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1. baklava, n. View full entry 1650
...A dessert made from thin pieces of flaky pastry, honey, and nuts, usually cut into lozenge-shaped pieces....
2. bibimbap, n. View full entry 1977
...In Korean cookery: a dish consisting of rice topped with other ingredients, typically including sautéed vegetables, meat (esp. beef), and chilli paste, often with the addition of a raw or fried egg....
3. borek, n. View full entry 1830
...In Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cookery: a savoury pie of puff pastry, made with a variety of fillings, such as cheese, minced meat, spinach, or lentils....
4. boza | bosa, n. View full entry 1656
...A popular acidulated drink in Egypt, etc., made by fermenting an infusion of millet seed, with the addition of certain astringent substances; also an inebriating preparation of darnel-meal, hemp-seed and water....
5. chang, n.2 View full entry 1800
...A Tibetan beer or wine made chiefly from barley or rice....
6. chibouk | chibouque, n. View full entry 1814
...The long tobacco-pipe used by the Turks....
7. chop-suey, n. View full entry 1888
...A Chinese dish of meat or chicken, rice, onions, etc., fried in sesame-oil. Also fig....
8. chow mein, n. View full entry 1903
...Fried noodles served with a thick sauce or stew composed of chopped meat, vegetables, etc....
9. dashi, n. View full entry 1963
...Cooking stock, esp. a fish stock based upon dried bonito and seaweed; a broth made from the dried flesh of the bonito....
10. dolma, n. View full entry 1889
...A Turkish dish of several ingredients (see quots.). ...
11. doner kebab, n. View full entry 1958
...A Turkish dish which consists of slices of lamb or mutton, layered with herbs and spices on a vertical spit and roasted as it revolves against a tall narrow grill. As the...
12. edamame, n. View full entry 1951
...Usu. with pl. concord. In Japanese cookery: fresh green soybeans, typically boiled or steamed and served in their pods, seasoned with salt, as an appetizer or snack....
13. fu yung, n. View full entry 1917
...A Chinese sauce made with eggs mixed and cooked with a variety of other ingredients. Usu. in the name of the dish with which the sauce is served, as egg fu...
14. gyoza, n. View full entry 1965
...In Japanese cookery: a crescent-shaped dumpling of thin pastry dough, stuffed with a finely minced paste (typically made of pork, cabbage, and garlic chives), and steam-fried, deep-fried, grilled, or boiled. Also ...
15. halva, n. View full entry 1846
...A sweetmeat made of sesame flour and honey....
16. hoisin, n. View full entry 1957
...More fully hoisin sauce. A rich, sweet, dark sauce made from soya beans, garlic, vegetable extracts, and spices, widely used in Chinese cookery....
17. hummus, n. View full entry 1955
...In Middle Eastern countries (and also, more recently, elsewhere) an hors d'œuvre made from ground chick-peas and sesame oil flavoured with lemon and garlic....
18. Imam Bayildi, n. View full entry 1935
...A dish consisting of aubergines stuffed with an onion-and-tomato mixture and cooked in oil....
19. jiaozi, n. View full entry 1978
...In Chinese cookery: a crescent-shaped dumpling of thin pastry dough, stuffed with a finely minced paste (typically made of pork, cabbage, and garlic chives), and steam-fried, deep-fried, grilled, or boiled. Cf. ...
20. ketchup, n. View full entry 1711
...A sauce made from the juice of mushrooms, walnuts, tomatoes, etc., and used as a condiment with meat, fish, or the like. Often with qualification, as mushroom ketchup, etc....
