Dishes made with milk
176 dishes from around the world that list milk as a main ingredient.
Halvaحَلَاوَة
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 moreDense sweet made from seeds, grains, or vegetables, found across Asia, Africa, and Europe
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Jolpan
🇮🇳 IndiaAssamese breakfast snacks of rice, pitha, and sweets, often served with tea or curd
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Dulce de lecheVegetarian
🇦🇷 Argentina and 2 moreA sweet, spreadable milk and sugar confection from Latin America
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Masala chaiVegetarianचाय
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreBlack tea brewed with milk, spices and sugar, served hot across India
Drink, Breakfast, Tea time
Pastel de nataVegetarian
🇵🇹 Portugal and 4 moreSmall Portuguese tarts with a creamy egg custard in crisp pastry
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
BerlinerVegetarian
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreJam-filled German doughnut without a central hole, dusted with sugar or glazed
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Boortsog
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan and 5 moreGolden fried dough pieces from Central Asia and Mongolia, often served with tea or honey
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
AnpanVegetarianあんパン
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese sweet roll filled with red bean paste or other fillings
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Egg tartVegetarian蛋撻
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreA small pastry tart with a sweet egg custard filling, found in Cantonese cuisine
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
Cozonac
🇷🇴 Romania and 4 moreA sweet, enriched bread often filled with nuts or dried fruit, baked for Easter
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
MalpuaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreSweet deep-fried pancakes from the Indian subcontinent, often dipped in syrup
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
BoxtyVegetarianbacstaí
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish potato pancake made with grated raw potato and flour
Main dish, Breakfast, Tea time
CrumpetVegetarian
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreRound, spongy griddle bread with a porous top, often eaten toasted with butter
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Welsh cakeVegetarianpicau ar y maen
🇬🇧 United KingdomRound, spiced cakes cooked on a griddle, filled with currants or sultanas
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
TsourekiVegetarian
🇬🇷 Greece and 2 moreBraided sweet bread flavored with spices, made for Easter and Christmas
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Tea time
Pan de muertoVegetarian
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreSweet, decorated bread made for Mexico’s Day of the Dead
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
NapoleonkaVegetarian
🇵🇱 PolandPolish cream pie with layers of puff pastry and sweet cream filling
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
NankhataiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreShortbread biscuit from the Indian subcontinent made with flour and semolina
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
SandeshVegetarianসন্দেশ
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBengali sweet made from chhena and sugar, often shaped and flavoured
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Cardamom breadVegetarian
🇫🇮 Finland and 3 moreEnriched Nordic sweet bread scented with cardamom, served with coffee or tea
Bread, Snacks, Tea time
Dharwad pedaVegetarianಧಾರವಾಡ ಪೇಡ
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet milk fudge from Dharwad, Karnataka, made with buffalo milk and sugar
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Poppy seed rollVegetarian
🇭🇺 Hungary and 5 moreSweet yeast bread rolled with poppy seed or walnut filling
Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks
MunguzáVegetarian
🇧🇷 BrazilBrazilian sweet porridge of whole corn, milk and sugar served at winter festivals
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Osmania BiscuitVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaA sweet and salty tea biscuit from Hyderabad, often served with Irani chai
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Doodh pati chaiVegetarianदूध पत्ति चाय / دودھ پتی چائے
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreTea simmered with milk and spices, popular across South Asia
Drink, Tea time, Snacks
TsokolateVegan
🇵🇭 PhilippinesA thick Filipino hot chocolate made from pure cacao tablets
Drink, Breakfast, Tea time
Jolpan
🇮🇳 IndiaAssamese breakfast snacks of rice, pitha, and sweets, often served with tea or curd
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Dulce de lecheVegetarian
🇦🇷 Argentina and 2 moreA sweet, spreadable milk and sugar confection from Latin America
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Masala chaiVegetarianचाय
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreBlack tea brewed with milk, spices and sugar, served hot across India
Drink, Breakfast, Tea time
Pastel de nataVegetarian
🇵🇹 Portugal and 4 moreSmall Portuguese tarts with a creamy egg custard in crisp pastry
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
BerlinerVegetarian
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreJam-filled German doughnut without a central hole, dusted with sugar or glazed
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Boortsog
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan and 5 moreGolden fried dough pieces from Central Asia and Mongolia, often served with tea or honey
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
AnpanVegetarianあんパン
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese sweet roll filled with red bean paste or other fillings
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Egg tartVegetarian蛋撻
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreA small pastry tart with a sweet egg custard filling, found in Cantonese cuisine
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
Cozonac
🇷🇴 Romania and 4 moreA sweet, enriched bread often filled with nuts or dried fruit, baked for Easter
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
MalpuaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreSweet deep-fried pancakes from the Indian subcontinent, often dipped in syrup
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
BoxtyVegetarianbacstaí
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish potato pancake made with grated raw potato and flour
Main dish, Breakfast, Tea time
CrumpetVegetarian
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreRound, spongy griddle bread with a porous top, often eaten toasted with butter
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Welsh cakeVegetarianpicau ar y maen
🇬🇧 United KingdomRound, spiced cakes cooked on a griddle, filled with currants or sultanas
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
TsourekiVegetarian
🇬🇷 Greece and 2 moreBraided sweet bread flavored with spices, made for Easter and Christmas
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Tea time
Pan de muertoVegetarian
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreSweet, decorated bread made for Mexico’s Day of the Dead
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
NapoleonkaVegetarian
🇵🇱 PolandPolish cream pie with layers of puff pastry and sweet cream filling
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
NankhataiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreShortbread biscuit from the Indian subcontinent made with flour and semolina
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
SandeshVegetarianসন্দেশ
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBengali sweet made from chhena and sugar, often shaped and flavoured
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Cardamom breadVegetarian
🇫🇮 Finland and 3 moreEnriched Nordic sweet bread scented with cardamom, served with coffee or tea
Bread, Snacks, Tea time
Dharwad pedaVegetarianಧಾರವಾಡ ಪೇಡ
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet milk fudge from Dharwad, Karnataka, made with buffalo milk and sugar
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Poppy seed rollVegetarian
🇭🇺 Hungary and 5 moreSweet yeast bread rolled with poppy seed or walnut filling
Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks
MunguzáVegetarian
🇧🇷 BrazilBrazilian sweet porridge of whole corn, milk and sugar served at winter festivals
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Osmania BiscuitVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaA sweet and salty tea biscuit from Hyderabad, often served with Irani chai
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Doodh pati chaiVegetarianदूध पत्ति चाय / دودھ پتی چائے
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreTea simmered with milk and spices, popular across South Asia
Drink, Tea time, Snacks
TsokolateVegan
🇵🇭 PhilippinesA thick Filipino hot chocolate made from pure cacao tablets
Drink, Breakfast, Tea time
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Berliner: Lear 21, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cozonac: L.Kenzel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pastel de nata: Paul Arps, CC BY 2.0, source
- Poppy seed roll: Hu Totya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Egg tart: Homkinsming, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dulce de leche: audinou, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pan de muerto: Fluence, Public domain, source
- Munguzá: Leo Rey, CC BY 2.0, source
- Masala chai: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Anpan: Ocdp, CC0, source
- Jolpan: Floris van Dyck, Public domain, source
- Malpua: Senjuti Dey, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Boxty: さえぼー, CC0, source
- Tsoureki: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, source
- Crumpet: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Boortsog: Brücke-Osteuropa, Public domain, source
- Napoleonka: No machine-readable author provided. Piotrus assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nankhatai: S.M. Samee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sandesh: Sucharitabanerji, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cardamom bread: W.carter, CC0, source
- Dharwad peda: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Welsh cake: Moochocoogle at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Osmania Biscuit: Jyothivalaboju, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Doodh pati chai: Miansari66, CC0, source
- Tsokolate: Robertmarrel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source