Dumplings

🇨🇦Atlantic Canada, Canada

Acadian Grated Potato Dumpling

Poutine râpée

Traditional Acadian boiled potato dumpling with pork filling, mixture of grated and mashed potato, Christmas dish.

🇸🇮Upper Carniola, Slovenia

Ajdovi Krapi

Buckwheat flour dumplings filled with curd cheese, shaped like carp fish, from the Gorenjska region of Slovenia, served with buttered breadcrumbs.

🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis

Anguillian Coconut Dumplings

Coconut Dumplings

Sweet dumplings made with flour, grated coconut, sugar, spices, coconut milk, and raisins, poached in water and served with condensed milk; a traditional Anguillan dessert

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan Sweet Dumpling

Ducana

Sweet dumpling of grated sweet potato and coconut, spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon, tied in a banana leaf and steamed; an Antiguan side dish and snack; often paired with saltfish; reflects the islands' skillful use of humble local ingredients; appearance similar to a tamale

🇺🇸United States

Apple Dumpling

A whole apple wrapped in pastry, baked with sugar and spice, and served in a sweet syrup.

🇦🇹Austria

Apricot Dumplings

Marillenknödel

Whole apricots encased in potato or curd dough, rolled in buttered breadcrumbs and served warm during the Austrian summer harvest.

🇦🇲Armenia

Armenian Manti

Մանթի

Tiny open-topped boats of dough filled with spiced minced lamb, baked until crisp, then served in broth under garlic matsun.

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Aushak

آشک

Dumplings filled with chopped gandana leek, boiled and served under garlic yoghurt and a minced-meat and split-pea sauce with dried mint.

🇷🇺North Caucasus, Russia

Avar khinkal

Авар хинкал

Thick flattened dough dumplings from Dagestan's Avar community, boiled alongside mutton and served in the rich broth with soured cream and garlic.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Ba Wan

肉圓

Translucent sweet-potato-starch dumpling the size of a fist, filled with pork and bamboo shoot, steamed or oil-poached and served under a sweet red sauce.

🇱🇦Laos

Banana Leaf Sticky Rice

ເຂົ້າຕົ້ມ

Sticky rice with coconut milk and a piece of banana or mung bean wrapped in banana leaf and steamed into a firm log.

🇲🇳Mongolia

Bansh

Банш

Small boiled dumplings of minced meat, eaten in broth, dropped into milk tea, or fried as a snack.

🇸🇪Sweden

Blodpalt

Blodpalt is a dumpling from Norrland, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇨🇦Atlantic Canada, Canada

Blueberry Grunt

Stewed wild blueberries with dumpling topping, steamed cobbler dessert from Nova Scotia.

🇧🇼Botswana

Boiled Dumplings

Madombi

Botswana boiled dumplings — similar to matemekwane, dough boiled with meat until saturated with flavour; a staple accompaniment to chicken and beef stews across the country.

🇨🇳China

Boiled Dumplings

饺子

Half-moon dumplings of pork and cabbage, chives or fennel in a rolled wheat wrapper, boiled and dipped in vinegar with garlic.

🇻🇪Venezuela

Bollo Pelón

Ball of maize dough wrapped around seasoned shredded beef, boiled and served under a tomato sauce with grated cheese.

🇺🇸United States

Boova shenkel

A Pennsylvania Dutch dumpling soup — literally 'boy legs' — with large, soft potato dumplings in a savory chicken broth.

🇦🇲Armenia

Boraki

Բորակի

Traditional Armenian cylindrical meat-filled dough parcels, pre-cooked then simmered in broth and pan-fried, served with garlic matsun.

🇧🇼Botswana

Botswana Dumplings

Matemekwane

Traditional Botswana dumplings — dough balls boiled with meat in a three-legged pot, absorbing the rich broth as they cook; served with the meat and gravy, a comforting combination.

🇬🇦Ngounié-Nyanga (Southern Forest), Gabon

Boulette

A large ball of pounded plantains, cut into pieces and served with sauce; a specialty of the Bapunu and Nzebi peoples of southern Gabon.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Bramborové šišky s mákem

Bramborové šišky s mákem is a dumpling from Czech Republic, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇦🇹Austria

Bread Dumplings

Semmelknödel

Bread dumplings made from stale bread rolls, milk, and eggs, served as side dish for roasts and goulash, light and fluffy, a staple.

🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

Brezenknödel

Brezenknödel bind chopped stale pretzels with milk, egg and herbs into dumplings that are steamed or simmered.

🇸🇰Central Slovakia, Slovakia

Bryndzové Halušky

Small potato-dough dumplings pushed through a board into boiling water, folded through bryndza until it melts into a sauce, and topped with fried bacon and its fat.

🇸🇰Central Slovakia, Slovakia

Bryndzové Pirohy

Half-moon dumplings of potato dough filled with bryndza and mint or dill, boiled and finished with butter, bacon and sour cream.

🇲🇳Mongolia

Buuz

Бууз

Steamed dumplings of minced mutton or beef with onion, garlic and plenty of fat, pleated shut so the juices pool inside. Buuz are especially associated with Tsagaan Sar, whose date follows the lunar calendar.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Bánh bao (Vietnamese Steamed Buns)

Bánh bao

Banh bao, the Vietnamese steamed bun with pork, egg and sausage, is a named everyday item with dedicated vendors.

🇻🇳Hue, Vietnam

Bánh bột lọc (Stuffed Tapioca Dumplings)

Bánh bột lọc

Banh bot loc, translucent tapioca dumplings with shrimp and pork steamed in banana leaf, is a named Hue dish and one of the best-known central-Vietnamese items.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Bánh giò (Rice and Pork Pyramid Dumpling)

Bánh giò

Banh gio, the pyramid of rice dough with pork and wood-ear steamed in banana leaf, is a named Vietnamese breakfast item.

🇻🇳Hue, Vietnam

Bánh nậm (Flat Steamed Rice Dumplings)

Bánh nậm

Banh nam, the flat steamed rice cake with shrimp pressed in banana leaf, is a named Hue dish served alongside banh beo and banh bot loc as a distinct item.

🇮🇹Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Canederli

Trentino-Alto Adige bread dumplings of stale bread, speck, cheese, and eggs, boiled and served in broth or with butter and sage. A mountain staple.

🇮🇹Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Canederli ai quattro formaggi

Canederli ai quattro formaggi is a named Italian dumpling from Trentino, pairing its characteristic shape or filling with a defining sauce, broth, or seasoning; the form distinguishes it from a generic version.

🇮🇹Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Canederli al grano saraceno (Buckwheat Dumplings)

Canederli al grano saraceno (Buckwheat Dumplings) is a named Italian dumpling from South Tyrol, pairing its characteristic shape or filling with a defining sauce, broth, or seasoning; the form distinguishes it from a generic version.

🇮🇹Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Canederli al radicchio

Canederli al radicchio is a named Italian dumpling from Trentino-South Tyrol, pairing its characteristic shape or filling with a defining sauce, broth, or seasoning; the form distinguishes it from a generic version.

🇮🇹Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Canederli allo Speck

South Tyrolean bread dumplings with speck, served with sauerkraut and goulash. A hearty mountain dish from the Dolomites.