It’s funny we eat lot of food every day and when it’s comes to remember the name of food with specific word like foods that start with N, we have nothing or may be 3-4 names. So what I did is collected all the foods names that start with N and also divided into them few categories.

Foods that start with N are Nuggets, Nigella Seed, Naan bread, Nonpareil, Nashi pear, Navel Oranges, Navy Bean Soup, Nasi Goreng, Neep, Nettal, Nesselrode, Nori, Nasturtium, Natal Plum, Nankhata, Nutmeg Melon, Noodles, Negus, Nipa, Nachos, Nutella, Nesquick, Nesquik, Nut, naranja, nectarine, Naartjie Fruit, Nageia Nagi Fruit, Nance Fruit, Naranjilla Fruit, Nectacotum Fruit, Neem Fruit,  etc.

Now you know the name of fruits let’s get to know little bit about each food names

Foods that start with letter N:

NUGGETS

Nuggets are quite popular snack in fast food restaurants. They can be veg or non-veg, but most of the place you will find non-veg chicken nuggets. They are made of meat/vegetables, coated with bread crumbs or battered and then deep fried.

NIGELLA SEED (Kalonji Seed)

Nigella seed used as a spice and a flavoring ingredient. The seed are extracted from plant Nigella Sativa which belongs to Ranunculaceae Family. Nigella Sativa is native to eastern Mediterranean, northern Africa, and the Indian Subcontinents. These seeds have many mediational benefits. So how do you eat nigella seed? You can lightly toast them and then grind them or use them as whole. In breakfast recipes such as oatmeal, yoghurt, and smoothies you can simply add these seed for flavor and color. They have black color. The flavor of seed is slight bitter and have notes of onion, oregano and Cumin.

NAAN BREAD

Naan is an Indian bread and also popular in many south Asia regions. It’s a leavened, oven baked flatbread have very soft and fluffy texture. These naans are usually eaten with curry. You will find them easily in most of the Indian restaurants.

NONPAREILS

Nonpareils are decorative confectionery of tiny balls, coated with sugar pearls. Nonpareils are made up of starch, sugar and food coloring.

NASHI PEAR

Nashi pear are type of Asian pear. They have distinctive round shape. Nashi is Japanese word for pear. It is sweet in taste and have flavor notes of pear, pineapple and honey.

NAVAL ORANGES

As the name suggest they are oranges but of different variation and they also belongs to family Rutaceae.  They are deliciously sweet and less tangy. Why are navel oranges called navel oranges? Because there outer skin resembles with human navel. They are seedless and easy to peel oranges.

NAVY BEAN SOUP

This soup is made with Navy beans, the basic ingredients of navy bean soup are beans, herbs, onions, garlic, Smoked ham hocks and chicken broth. All ingredients boiled until beans and hocks become completely tender. After complete heating hocks removed and chopped into pieces before adding to soup.

 NASI GORENG

Nashi goreng means “Fried Rice” in Indonesian and Malay Languages it’s an Indonesian rice recipe with vegetables and meat pieces.

NEEP

In Scotland turnip is known as neep. It’a root vegetable.

NEETLE

Urtica dioica is also known as nettle leaf. Nettle leaf is commonly used for its mediational properties.

NESSELRODE

Nesselrode is a name of pie originated in New York, made with chestnuts, booze, and fruits.

NORI

Nori is the Japanese name for edible seaweed species of the red algae genus Pyropia, including P. yezoensis and P. tenera. Nori has a strong and unique flavor. It is basically used in Japanese cuisine as an ingredient to wrap rolls of sushi.

NASTURTIUM

Nasturtium plants have edible flower and leaves they are incredibly delicious. These flowers have peppery, spicy flavor hence can be added to salads and savory recipes in the end.

NATAL PLUM

Natal plum is name of fruit belongs to Apocynaceae family and the name of plant is Carissa macrocarpa native to Southern Africa.
NANKHATAI

Nankhatai are shortbread biscuits, originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in Northern India and Pakistan.

NUTMEG MELON

It is belongs to Cucurbitaceae family.  Nutmeg Melon has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh.

NOODLES

Noodles made from unleavened dough with is rolled flat and cut, stretched or extruded into long strips. They are readily available in market in many form these days, they took very less time to cook. Noodles can be made in many ways depending on the country and availability of vegetables there.

FOODS THAT START WITH N

NEGUS

Negus is a name of hot drink made with wine, hot water, citrus fruits like lemon and oranges with some added spices and sugar.

NIPA

Nipa palm tree produce nipa palm fruit, they grow in cluster. When this fruit is young, its seeds are soft and juicy. It has similar taste like coconut. This tree also produce sugary sap.

NACHOS

Nachos are made of tortilla chips, which are further coated with melted butter. Nachos basically a Mexican dish but today it’s quite popular all over the world as a snack. It’s often served as a snack or starter.

NUTELLA

Nutella is basically a spread made from sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa powder, skimmed milk powder, whey powder, soy lecithin and flavors. It can be used as a topping or added to drinks to flavor and many other ways because it’s really irresistible thick creamy spread.

NUTS

Well all the nuts can be considered in this category i.e. Almonds, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts etc.

NARANJA

Naranja is a name of orange in Spanish language. You can consider it in foods that start with N in Spain.

NECTARINE

Nectarine is similar to peach but interesting fact is that it’s hairless. It has slight deeper color, same taste as peach but outer skin texture is different as compared to peach, it’s because the specific gene responsible for hair growth in peach is missing in nectarine.

NAARTJIE

Naartjie is a soft skin orange, small in size as compared to regular orange.

NAGEIA NAGI FRUIT

Nageia Nagi is native to China, this tree has edible young leaves and seeds have edible oil.

NANCE FRUITS

Nance Fruit has size less than 1 inch in diameter. It’s sweet when ripe and have distinct flavor note of lychee, banana and pear. They are yellow and orange in color.

NARANJILLA FRUIT

Naranjilla Fruit has sweet sour taste and have flavor notes similar to orange. Naranjilla plant grow best in partial shade because it’s very delicate plant.

NECTACOTUM FRUIT

Nectacotum Fruit is a hybrid variety of plum, nectarine & apricot. It has mixed sweet flavors.

NEEM FRUIT

Neem, (Azadirachta indica) belongs to Meliaceae family. Neem Fruit have many meditational benefits and neems leaves also used as organic pesticides.

What is a fruit that starts with the letter n?

Nashi Pear

Navel Oranges

 Natal plum

 Nutmeg Melon

Naranja

Nuts

Nectarine

Nance Fruit

Naranjilla Fruit

I hope now you have plenty of names for foods that starts with letter N.

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