Dumplings

🇵🇱Silesia, Poland

Kluski Śląskie

Silesian potato dumplings: round, flattened dumplings of mashed potatoes and potato flour, with a characteristic dimple in the middle. Served with rolada and red cabbage, a Silesian staple.

🇩🇪Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Kluten

Kluten are North German flour dumplings made with egg and milk, boiled and served with fruit compote or a savoury sauce.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Knedlíky (Dumplings)

Knedlíky

A Czech boiled bread or potato dumpling, sliced and served with sauces, goulash, and roasts, a national and essential staple.

🇱🇺Luxembourg

Kniddelen

Soft flour-and-egg dumplings spooned into boiling water, then finished in a pan with cubes of smoked bacon and cream.

🇵🇱Poland

Kopytka

Polish 'little hooves': small, oval potato dumplings of mashed potatoes and flour, boiled and served with butter or bacon. A simple, rustic side or main dish.

🇰🇵North Korea

Korean Dumplings

만두

Korean dumplings filled with a mixture of meat, tofu, vegetables, and glass noodles, available steamed, boiled, pan-fried, or deep-fried.

🇽🇰Kosovo

Kosovar Mantia

Mantia

Small squares of dough pinched around minced beef and onion, baked rather than boiled, then finished with garlic yogurt and butter.

🇸🇮Slovenia

Kostelske hrge

Kostelske hrge are Kostel dumplings made from a soft dough and served with a savoury topping.

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Kozhukkatta

കൊഴുക്കട്ട

A steamed dumpling of rice flour filled with coconut and jaggery, made for Ganesh Chaturthi.

🇸🇮Slovenia

Kozjanski krapi

Kozjanski krapi are Šmarje pri Jelšah dumplings filled with curd cheese and herbs, boiled until tender.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Kołduny

Калдуны

A Polish-Lithuanian dumpling from the eastern Kresy, filled with meat or mushrooms, smaller than pierogi. A regional specialty, hearty and savory, served in broth or with butter, a Kresy classic.

🇮🇶Mosul, Iraq

Kubbat Mosul

كبة الموصل

A wide, flat disc of bulgur and rice dough enclosing spiced minced lamb, boiled or fried and then cut into wedges.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Kue Bugis

Sweet glutinous rice cakes with coconut filling, green pandan color, traditional South Sulawesi kue.

🇳🇴Norway

Kumpe fra Agder (Agder Dumplings)

Kumpe fra Agder

Kumpe fra Agder (Agder Dumplings) is a dumpling from Aust-Agder County, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇷🇺North Caucasus, Russia

Kurze

Курзе

Dagestani dumplings shaped like fat half-moons pinched along a braided edge; fillings run from mutton to cheese to egg-and-onion.

🇨🇲Cameroon

Kwacoco

Grated cocoyam mixed with palm oil, wrapped tightly in banana leaves and steamed into a firm loaf, sliced to eat with mbanga soup.

🇵🇱Poland

Leniwe pierogi

Leniwe pierogi is a dumpling from Poland, rooted in local cooking tradition. Distinct from food-pierogi.

🇱🇸Lesotho

Leqebekoane

Steamed wheat bread dumplings shaped into round balls (linkhoa) and cooked over a grass-lined steamer in a three-legged iron pot, or in a large pot in urban kitchens. Soft, moist, and slightly sour from fermentation.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Lithuanian Potato Dumplings

Cepelinai

The national dish of Lithuania: large potato dumplings stuffed with spiced ground meat, served with bacon, pork rinds, and sour cream sauce.

🇦🇹Austria

Liver Dumplings

Leberknödel

Liver dumplings made from finely ground liver, bread, eggs, and herbs; broth is a common serving, where the dumplings should stay tender and savoury.

🇨🇳Chengdu, China

Long Wontons in Chilli Oil

龙抄手

Thin-skinned pork wontons folded to a peak, served either in clear chicken broth or, more typically, red in chilli oil.

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Luqaimat

لقيمات

Luqaimat are sweet fried dough dumplings with a crisp exterior and airy center, drizzled with date syrup and sesame seeds for Ramadan iftar.

🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Madongo Dumplings

Vincentian dumplings made from arrowroot flour and coconut, shaped and fried until golden. They showcase Saint Vincent's long tradition of cultivating and processing arrowroot.

🇹🇯Tajikistan

Manti

Манту

A Uzbek large steamed dumpling with minced lamb or beef, onions, and fat, served with yogurt, a daily and festive classic

🇸🇦Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Manto

مونتو

Manto are Saudi dumplings filled with meat or vegetables, steamed or boiled until the wrapper is tender and the filling is flavorful.

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Mantu

منتو

Thin dough parcels filled with minced beef and onion, steamed and served under garlic yoghurt, a tomato-lentil sauce and dried mint.

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

Manty

Мәнті

Manty are Kazakh steamed dumplings filled with minced lamb or beef, onions, and spices, served with kaymak.

🇹🇷Kayseri, Turkey

Mantı

Мантуу

Tiny dumplings stuffed with spiced minced lamb or beef, boiled and served under a blanket of garlic yogurt. The dish is finished with a pour of sizzling melted butter and a sprinkle of dried mint or red pepper flakes. Kayseri is famous for producing mantı so small that forty fit on a spoon.

🇸🇦Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Matazeez

مطازيز

Matazeez are flatbread dumplings cooked in Najdi meat-and-vegetable stew; the dough absorbs broth while keeping a tender shape.

🇺🇸United States

Matzah ball

A dumpling of matzah meal, eggs, and fat, simmered in broth — the Jewish comfort classic.

🇲🇺Mauritius

Mauritian Boulettes

Boulettes

Sino-Mauritian steamed dumplings of minced fish, chicken, pork or grated chayote, served a few at a time in a clear broth with garlic and chilli sauce.

🇹🇩Chad

Millet Balls

Aiyash

Deep-fried millet flour balls eaten by Chadian Arabs; simple in flavor, which is why they are dipped in sauces; popular sauces include harissa lime sauce, peanut sauce, and saka saka sauce; ubiquitous in Chad; the dumpling of Chadian cuisine; served with dishes that provide a sauce for dipping.

🇨🇳Tibet, China

Momos

ममः

Filled dumplings travelled through the Himalayan region and became a defining Nepali street food, steamed or fried and served with achar.

🇬🇪Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

Mountain Khinkali

Მთიულური ხინკალი

The original highland dumpling: lamb or beef chopped by hand with nothing but onion, salt and pepper, no herbs.

🇵🇰Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Mumtu

مومتو

Gilgit-Baltistan dumplings of minced meat and onion, steamed and served with yoghurt, black pepper, vinegar and chilli sauce.

🇮🇳Gujarat, India

Muthiya

મુઠિયા

A Gujarati steamed or fried snack made from gram flour and vegetables like bottle gourd or methi. It is spiced and wholesome.