grandma was from Mauritius, but it makes it so much better!). Also we tend to use a bit more curry powder than stated, and serve it with pasta (macaroni works great). I hope you enjoy it 😊

  13. lailatheblackcat

    i would say plov but with chickpeas instead of meat for kazakhstan/central asia

  14. plukhkuk

    I’m from Poland and despite being meat heavy cuisine we have a few vegetarian/vegan options.

    I absolutely love ‘christmas mushroom soup’ it’s a delicious creamy (easily subbed with vegan cream) wild mushroom soup served with barley. Also Barszcz soup, sorrel soup and sauerkraut and mushroom pierogi

  15. Educational-Suit316

    Chile – Mote con huesillo. 

    A traditional summer drink that happens to be vegan. A sweet drink with  reconstituted dry peaches and cooked wheat berries, sweet abd refreshing.

  17. rotten-flesh

    Mexico – Molé sauce with Mexican rice (tomato based)! Normally it’s served with chicken but I actually think potatoes are a great substitute for it.

    Picadillo is also super yummy! Basically it’s ground meat with veggies like corn, carrots and green beans in it. I just substitute the ground meat with beyond meat and it’s SOO good. Very hearty, warm, comforting food.

    Last recommendation is lentil soup with pineapple chunks! Sounds a bit odd but my makes a super savory lentil soup and then chops up fresh or canned pineapple and it’s SOOO good. If you like sweet + savory dishes, this is a must try.

  19. RM_r_us

    Poutine!

    Though there aren’t any vegan cheese curds to be bought, could get a brick of good quality vegan mozza and break it apart into bits.

    I like to use mushroom stock for a rich gravy. Just add extra pepper, a dash of onion powder and some corn starch to make.

  20. bita_938483

    In Brazil we have something called “Pavê”, or “Torta de Bolacha” in my region. It’s the absolute easiest vegan dessert I ever found and it tastes amazing.

    I think you can get the recipe with google’s auto translate function here https://presuntovegetariano.com.br/receitas/pave-de-chocolate-cafe-e-amendoim-vegan/.

    You can customize it and leave out some ingredients. It’s basically cooked milk with cornstarch + Maria crackers and chocolate on top. My favorite thing to do is add chopped strawberries to the milk cream when putting it together. Any milk works but I think the recipes usually use soy milk just because it is the most common in Brazil.

  21. The-Elephant-Imbibes

    I’m from the American South. I like to take our traditional Southern dishes and make them vegan. A lot of it is like comfort food. Here are some of my favorite recipes:

    [Tofu pot pie](https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-vegan-tofu-and-vegetabl-134550) (instead of chicken)

    [Hoppin’ John](https://www.connoisseurusveg.com/smoky-vegan-hoppin-john-with-chard/), traditionally served with collard greens, but can also be done with any dark leafy green like chard or kale (it brings good luck and money at the New Year!)

    Edit to add: I love this question and learning more about vegan foods from around the world!

  22. GiganticDingo

    Tteokbokki. Rice cakes (garaetteok) in a thick sauce of mostly gochujang, broth, garlic, and soy sauce. If you can find fresh made rice cakes in a Korean market, it’s a major upgrade.

    You can add anything to it – I like to add ramen, tofu, cabbage and cheese. It’s a great way to use up veggies and leftover seitan, tofu, etc.

  23. Tall_Lemon_906

    My all time favourite is a Tofu Spinach curry. You can search for any recipe for Palak (spinach) Paneer and switch Paneer with Tofu. I like to coat cubed Tofu pieces in some cornflour, salt and curry powder and then toss them in the pan with some oil till they are crispy. Then add them to the curry ☺️
    i combine it with rice.

    Love the recipe you shared! I will try to make it. Love paprikash ☺️

  24. PhotoboothSupermodel

    I recently got some very good paprika so I made paprikash for the first time (I used tofu) and it was fantastic!!

    If you’re decent at veganizing things, there’s a [YouTube channel](https://youtube.com/@berylshereshewsky?si=D2d6KI3-gTmAAVwd) that I love who tries recipes from around the world. It’s very wholesome, quite interesting, and I’ve found some naturally vegan dishes as well as some that I’ve veganized.

  25. beautifullifede

    India: we can do a lot of vegan sabzi (veg or lentils) with rice

  27. emunoodle

    (Not my country but where my parents are from) I love oil pour biang biang noodles, tianshui noodles, and snowskin mooncakes! Vegan Chinese Food by Liu Yang has been a great resource, as well as the Plant-Based Wok

  29. breakthewheele

    Kärntner Kasnudel and Fritattensuppe 🫶🏻
    ~ Austria

  30. mcove97

    Similarly in Norway we have ‘Lapskaus” which is also a stew and served with flat bread, but is basically just a variety of veggies, typically carrot, celery root and potato with sausage boiled in some veggie stock water until it turns somewhat mushy and stewy like. I use vegan sausage. It’s a pretty basic meal and it’s normal to just use a frozen veggie mix and throw the sausage in there with some water/stock.

    There’s however not really any completely vegan dishes that are traditionally Norwegian. Unless you count oat porridge made with water :p it’s kinda gross. There’s a reason you don’t see vegans raving about Norwegian food.

    However, I have attempted to veganize quite a lot of Norwegian traditional dishes, like the Christmas desserts rice cream and cloudberry cream using Alpro whipping cream with great success.

    My favorite Norwegian traditional food gotta be kompe/raspeball, but veganized, since it’s sort of like this massive potato dumpling with meat inside. I usually just make it without meat inside and serve some vegan sausages, rutabaga and butter on the side which is also traditional. I do however want to experiment with making a tofu bacon filling. I just gotta find a good recipe for it.

    I actually have a bunch of last year’s potatoes in my fridge which I know will be excellent for making kompe as it’s necessary for the texture of the dumplings and for them to hold together when boiling to use as old potatoes as possible.

    A very honorary mention. Norwegian lefse. Incredible. It’s like a potato flat bread that is soaked in water and left to dry, then buttered, to get like this really chewy and awesome texture. And then you add whatever you want or eat as is. (Typically served with lutefisk but I obviously don’t eat fish).

  31. _WhatSheSaid_

    UK- I’m going to say beans on toast 🤤 never gets old. 

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