Puddings

🇮🇩Indonesia

Black Rice Porridge

Bubur Ketan Hitam

Sweet porridge made from black glutinous rice with coconut milk and palm sugar, rich and chewy.

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Black Sesame Soup

芝麻糊

Silky hot tong sui ground from toasted black sesame, the standard order alongside red bean soup in Hong Kong dessert houses.

🇬🇵Guadeloupe

Blanc Manger

Blanc-Mantant

A traditional Guadeloupean sweet; a coconut blancmange; a creamy, delicate dessert made with coconut milk, sugar, and vanilla; the blanc-mantant that is a Guadeloupean dessert classic.

🇸🇭Saint Helena

Boiled Pudding

Fruit Duff

A traditional Saint Helena steamed pudding of flour, butter, brown sugar, chopped dates, baking powder, mixed spice, vanilla, and eggs; the mixture is wrapped in a cloth and boiled for several hours, then sliced and served with hot custard.

🇲🇻Maldives

Bondibai

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Sweet sticky rice pudding cooked in coconut milk with sugar and cardamom — a Maldivian festive dessert, especially for celebrations and the birth of a child.

🇨🇺Cuba

Boniatillo

A Cuban sweet potato pudding with cinnamon and lime, a festive and daily classic

🇹🇳Tunisia

Bouza

بوزة

Thick sorghum or hazelnut cream cooked with milk and served cold in a glass with crushed nuts — sold from dedicated shops in winter.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

Bread and Butter Pudding

Buttered bread layered with sultanas, soaked in an egg custard and baked until the top corners crisp and the middle sets.

🇲🇹Malta

Bread Pudding

Pudina tal-ħobż

Stale Maltese bread soaked in milk and cocoa with dried fruit, candied peel, nuts and spice, then baked into a dense, dark slab.

🇪🇪Estonia

Bread Soup

Leivasupp

Sweet dessert soup made from black rye bread, dried fruits, cinnamon and sugar, served with sour cream.

🇱🇻Latvia

Bread Soup

Maizes zupa

Dessert of rye bread simmered with dried fruits, cinnamon and sugar, served chilled with whipped cream.

🇮🇸Iceland

Broddur (Oven cheese)

Broddur

Broddur (Oven cheese) is a dessert from Iceland, a sweet finish to the local table. Distinct from food-uunijuusto.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Bubur Cha Cha

Coconut milk dessert with sweet potato, taro, and tapioca pearls, creamy coconut broth with tender root vegetables and balanced sweetness.

🇵🇱Poland

Budyn

Custard pudding.

🇦🇷Argentina

Budín de Pan

Argentine bread pudding of stale bread, milk, eggs, sugar, and sometimes raisins or caramel. A rustic, comforting dessert, served warm or cold with dulce de leche.

🇯🇴Jordan

Burbara

برباره

Wheat berries boiled soft and sweetened with sugar, cinnamon and anise, topped with nuts, raisins and pomegranate seeds.

🇺🇸United States

Butterscotch Pudding

A cooked stovetop pudding of brown sugar, butter, and milk, thickened to a creamy set.

🇪🇸Canary Islands, Spain

Canarian Frangollo Pudding

Frangollo

Frangollo is a Canarian pudding of cornmeal and milk enriched with almonds, cinnamon, lemon zest, and sometimes raisins.

🇲🇽Mexico

Capirotada

A Lenten bread pudding of bolillo, piloncillo syrup, cheese, peanuts, and dried fruit.

🇵🇭Pampanga, Philippines

Carabao Milk Pudding

Tibok-Tibok

A Kapampangan carabao milk pudding, similar to maja blanca but richer, topped with latik.

🇭🇷Dubrovnik, Croatia

Caramel Pudding

Rožata

Traditional Dalmatian caramel flan with orange and vanilla flavored custard, a Dubrovnik specialty, smooth and rich.

🇮🇪Ireland

Carrageen Moss Pudding

Móin Chócaráin

Silky milk pudding set with carrageen seaweed, flavored with vanilla, nutmeg and whiskey.

🇧🇷Pernambuco, Brazil

Cartola

A traditional Pernambuco dessert of sliced banana and queijo minas layered in a tall glass with cinnamon, sugar, and a molten chocolate topping.

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

Cassava Pudding

Poudine manioc

Grated cassava, coconut milk, sugar, and vanilla bake into dense, translucent-chewy pudding slices served across island tables.

🇸🇨Seychelles

Cassava Pudding

Traditional Seychellois pudding made from grated cassava, coconut milk, sugar, and spices; a dense, sweet baked pudding; cassava is a staple of the islands and features in both savoury and sweet dishes; a homestyle dessert found at family gatherings and markets.

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

Cayman Macaroni Pudding

Macaroni Pudding

A sweet dessert combining elbow macaroni with eggs, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, evaporated milk, coconut milk, butter, and raisins, baked until firm with a custard texture; a popular Christmas dessert in the Cayman Islands; a distinctive Caymanian sweet.

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

Cayman Sweet Potato Pudding

Sweet Potato Pudding

A tasty traditional dessert made from sweet potatoes, reflecting the island's use of local root vegetables in sweet preparations; a Caymanian pudding; a traditional Caribbean dessert.

🇵🇪Ica, Peru

Chapanas

Ica cassava sweets wrapped in leaves and steamed with chancaca and spices.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Che Bap

Chè bắp

A sweet corn dessert soup with coconut milk.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Che Chuoi

Chè chuối

Banana and tapioca in coconut milk, a classic Vietnamese sweet.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Che Dau Den

Chè đậu đen

A black bean sweet soup with coconut milk and a hint of pandan.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Che Thai

Chè Thái

A Vietnamese dessert cup of fruits, jellies and beans in sweet coconut milk.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Che Troi Nuoc

Chè trôi nước

Glutinous rice balls filled with mung bean paste, served in warm sweet ginger syrup with coconut milk and toasted sesame seeds.

🇨🇳China

Cheng Tng

清汤

A clear, barely-sweet syrup served hot or over ice with longan, dried persimmon, barley, white fungus, gingko nut, lotus seed and strips of agar.

🇬🇧London, United Kingdom

Cherries Jubilee

Cherries Jubilee is cherries in a kirsch-flavoured sauce, flambéed and served hot over vanilla ice cream.

🇭🇺Hungary

Chestnut Purée

Gesztenyepüré

Chestnut Purée is a sweetened chestnut purée with rum, topped with whipped cream, served chilled.