21 Breakfast Recipes Around The World (2024)

The fonio porridge is a traditional West African pudding, made from the fonio cereal, which is nutritious and gluten-free.

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Mandazi are traditional spiced coconut-flavored donuts from the Swahili coast, which includes Tanzania, Mozambique and Kenya.

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Rice water is a traditional Ghanaian dessert that consists of a rice porridge with nutmeg, but also other toppings to taste.

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Ojja (or shakshuka) is a delicious dish of Tunisian origin, also popular in the Maghreb and the Middle East, which is prepared with tomatoes and simmered peppers in which eggs are added to be poached at the end of cooking.

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Haitian spaghetti or espageti, is a dish prepared in tomato sauce, which can be made with sausages (mostly hot dog), or ham (janbon) or with smoked herring (aransol).

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Huevos rancheros or ranch-style eggs are a true Mexican institution and a complete meal with eggs and tomatoes that is mainly served at breakfast.

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Mayi moulen ("ground corn" in Haitian Creole) is a staple of Haitian cuisine made from cornmeal with a very creamy texture.

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Timbits, also known as munchkins are delicious donut holes that are often sold in North American fast food chains.

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Congee is a white rice porridge that can be found by different names across Asia, including juk in Korean and Cantonese, moe in Hokkien and teochew, zhou in Mandarin, chok in Thai, and jaou in Bengali. It is also found in Portugal under the name of canja.

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Kaya toast is a popular breakfast from Malaysia and Singapore prepared with butter and coconut jam spread between 2 slices of toasted bread.

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Makdous is a Levantine dish made from young eggplants stuffed with a mixture of walnuts, garlic, and chili. These eggplants are then salted before being marinated and brined in olive oil.

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Mamounia (or mamounieh) is a delicious semolina pudding prepared with roasted semolina, butter and sugar syrup that is a breakfast favorite in Syria.

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Menemen is a traditional Turkish dish of eggs, tomato, green pepper, and onion cooked in olive oil. It is similar to shakshuka.

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Bougatsa (Μπουγάτσα) is a traditional Greek dessert, usually eaten for breakfast, made from filo pastry stuffed with vanilla cream.

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The croissant is a pastry made with leavened puff pastry and butter, originating in Vienna and now an essential item of French breakfasts.

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Devilled kidneys are a traditional British breakfast dish composed of lamb kidneys that are cooked in a delicately spicy sauce.

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Plättar are small traditional Swedish pancakes, cooked in a special crepe pan with several holes. They are prepared with flour, eggs and milk.

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Raggmunk is a Swedish dish made from grated potatoes mixed with a dough of flour and milk, and fried in butter served with fried bacon and lingonberry jam.

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Skyr is an Icelandic dairy product, called färskor in Sweden, which has the consistency of Greek yogurt, classified as a sour cream but consumed as yogurt.

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The pikelet is a variant of pancake that is popular in Australia and New Zealand. It is similar to the traditional American pancake.

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Vegemite is a dark brown and relatively salty spread made from yeast extract, mainly consumed in Australia and New Zealand.

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