Top 10 Most Popular Foods In the World

Foods are essential to sustain human life. The food gives us the energy to work and fight off diseases. It keep us alive. There is no love greater than the love of food. Have you ever eaten something you enjoyed and immediately announced it the best thing you’ve ever eaten? There are different cuisines around the world with unique flavors and styles of preparing food. Each country and each cuisine comes with some unique foods and unique cooking methods and styles that meet various tastes and needs.

It is hard to say what is the best food ever in the world is. Because when it comes to ranking, food and drinks can be very subjective as tastes differ from person to person. But it is possible to talk about the most liked food and the most famous foods in the world. The most popular cuisines among people across the globe is Italian, followed by Mexican, Chinese, Spanish and Japanese cooking.

Scroll through to see all Top 10 Most Popular Foods In the World :

10. Tandoori chicken :-

Tandoori chicken is a chicken dish prepared by roasting chicken in a tandoor. The dish originated from the Indian subcontinent. It was created by Kundan Lal Gujral, Kundan Lal Jaggi. Its main ingredients are Chicken, yoghurt, honey, and tandoori masala. The earliest evidence of tandoori chicken can be found in the Harappan civilization. It is often served with naan flatbread. Tandoori chicken can be consumed as a starter or as a main course.

The raw chicken is marinated in a mixture of yoghurt and tandoori masala, a spice blend. It is seasoned and coloured with cayenne pepper, red chilli powder, or Kashmiri red chilli powder as well as turmeric or food colouring. Then the chicken is marinated and roasted. The marinated chicken is placed on skewers and cooked at high temperatures in a tandoor oven, which is heated with charcoal or wood, which adds to the smoky flavour. 

9. Peruvian ceviche :-

Peruvian ceviche is a traditional dish widely eaten in Peru. The dish originated in Peru. This dish is popular throughout South America. In Peru, ceviche has been announced as a part of Peru's "national heritage" and has had a holiday declared in its honour. Corvina or cebo is the fish traditionally use. Ceviche comprises seafood that is marinated with lime juice, the acidity of the lime juice actually “cooks” the seafood.

It is prepared by using lime, fish, sweet potatoes, bitter orange juice, with sliced onions, chilli peppers, spicy peppers, fresh cilantro, salt and pepper. The mixture is marinated for several hours and served at room temperature, with slices of cooked sweet potato. Regional varieties include garlic, fishbone broth, minced Peruvian ají limo, and the Andean chilli rocoto, toasted corn or cancha and yuyo.

8. doughnut :-

A doughnut is a type of food made from leavened fried dough. It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various forms as a sweet snack. Doughnut varieties are also divided into cake and yeast-risen type doughnuts. Doughnuts are often accompanied by coffee or milk. They are sold at doughnut shops, convenience stores, cafes or fast-food restaurants. The two most common types are the ring doughnut and the filled doughnut, which is filled with fruit preserves, cream, or other sweet fillings.

Doughnuts are usually deep-fried from a flour dough, but other types of batters can also be used. Once fried, doughnuts may be coated with sugar icing, spread with icing or chocolate, or topped with powdered sugar, cinnamon, sprinkles or fruit. Various toppings and flavourings are used for different types, such as sugar, chocolate or maple glazing. Doughnuts may also include water, leavening, eggs, milk, sugar, oil, shortening, and natural or artificial flavours. Other shapes include balls, flattened spheres, twists, and other forms.

7. Spaghetti :-

Spaghetti is a long, thin, solid, cylindrical pasta. Spaghetti is an emblem of Italian cuisine. Spaghetti is most commonly available in 25–30 cm lengths. A variety of pasta dishes are based on it. Spaghettoni is a thicker form of spaghetti, while capellini is a very thin spaghetti. Italian spaghetti is typically made from durum wheat semolina.

Spaghetti is prepared from ground grain and water. Whole-wheat and multigrain spaghetti are also available. Fresh or dry spaghetti is cooked in a large pot of salted, boiling water and then soaked in a sieve. In Italy, spaghetti is generally fully cooked but still firm to the bite. It may also be cooked to a softer consistency. Spaghetti is frequently served with tomato sauce, which may contain various herbs such as oregano and basil, olive oil, meat, or vegetables. 

6. Sushi :-

Sushi is a staple rice dish of Japanese cuisine. All sushi has a base of specially prepared rice, complemented with other ingredients. Sushi is traditionally made with medium-grain white rice, though it can be prepared with brown rice or short-grain rice. Traditional Japanese sushi consists of rice flavoured with vinegar sauce and various raw or cooked ingredients.

Sushi comprises cooked rice flavoured with vinegar and a variety of vegetable, egg, or raw seafood garnishes and
served cold. It is very often prepared with seafood, such as squid, eel, yellowtail, salmon, tuna or imitation crab meat. Many types of sushi are vegetarian. It is often served with pickled ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce. Daikon radish or pickled daikon are popular garnishes for the dish.

5. Croissant :-

A croissant is a buttery pastry that originated in Austria, but mostly related with France. Croissants have long been a staple of Austrian, Italian and French bakeries and pâtisseries. Croissants are a common part of a continental breakfast in many European countries. Croissants are named for their crescent shape. Croissants are made of layered yeast-leavened dough.

The dough is layered with butter, rolled and folded several times in succession then rolled into a thin sheet, in a technique called laminating. The process results in a layered, flaky texture, similar to a puff pastry. Uncooked croissant dough can also be wrapped around any praline, almond paste, or chocolate before it is baked, or sliced to include sweet or savoury fillings. It may be flavored with dried fruit such as sultanas or raisins, or other fruits such as apples.

4. Hamburger :-

A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties usually ground meat, typically beef placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun. The origin of hamburgers is unknown. The hamburger patty and sandwich were introduced by 19th-century German immigrants to the United States. Hamburgers are typically sold at fast-food restaurants, diners, and speciality and high-end restaurants. There are many international and regional variations of hamburgers.  McDonald's sell 550 million Big Mac annually in the United States. Other major fast-food chains, including Burger King, Cook Out, Harvey's, Shake Shack, Five Guys, Vera's, Burgerville, Back Yard Burgers and Sonic also rely heavily on hamburger sales. 

Hamburgers are often served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, or chiles; condiments such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise and relish. Hamburgers are customarily eaten as a sandwich, between two halves of a round bun. The patty may be pan-fried, grilled, smoked or flame broiled. Burgers can also be made with patties made from ingredients other than beef. A chicken burger uses ground chicken meat. A buffalo burger uses ground meat from a bison.

3. Taco :-

A taco is a traditional Mexican dish. Tacos originated in Mexico. The indigenous people living in the lake region of the Valley of Mexico traditionally ate tacos filled with small fish. Tacos are a common form of antojitos, or Mexican street food, which have spread around the world.

It consists of small hand-sized corn or wheat tortilla topped with a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, beans, vegetables, and cheese, allowing for great versatility and variety. The tortilla is then folded around the filling and eaten by hand. They are often garnished with various condiments, such as salsa, guacamole, or sour cream, and vegetables, such as lettuce, onion, tomatoes, and chiles.

2. Doner kebab :-

Doner kebab is a type of kebab, made of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie. In the Ottoman Empire, at least as far back as the 17th century, stacks of seasoned sliced meat were cooked on a horizontal rotisserie. Kadir Nurman in the early 1970s introduced the sandwich form. It is become popular around the world as a fast food dish and is often called simply a "kebab".

Döner kebabs are made with seasoned meat shaved from a vertical rotisserie. Seasoned meat stacked in the shape of an inverted cone is turned slowly on the rotisserie, next to a vertical cooking element. The operator uses a knife to slice thin shavings from the outer layer of the meat as it cooks. The sliced meat of a doner kebab may be served on a plate with various accompaniments, stuffed into a pita or other type of bread as a sandwich, or wrapped in a thin flatbread such as lavash.




 

1. Pizza :-

Pizza is a dish of Italian origin. The modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. Raffaele Esposito is often considered to be the father of modern pizza. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe, North America and Australasia. The world pizza market was US$128 billion, and in the US it was $44 billion spread over 76,000 pizzerias.

The dish consists of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat based dough topped with some combination of olive oil, oregano, olives, mozzarella or other cheese, tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients such as anchovies,mushrooms, onions, olives, pineapple and meat. Then it is baked at a high temperature traditionally in a wood-fired oven. pizza can be baked in an oven with fire bricks above the heat source, an electric deck oven, a conveyor belt oven, or, in traditional style in wood or coal-fired brick oven.