These platters tend to contain three different curries, plus a couple of other additions such as raita or curds yogurt , pickles, or a sweet treat like gulab jamun — and invariably both rice and chapatti. During the partition of Vietnam, northern Vietnamese people escaping over the border brought pho to the south, and the southern Vietnamese added their own influences to the dish.

Today, the warming broth is eaten at any time of day, and is best bought from a hole-in-the-wall vendor, where it probably costs less than the raw ingredients back home. But, for a mouthwatering, inexpensive treat, go to one of the popular Coppelia ice-cream shops — here you can buy the sweet stuff for next to nothing.

One of the most delicious dishes in Morocco, tajine is also fantastic value. Tajines tend to include slow-cooked red meat with dried fruit, vegetables and nuts, or chicken with lemons and olives, and can cost just 30dh. These packets, served between 11am and 2pm, stacked up in towers of boxes outside stalls and cafés, tend to include steamed rice, curried meat or fish, vegetables and sambol a coconut dish often sprinkled over meals.

Marinated chicken, beef or mutton is spit-roasted before being wrapped in bread with layers of salad. In the evening, shawarma shops teem with people tucking in at tables or queueing for bargain-priced takeaway orders.

Find a street-corner kiosk and you may be able to purchase these tasty little parcels for just 60 pesos. Pad thai ,a tempting stir-fried noodle dish, is one of the best-value options.

It is even said to have promoted unity in the country in the 20th century, when the then-Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram used it to encourage patriotism by hailing pad thai a national dish. Cooked over an open fire, the spiced, marinated chicken or pork or even fish is at its best flaking off the bone, eaten as the sun goes down.

Or, for a street feast, try pan chicken. Fired in the same marinade over coal in an ex-oil barrel, it pops up on street corners on weekend evenings. Using fava beans rather than chickpeas makes it moister and arguably more flavoursome than its Middle Eastern cousin. Indeed, it turns out that Egypt was probably the first to create these balls of veggie goodness, as evidence of the recipe has apparently been found as early as years ago, during the time of the pharaohs.

Stay off the beaten track for the very best. If that's tantaliised your tastebuds, and you're into trying local flavours, you might want to discover weird food from around the world. The best cheap eats around the world.

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Nasi goreng, Indonesia 3. Bunny chow, South Africa 4. Fish and chips, England 5. Thali,India 6. Huitlacoche has a complex, smoky flavor and, like truffles and garlic, it's one of those ingredients that make everything taste so much better. Since non-Mexican chefs have finally discovered what the Aztecs called "The Food of the Gods" years ago, corn smut is now grown commercially as swanky, gourmet produce.

Obviously, the cheapest way to procure huitlacoche is to harvest it for free from a local corn grower who thinks it's disgusting, or salvage it from your own garden.

Huitlacoche is my favorite quesadilla topping. But, when I am lucky enough to find it fresh, I make Nanha which is what the Hopis call corn smut by parboiling it for ten minutes and then sauteing it in butter until crisp.

I love sour pickles, so it wasn't until a Korean friend pointed out that my Kimchi had gone sour that I realized that it was even possible to over-ferment something.

But come on, some pickled vegetables don't get really good until they start getting fizzy, am I right? Fortunately, over-fermented kimchi is the magic ingredient in Kimchi Fried Rice , one of those great dishes made from leftovers.

The preparation is simple: chop the kimchi into coleslaw-sized bits, then saute in butter. Once the kimchi is cooked to your liking, add the cooked rice. You can also add spices and a fried egg at your discretion.

Koshary , also spelled Koshari, Kushari, and Kosheri, is the quintessential Egyptian dish made from a carb-tastic blend of rice and not one, but two types of pasta; and topped with beans, fried onions, and tomato sauce. It's wildly popular; there are hundreds of roadside stands and restaurants that specialize in the dish found throughout the country.

Koshary is Egypt's version of Cincinnati Chili or Thursday Night Soup. It's a flexible recipe that working class Egyptian families use to stretch pantry odds and ends into one last, tasty meal before payday. Cook's Note: Traditionally, the vinegar marinade for the chickpeas is also used as a condiment for the finished dish.

Think of it as the Egyptian-style Tabasco Sauce. I've never actually seen anyone buy this product at my grocery store, but there's an entire shelf of canned sardines in tomato sauce , so there must be a market for it.

Okay, to be honest, I've bought sardines in tomato sauce in the past, but only use it to bait traps to capture feral cats in need of fixing. It's cheaper than cat food!

Recently, a large can of Sardines in Salsa Roja mysteriously showed up in my kitchen. No one is fessing up to leaving it behind. Since I had no cats to capture, I decided that I would, once and for all, find a recipe that would make this canned fish suitable for consumption by me.

Oh my gosh! This Dominican recipe for Rice and Spicy Sardines is delicious. I just had to add a little Scotch Bonnet pepper sauce before serving because my abandoned sardines were packed in a mild tomato paste.

Loco Moco is Hawaii's answer to soul food. The basic recipe is simple: top hot white rice with a hamburger patty and a sunny-side up egg, liberally coating everything with brown gravy.

It's pure, fatty, gut-busting deliciousness. And, naturally, since this recipe was developed by people whose ancestors rowed wooden boats all over the South Pacific, the proper portion of Loco Moco is never less than gigantic. If you've ever felt bad about throwing out an old potato, now you've got a traditional Swedish recipe for all your old potato needs.

Palt is a pork-filled dumpling made from mealy not fresh potatoes, barley, and wheat flour. The linked recipe comes complete with an instructional video of an actual Swedish grandma molding the palm-sized dumplings by hand.

My Italian friends get mad at me when I refer to panzanella as "Lazy Bruscetta. Although most American recipes for bread salad call for fresh French bread, the thrifty Italians make panzanella when they need to use up day-old bread. Does cooking outside of your food culture raise or lower your grocery bill?

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Love the photos and descriptions! Steamed pork buns in Asia were another one of my cheap and delicious favorites. Chinese dumplings definitely top my list! Even in Shanghai they are pretty cheap. I could eat buckets of them! The hawker centers of Singapore and izakayas of Japan are great places to feast on the cheap.

Well most of them look delicious, so it would most definitely be worth saving the money. We have a lot of delicious food around here Portugal , but you would have a very hard time finding any deals like these.

It does give an idea where one might be able to afford to travel to, even if the plane costs more. I just crossed the border between Cambodia and Thailand and while I was forced to wait for a bus that never existed, dollar pad Thai was my savior.

Fresh spring rolls in Vietnam, about eight for a dollar, were by far the best. This list is making me hungry! One of my faves is the Nicaraguan guirila, a thick corn tortilla wrapped in banana leaves and stuffed with fresh cuajada cheese, 9 cordobas about 45 cents apiece. Food is one of my favourite things about travel, and almost everywhere I have been the food has been so much cheaper than here in Australia.

Travelling through Asia was just delightful with all of the cheap street food everywhere 🙂 Great post! Great post. You just named all my favourites in SEA, Thais, Myanmar and Vietnam! Even in Malaysia, you can eat for maybe USD1.

Great post… loved the shot of the Mandalay Chapati! Tom: I figured Korea and Taiwan both would feature in feedback on this list. Thanks for sharing your your low-budget, high-value world cuisine dining experiences. Sutapa: Glad you liked it. A small chain the U.

that does dosa? Erin: Malaysian dosai are amazing. It was incredible how fabulous and cheap they were in Kuala Lumpur, possibly even cheaper than in India. Yes, tacos. Street food in the U. can be trendy.

However, our recent experience in Portland proved that it can be done right and reasonably priced. Check out the Portland food carts. Great world cuisine and very reasonably priced. Also, we try to find food that has some vegetable variety as well.

Kate: Pork buns are nice. Had some good ones in China, but my favorites are in San Francisco, actually. And they were cheap when I was there. Mark: Yes! We overlooked food in Egypt, especially Cairo. Thanks for the addition! Zanzabari mix. Noah: Thai food and Southeast Asian cuisine in general is pretty fabulous.

And so cheap. All the morning soups across all the countries there are amazing. David: Yes, cost of cuisine is definitely something to factor into the travel planning, particularly if you plan on spending a significant chunk of time somewhere, and a significant amount of time eating like we tend to do.

Darrin: Wow, a Nicaraguan find. Ana: Yes, even in New York, cheap, high value cuisine is possible. Chinatown is a great place to look. Great idea for a blog post!

You really can eat like a king for not very much at all. Love this post. I have always wanted to try out Thai dishes from street vendors unlike the ones they serve here inside a fancy restaurant in the states. For more amazing street food, you should definitely visit Taiwan. Their unique night markets will blow your mind off with lots of tasty food.

aww wanna try these so bad! Awesome list! What I love is that not only are these meals cheap, but in places like Thailand, often when you order food, they literally go back to their kitchen and cook it from scratch for you. I just finished lunch and still you were able to make my stomach grumble.

These meals all look incredible. Thanks for sharing 🙂. All of this looks so good. A couple of months ago I got to try dosa and have been craving it again ever since!

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For a lot of Americans, the term staple food conjures up images of starchy beans, dried milk, and flavorless breakfast cereal. Staple foods are the diet of poverty. But you don't need to think of them that way. Here are some ultra-frugal, delicious recipes using inexpensive ingredients from around the world..

See also: 25 Clever Ways to Dress Up Cheap Food. The Parsis are members of one of the Zoroastrian communities in India. They are also the Masters of Brunch, as proven by akoori , their heavily spiced and excruciatingly yummy scrambled egg dish. Like omlettes, akoori can turn eggs into a less-expensive alternative to meat or fish as a main dish for lunch or dinner.

The most basic recipes for akoori include onions, garlic, and cilantro, so this is a great recipe to use up leftover salsa or salsa ingredients. Alloco , a snack food made from fried plantains, is sold throughout the Ivory Coast. Although alloco is also a popular dish in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and Senegal, it's so popular in the Ivory Coast's largest city Abidjan, that its street-food centric Cocody neighborhood has been nicknamed "Allocodrome.

Alloco is traditionally fried in palm oil, that heart attack-inducing fat that gives movie theater popcorn its signature flavor, but any other oil will do. In the Ivory Coast, the fried plantains are topped with everything from chili peppers to onions to fried egg to tomato sauce, and served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

It should be noted, however, that unlike tostones , the Puerto Rican dish that uses green plantains, Alloco is best made with really ripe plantains. Wait for the peel to get completely black to ensure the sweetest flavor. Since plantains are also a staple food throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, Oceania, and South East Asia, look for them in Latin or Asian markets.

Paella is a rice dish that originated in Valencia, Spain and is the dish that most non-Spaniards associate with the country. Although 18th century paella recipes called for water vole, a type of rodent, as one of the main ingredients, over time paella has become a pricey dish with the addition of expensive ingredients like saffron, duck, and shrimp.

Arroz a banda is a staple rice dish of Spanish fishermen from Alicante to Murcia. With its crunchy crust and intense fishy flavor, arroz a banda is paella's scrappy, country cousin. Most traditional arroz a banda recipes start with boiling a fish or fish parts in water with spices to make a broth.

Once the broth is made, the fish is removed and set aside as the main course. Rice and vegetables are then added to the fish broth and cooked down to make arroz a banda. Since yummy fish broth can be made from cheap fish or from fish heads, fish bones, and shrimp shells, arroz a banda falls into the budget category even with the addition of saffron.

If you have a fish market nearby, negotiate a cheap price with your local fishmonger for the heads and bones. Bobotie pronounced ba-boor-tea is the national dish of South Africa. Similar to Greek moussaka , bobotie is a curried meat casserole topped with a baked cream sauce.

Although it can contain some high-ticket grocery items like dried fruit or nuts, South Africans have as many recipes for bobotie as Minnesotans have for hotdish. Be sure to read through the comments on the linked bobotie recipe, for alternate versions of this classic dish.

My Afghan-American Agricultural Inspector compares his homeland's vegetable-filled turnovers to tamales: They are often communally prepared holiday treats. Although they are hand-labor intensive, bulani recipes elevate inexpensive ingredients like onions, potatoes, and pumpkin use up that Halloween jack-o-lantern , so the kitchen prep is worth it.

Bulani are extra delicious when served with fresh yogurt and chatni sauce , a spicy pesto. I always wondered why every Crock-Pot cookbook contains a recipe for bean stew, because what's so hard about making that on the stove top?

While researching this article I discovered the reason why: Cholent , the traditional bean stew enjoyed by Jews on four continents as their Sabbath lunch, is the very reason for the Crock-Pot's existence. Irving Naxon , an American inventor, was inspired by his mother's story of growing up Jewish in Lithuania.

Every Friday, the Jewish ladies in her town would bring a crock of stew to the local bakery. Since observant Jews do not do any work during Sabbath, which includes turning on the stove, it's hard for them to get a hot lunch on the table on Saturdays.

So instead of cooking at home, the Jewish ladies would put their pots of Cholent into the still hot coals of the village bakery's oven, and the residual heat would be enough to slow-cook the meals over the next 24 hours.

Naxon wondered if there was a way to electrify a crock so Jewish moms, without access to a wood-fired bread oven, could have a similar, slow-cook, no work-around. Thus, the Crock-Pot was born. How many staple foods have their own song?

Photo by Aubrie Pick. Luscious salmon glazed in a mixture of sake, mirin, and soy sauce. Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell. Photo by Alex Lau, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Lillian Chou. Photo by John Lee.

Christopher Testani. Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell. Photo by Ed Anderson. Photo by Martin Poole.

Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton. Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Laura Rege. Photo by Allie Lehman. Pineapple makes this Filipino chicken dish sweet, tender, and tasty.

photo by Romulo Yanes. Photo by Jonathan Lovekin. Photo by Alex Lau, Prop Styling by Kalen Kaminski, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich. Lara Ferroni. Photo by Andy Sewell. This Peruvian quinoa salad is packed with corn, fava beans, tomatoes, and queso fresco.

Photo by David Malosh, Prop Styling by Cindy DiPrima, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich. Gingery chicken and fragrant rice, with a creamy, peanutty sauce.

Photo by Linda Xiao. Marcus Nilsson. Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boystova. Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Mindy Fox. Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone.

Photo and Food Styling by Yekaterina Boystova. Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Drew Aichele. These crispy chicken wings cook in the oven on a baking sheet. Photo by Quentin Bacon. Photo by SANG AN. Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kate Buckens. Oyster sauce gives this chicken stir-fry rich flavor and helps thicken the sauce.

Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi. Photo by Alex Lau, Prop Styling by Elizabeth Jaime, Food Styling by Susie Theodorou.

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Even if you just buy two little snacks for 1. by the end of the month. Avoid snacks and stick to big, filling meals instead. If you do need to snack, make sure you account for it in your budget. They never have everything I need, and I hate traveling with a portable kitchen so I can have all the ingredients I want.

Cooking is one of the best ways to keep your travel costs down, and supermarkets are also great places to go to see what the local people eat. Double win! Another good self-cook method is to picnic.

I usually head to a local food market, pick up a bunch of food, and go picnic in the park. Most people think of tourist cards like the iAmsterdam card or the VisitOslo pass as just a way to save money on transportation and attractions.

But these cards also offer discounts at many restaurants. Visit the local tourism office when you arrive and ask what food discounts are included. Moreover, many hostels around the world also offer free dinners, free coffee and tea, and other food-related perks.

Search them out to save money and lower your food costs. Where there are universities, there are students, and since students are usually broke, that means there are likely cheap places to eat nearby.

Check Google Maps for local post-secondary institutions and see what you can find in the nearby area. Many bars in the area will likely have cheap drinks and happy hours too, so you can save even more.

In many countries, supermarkets offer lunchtime specials for workers in the surrounding areas. These usually entail fresh sandwiches or some soup or salads.

Additionally, many supermarkets also discount food that expires soon, including bread, baked goods, meat, and produce.

Buy groceries in the evening and you can likely find yourself some discounted but still totally safe and edible food. I love a nice restaurants. But doing that EVERY meal is simply too expensive.

But, by using the tips above, I can afford to keep my costs down while still being able to afford a quality meal every so often. Because if you can manage to balance eating great food with saving money, both your wallet and your stomach will thank you.

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Check out my guide to picking the right card and my current favorites to get started and see the latest best deals. Top with jam or fruit or go savory with an egg on top. Start a tradition of baking this braided bread with family, and you might find that you go through it fast.

It's delicious as a base for French toast, grilled cheese, and croutons. A tomato-free version of the North African poached egg dish, shakshuka, is creamy, cheesy, and pretty. In this recipe, juicy, boneless chicken thighs are dipped in a light batter to form an extra-crispy crust, then lacquered with a gingery sauce.

These pancakes get their light texture from a batter made with club soda. Pressing hard on them when frying makes them crisp.

Another example of ancient Greece's ingenuity: Cheesy hand pies that kids will eat by the dozen. This Sri Lankan rice dish is enriched with coconut milk, then pressed into a platter and cut into diamond shapes.

For this quick and easy dinner recipe, cornstarch helps the chicken get a delightfully crisp crust. This gallery has been updated as a part of our archive repair project. Anna Stockwell.

Get This Recipe. Photo and Food Styling by Joseph De Leo. Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Michelle Gatton.

Why not eat finger food for dinner? These little bites bring in classic German flavors. Photo by Aubrie Pick. Luscious salmon glazed in a mixture of sake, mirin, and soy sauce. Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell. Photo by Alex Lau, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Lillian Chou.

Photo by John Lee. Christopher Testani. Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell. Photo by Ed Anderson.

Photo by Martin Poole. Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton. Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Laura Rege. Photo by Allie Lehman. Pineapple makes this Filipino chicken dish sweet, tender, and tasty.

photo by Romulo Yanes. Photo by Jonathan Lovekin. Photo by Alex Lau, Prop Styling by Kalen Kaminski, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich. Lara Ferroni. Photo by Andy Sewell. This Peruvian quinoa salad is packed with corn, fava beans, tomatoes, and queso fresco.

My most memorable would have to be Ayvalik toast in Turkey — a toasted sandwich stuffed with pickle, sausage, lettuce, tomatoes and French fries, slathered in sauce.

The woman at the stand used to call her Red Lipstick Ajumma I used to get it from always gave me free fried stuff on top to go with it. Not sure what the fried stuff was, but it tasted gooood! I would agree with you that Dosa is one of the most memorable dishes of India not just South India!

I love it! I found a South Indian Tamil restaurant which is actually a small chain in the US NorthEast. Best dosa ever! They make it like in India, the masala is fantastic, the dosa crispy and nutty and made into a triangle with the masala inside, a hint of ghee clarified butter on the dosa and condiments to die for!!

The restaurant specializes in Chettinad cuisine of Tamil Nadu. Ah, dosas! We have you to thank for the Casa de las Empanadas recommendation in Cafayate — they were so good and had some creative veggie options.

That Turkish pizza looks amazing, and a surprising cheap eat for Germany. Just reading this post had my mouth watering, the Empanadas all through South America really were great, Empanadas de Queso were my favourite- simple, cheap and and delicious- perfect for on-the-go as you said.

Thanks for the great post! Love the photos and descriptions! Steamed pork buns in Asia were another one of my cheap and delicious favorites. Chinese dumplings definitely top my list! Even in Shanghai they are pretty cheap. I could eat buckets of them!

The hawker centers of Singapore and izakayas of Japan are great places to feast on the cheap. Well most of them look delicious, so it would most definitely be worth saving the money.

We have a lot of delicious food around here Portugal , but you would have a very hard time finding any deals like these.

It does give an idea where one might be able to afford to travel to, even if the plane costs more. I just crossed the border between Cambodia and Thailand and while I was forced to wait for a bus that never existed, dollar pad Thai was my savior.

Fresh spring rolls in Vietnam, about eight for a dollar, were by far the best. This list is making me hungry! One of my faves is the Nicaraguan guirila, a thick corn tortilla wrapped in banana leaves and stuffed with fresh cuajada cheese, 9 cordobas about 45 cents apiece. Food is one of my favourite things about travel, and almost everywhere I have been the food has been so much cheaper than here in Australia.

Travelling through Asia was just delightful with all of the cheap street food everywhere 🙂 Great post! Great post. You just named all my favourites in SEA, Thais, Myanmar and Vietnam! Even in Malaysia, you can eat for maybe USD1. Great post… loved the shot of the Mandalay Chapati!

Tom: I figured Korea and Taiwan both would feature in feedback on this list. Thanks for sharing your your low-budget, high-value world cuisine dining experiences. Sutapa: Glad you liked it. A small chain the U. that does dosa? Erin: Malaysian dosai are amazing.

It was incredible how fabulous and cheap they were in Kuala Lumpur, possibly even cheaper than in India. Yes, tacos. Street food in the U.

can be trendy. However, our recent experience in Portland proved that it can be done right and reasonably priced. Check out the Portland food carts. Great world cuisine and very reasonably priced.

Also, we try to find food that has some vegetable variety as well. Kate: Pork buns are nice. Had some good ones in China, but my favorites are in San Francisco, actually.

And they were cheap when I was there. Mark: Yes! We overlooked food in Egypt, especially Cairo. Thanks for the addition! Zanzabari mix. Noah: Thai food and Southeast Asian cuisine in general is pretty fabulous. And so cheap. All the morning soups across all the countries there are amazing.

David: Yes, cost of cuisine is definitely something to factor into the travel planning, particularly if you plan on spending a significant chunk of time somewhere, and a significant amount of time eating like we tend to do.

Darrin: Wow, a Nicaraguan find. Ana: Yes, even in New York, cheap, high value cuisine is possible. Chinatown is a great place to look. Great idea for a blog post! You really can eat like a king for not very much at all.

Love this post.