Dishes made with flour
200 dishes from around the world that list flour as a main ingredient.
Pancake
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreFlat cakes made from batter, cooked on a griddle or pan and served sweet or savoury
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
BaguetteVegan
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreLong, thin French bread with a crisp crust and soft interior
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Pelmeniпельмени
🇷🇺 RussiaRussian dumplings filled with seasoned meat and wrapped in thin dough
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Nasi katokناسي كاتوق
🇧🇳 Brunei and 1 moreBrunei's rice meal with fried chicken and spicy sambal, often wrapped in brown paper
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
RavioliRavioliai
🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreStuffed pasta parcels, usually square, with varied fillings and sauces
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
KhachapuriVegetarianხაჭაპური
🇬🇪 Georgia and 4 moreLeavened bread filled with cheese, sometimes egg, from Georgia
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
PanettoneVegetarian
🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreTall, sweet Italian bread with candied fruit, eaten at Christmas and New Year
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Tea time
Potato pancakeVegetarian
🇧🇾 Belarus and 5 moreShallow-fried pancakes made from grated or mashed potato, common across Europe
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pierogi
🇵🇱 Poland and 6 moreDumplings of unleavened dough filled with savory or sweet mixtures
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Empanada
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 morePastry turnovers filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables, baked or fried
Pie or savoury pastry, Lunch, Dinner
MatzahVeganמצה
🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 moreUnleavened flatbread central to the Jewish Passover festival
Bread, Dinner
Fried chickenMeat
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreChicken pieces coated in seasoned flour or batter and fried until crisp
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Hariraالحريرة
🇲🇦 Morocco and 3 moreNorth African soup of tomato, legumes, herbs and spices, often served during Ramadan
Soup, Dinner, Supper
Pizza MargheritaVegetarian
🇮🇹 ItalyNeapolitan pizza topped with tomato, mozzarella, basil and olive oil
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Varenykyвареники
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreUkrainian dumplings filled with sweet or savoury ingredients
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Christmas pudding
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreSteamed or boiled sweet pudding with dried fruit, served at Christmas dinner
Sweet or dessert, Dinner
BreadstickVegangrissini
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 moreThin, crisp baked bread sticks from Turin, Italy
Bread, Snacks, Lunch
TonkatsuMeat豚カツ
🇯🇵 JapanDeep-fried pork cutlet coated in crisp panko breadcrumbs
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SpätzleSpätzla
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreIrregular egg noodles from Swabia, served as a side or main dish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SchnitzelMeat
🇦🇹 Austria and 5 moreThin slices of meat, pounded, breaded and fried until crisp
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Dumpling
🇨🇳 China and 5 morePieces of dough, plain or filled, cooked by boiling, steaming or frying
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Bryndzové halušky
🇸🇰 SlovakiaPotato dumplings tossed with sheep cheese, a Slovak national dish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Japanese curryMeatカレー
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreA thick, mildly spiced curry sauce served with rice, noodles or bread
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Yorkshire puddingVegetarian
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreA baked British pudding made from a simple batter, often served with roast meats
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Christmas cake
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreCakes served at Christmas, often rich with fruit, nuts or cream
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
FliaVegetarianfli
🇦🇱 Albania and 1 moreLayered Albanian dish baked in the shape of the sun
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Gözleme
🇹🇷 TurkeyTurkish flatbread turnover filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Dampfnudel
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreSoft yeast dumplings cooked in a covered pan until golden underneath
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Tarhana
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 moreFermented grain and yoghurt dried and used to make a tangy soup
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Quenelle
🇫🇷 FranceSoft dumplings of creamed fish or meat, shaped and poached
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Kushikatsu串カツ
🇯🇵 JapanDeep-fried skewers of meat, seafood, and vegetables from Japan
Street food, Lunch, Dinner
Chicken paprikashMeatpaprikás csirke
🇭🇺 Hungary and 2 moreChicken simmered in paprika sauce, often finished with sour cream
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Galette
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreFlat French cakes or pies, from rustic fruit tarts to buckwheat pancakes
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Lunch
MaultaschenMeat
🇩🇪 GermanyStuffed pasta squares from Swabia with a savory meat and vegetable filling
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Black puddingMeatmarag dhubh
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreA sausage made from animal blood, fat and cereal, cooked in a casing
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Smažený sýrVegetarian
🇨🇿 Czech Republic and 1 moreBreaded and fried cheese, a Czech and Slovak street food staple
Street food, Lunch, Dinner
Tandoor breadVegan
🇮🇶 Iraq and 5 moreFlatbread baked on the walls of a clay tandoor oven
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Lokša
🇸🇰 Slovakia and 1 moreThin potato flatbreads baked on a hot plate, from Slovakia and South Moravia
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
Blanquette de veauMeat
🇫🇷 FranceFrench veal stew in a creamy white sauce
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Jeon전
🇰🇷 South KoreaKorean fritters of fish, meat, vegetables or flowers, coated and pan-fried
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Kishka
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 moreStuffed sausage with meat, grain or potato, found across Eastern Europe and Jewish cooking
Main dish, Breakfast, Dinner
Korean fried chickenMeat치킨
🇰🇷 South Korea and 5 moreCrispy fried chicken from South Korea, often served with sauces and pickled radish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Kreplachקרעפּלעך
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreAshkenazi Jewish dumplings filled with meat or potato, often served in soup
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Kalduny
🇧🇾 Belarus and 3 moreDumplings of soft dough filled with meat, mushrooms, or fruit
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Bolani
🇦🇫 AfghanistanAfghan flatbread filled with vegetables or meat and fried until crisp
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
Qutab
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan and 2 moreThin dough folded around savory or vegetable fillings and cooked on a griddle
Main dish, Snacks, Lunch
Jamaican patty
🇯🇲 Jamaica and 5 moreGolden, flaky pastry turnovers filled with spiced meat or other savoury fillings
Pie or savoury pastry, Lunch, Dinner
Perkedelꦧꦼꦒꦼꦢꦶꦭ꧀
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreIndonesian-Javanese fritters made from mashed potato or other vegetables
Street food, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Smažený sýr: Ladislav Boháč, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Breadstick: Sander van der Wel, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tandoor bread: Tahsin Shah, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lokša: Maciarka, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Baguette: Popo le Chien, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Matzah: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2, source
- Harira: وهراني, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Panettone: N i c o l a, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tonkatsu: Minseong Kim, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pelmeni: Eugene Kim @ Flickr, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pancake: Brandon Martin-Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ravioli: OneArmedMan, Public domain, source
- Jamaican patty: ritcharnd moskow, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Japanese curry: Ocdp, CC0, source
- Nasi katok: The Bangsawan, CC0, source
- Pizza Margherita: Mario56, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Varenyky: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Schnitzel: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Bryndzové halušky: Matus Kacmar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Yorkshire pudding: Trussrod, CC0, source
- Gözleme: Maderibeyza, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tarhana: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kushikatsu: OiMax, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dampfnudel: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Quenelle: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Galette: Gorrk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chicken paprikash: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Maultaschen: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Potato pancake: Photo made by Daniel Spils and uploaded to flickr.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Black pudding: Alexbrn, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Empanada: Horacio Cambeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Christmas pudding: James Petts, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fried chicken: Choo Yut Shing, CC BY 2.0, source
- Spätzle: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Blanquette de veau: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Korean fried chicken: KOREA.NET, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kalduny: Хомелка, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dumpling: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Christmas cake: Martin Belam, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bolani: arnold | inuyaki, CC BY 2.0, source
- Flia: AceDouble, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Perkedel: Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jeon: by 南宮博士, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kreplach: Zlerman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kishka: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source