List of dumplings

Dumplings in a basket, served with a dipping sauce

This is a list of notable dumplings. Dumpling is a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources) wrapped around a filling, or of dough with no filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fish, cheese, vegetables, fruits or sweets. Dumplings may be prepared using a variety of methods, including baking, boiling, frying, simmering or steaming and are found in many world cuisines. Some definitions rule out baking and frying in order to exclude items like fritters and other pastries that are generally not regarded as dumplings by most individuals.

Dumplings

A

Arancini are Italian rice balls that are stuffed, coated with breadcrumbs and deep-fried.

• Abacus seeds – Hakka stir-fried taro dumplings
• Ada (food) – Regional traditional Indian sweet
• Agnolotti – Italian meat-filled pasta
• Akashiyaki – Japanese round dumpling with octopus filling
• Ang ku kueh – Chinese pastry usually eaten during significant occasions
• Apple dumpling – Pastry-wrapped apple
• Arancini – Italian snack food
• Aushak – Afghan dish made of pasta dumplings

Ada is a traditional Kerala delicacy, consisting of rice parcels encased in a dough made of rice flour, with sweet fillings, steamed in banana leaf and served as an evening snack or as part of breakfast.

Agnolotti is a type of ravioli typical of the Piedmont region of Italy, made with small pieces of flattened pasta dough, folded over with a roast beef meat and vegetable stuffing.

Akashiyaki is a small round dumpling from the city of Akashi in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It's made of an egg-rich batter and octopus dipped into dashi (a thin fish broth) before eating.

B

Ba-wan is a Taiwanese snack food.

• Ba-wan – Taiwanese street foodPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Bánh bao – Vietnamese steamed bun
• Bánh chưng – Vietnamese rice cake
• Bánh lá – Stuffed leaf cake
• Bánh tẻ – Vietnamese steamed rice cakes
• Bánh tét – Vietnamese cake made from glutinous rice
• Baozi – Filled bun in various Chinese and Chinese-influenced cuisines
• Bagiya – Dumpling delicacy in India and Nepal - Nepalese steam rice flour dumpling
• Beef Wellington – English steak dish
• Blodpalt – Northern Finnish dumplings made with flour and blood
• Borș de burechiușe – Romanian and Moldovan dish
• Bryndzové halušky – Traditional Slovak dish
• Buuz – Type of Mongolian steamed meat dumpling

C

Cepelinai are a national dish of Lithuania.

Chicken and dumplings, a Southern United States dish

• Calzone – Baked Italian turnover
• Caozai guo – Glutinous rice dumplings colored green with herbsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Cappelletti – Ring-shaped pasta stuffed with filling
• Capuns – Stuffed chard leaves from Swiss cuisine
• Cepelinai – Lithuanian potato dish
• Chapalele – dough made from boiled potatoes and wheat flourPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Chiburekki – Crimean Tatar deep-fried turnoverPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Chicken and dumplings – Chicken-based soup
• Chor muang
• Chuchvara – Central Asian dumpling dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Ci fan tuan – Chinese glutinous rice dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Cilok – Indonesian tapioca balls snack from West Java
• Corunda – Mexican type of tamale
• Crab rangoon – American Chinese dumpling appetizersPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Croquette – Small breaded, deep-fried food

D

Dim sum dumplings

• Dampfnudel – German dumpling
• Dango – Japanese ricecake
• Dim sim – Chinese snack originating from Australia
• Ducana
• Dushbara – Central Asian dumpling dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

E

• Empanada – Baked or fried turnover consisting of pastry and filling

F

• Fun guo – Chinese steamed dumplings

G

Gnocchi stuffed with ricotta cheese

Hallaca with pan de jamón

• Germknödel – German and Austrian yeast dough dumpling
• Golden Syrup Dumplings
• Gnocchi – Small pasta-like dough dumplings
• Gnudi – Type of pasta
• Gondi dumpling – Persian Jewish dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Gong'a Momo – Dumpling in Tibetan and Nepali cuisinePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Gujia – Indian sweet dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Gulha – Tuna and coconut dumplings
• Gyoza – Chinese dumplingsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

H

• Hallaca – Dish from Venezuela
• Halušky – Eastern European dumpling or noodle dish
• Hanum – Rolled manti popular in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
• Har gow – Cantonese food
• Hot Pocket – American brand of microwaveable foodPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Hujiao bing – Chinese baked bun

I

• Idli – South Indian savoury rice cake
• Idrijski žlikrofi – Slovenian dumplings originating from Idrijski

J

Jau gok

Kenkey (upper right) with fried fish and pepper

• Jahodový
• Jamaican patty – Type of pastry
• Jau gok – Cantonese-style pastry snackPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Jiaozi – Chinese dumplings
• Joshpara – Central Asian dumpling dish

K

• Kalduny – Type of dumplings in Balto-Slavic cuisines
• Kenkey – Ground maize dumpling from West Africa
• Khinkali – Georgian dumpling
• Khuushuur – Mongolian fried meat pastry or dumpling
• Knödel – Large round poached or boiled potato or bread dumplings, made without yeast
• Kluski – Polish name for dumplings, noodles and pasta
• Knedle – European dish of boiled dumplings
• Knish – Ashkenazi Jewish baked or fried snack food
• Knoephla – Dumpling often used in soup
• Kopytka – Potato dumpling in Polish, Belarusian, and Lithuanian cuisines
• Kozhukkattai – Dumpling made from rice flourPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Kreplach – Traditional Jewish dumplings
• Kroppkaka – Swedish potato dumpling
• Kueh tutu – Singaporean steamed rice flour sweet snackPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Kuih kochi – Malaysian & Indonesian traditional dessertPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Kundiumi – Russian baked porcini dumplings
• Kudmulu

Kalduny are stuffed dumplings made of unleavened dough in Belarusian, Lithuanian, and Polish cuisines.

Iraqi-Jewish kibbeh. A well-known variety is a torpedo-shaped fried croquette stuffed with minced beef or lamb.

Meat-filled kreplach in a clear soup. Kreplach are filled with ground meat, mashed potatoes or another filling, usually boiled and served in chicken soup, though they may, rarely, be served fried.

L

• Leberknödel – Liver dumpling
• Lilva Kachori
• Lo mai gai – Cantonese leaf-wrapped dim sum
• Lukhmi – Type of samosa of Hyderabad, India

M

Modak is a sweet dumpling popular in Western and South India.

Manti, traditional dumplings of Turkic peoples are common throughout Central and Western Asia, from Xinjiang to Caucasus and Anatolia.

• Madombi
• Mandu – Korean dumplingsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Mandugwa – Korean sweet dumplingPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Manti – Type of dumpling popular in Central and West AsiaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Marillenknödel – Apricot dumplings from Central Europe
• Matzah ball – Soup dumpling in Jewish cuisine
• Maultasche – Traditional German dish
• Mitarashi dango – Japanese skewers with sweet soy sauce
• Mochi – Japanese rice cake
• Modak – The Indian sweet dumpling dish
• Mohnnudel – Potato dish
• Momo – Dumpling in Tibetan and Nepali cuisinePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Mont phet htok – Pyramid rice dumpling

N

• Nagasari – Indonesian steamed cake

O

• Orama – Central Asian steamed piePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

P

Palt is a traditional Swedish meat-filled dumpling, of which there are many different variants.

Pavese agnolotti, an Italian meat-filled pasta

Pyeonsu, a type of Korean dumpling.

• Palt – Type of dumpling from Sweden
• Papanasi – Romanian and Moldovan traditional fried or boiled pastryPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Pamonha – Traditional Brazilian food
• Pancit Molo – Filipino pork dumpling soup
• Pantruca – Chilean soup with home-made noodles (pantrucas)Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Pasteles – Caribbean and Latin American dish
• Pasty – Cornish pastry filled with meat or vegetables
• Patoleo – Indian stuffed turmeric leaf wraps
• Pavese agnolotti – Italian meat-filled pasta
• Pelmeni – Russian dumplings
• Pempek – Indonesian dish made of fish and tapioca
• Pickert – Potato dish
• Pierogi – Unleavened stuffed pasta of Polish origin
• Pitepalt – Swedish dish
• Pitha – Dessert from Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand and Odisha
• Pizza rolls – Food productPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Plum dumplings – European dish of boiled dumplingsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Pop Tart – Brand of toaster pastriesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Pot Stickers – Chinese dumplingsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Poutine râpée – Traditional Acadian dumpling dish
• Pupusas – Central American dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Pundi – Indian rice dumplingPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Pyeonsu – Korean dumpling

Q

A Quenelle with nantua sauce

• Quenelle – Mixture of creamed fish or meat with a light egg binding, formed into an egg-like shape

R

• Raspeball – Potato dumpling
• Ravioli – Type of filled pasta
• Rissole – European dish of meat covered in pastry
• Rivels

S

Shengjian mantou

• Sarmale – Stuffed dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Samosa – Deep fried pastry snack
• Schupfnudel – Central European dumpling
• Scovardă – Romanian pastry
• Shengjian mantou – A type of small, pan-fried baozi (steamed buns) which is a specialty of Shanghai
• Shishbarak – Central Asian dumpling dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Shlishkes
• Shumai – Type of traditional Chinese dumpling
• Siomay – Indonesian steamed fish dumpling
• Silesian dumplings – Traditional Silesian potato dumplings
• Siopao – Philippine steamed bun
• Songpyeon – Traditional Korean rice cakes with a sweet filling
• Soon kueh – Shredded bamboo shoots, turnips and small dried shrimps wrapped in rice-tapioca flour skin
• Sorrentinos – Pasta stuffed with filling
• Strapačky – Dish of dumplings with sauerkraut or cheesePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Suanla chaoshou – Spicy sauce over steamed, meat-filled dumplingsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Szilvásgombóc – European dish of boiled dumplingsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

T

Tangyuan is a Chinese food made from glutinous rice flour. Stuffed and unstuffed varieties exist.

Ukrainian varenyky filled with sour cherries as a dessert

A Cantonese-style shrimp wonton

• Takoyaki – Japanese appetizer
• Tamale – Traditional Mesoamerican dish
• Tamalito
• Tang bao – Large soup-filled variety of steamed bunsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Tangyuan – Traditional Chinese dessert
• Taro dumpling – Chinese cuisine
• Tortellini – Pasta stuffed with filling
• Tortelloni – Type of pasta

U

Uszka

• Uszka – Small dumplings traditional in Poland and Ukraine

V

• Varenyky - Unleavened stuffed pasta of Ukrainian origin, similar to a pierogi

W

• Wonton – Type of dumpling commonly found in several Chinese cuisines

X

• Xiaolongbao – Type of Chinese steamed bun

Y

Yomari is made of rice flour dough and is filled with molasses and sesame seeds.

• Yanpi – Type of Chinese wonton skin
• Yau gok – Cantonese-style pastry snack
• Yen Wan
• Yomari – Nepali sweet dumpling

Z

• Zhaliang – Cantonese dish
• Zillertaler Krapfen
• Zongzi – Traditional Chinese food

See also

• List of rolled foods

Further reading

• Nguyen, Andrea (2011). Asian Dumplings. Random House LLC. ISBN 1607740923
• Robbins, Maria Polushkin; Polushkin, Maria (1977). The Dumpling Cookbook. Workman Publishing Company. ISBN 0911104852
• Hornsby, Dennis (2020). The Complete Dumpling Recipe Guide. Dinner By Dennis.

External links

• Media related to Dumplings at Wikimedia Commons