Sweets and desserts
Cakes, puddings, confectionery, ices and sweet pastries.
Pie
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreA baked dish with a pastry crust and sweet or savoury filling
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Crêpe
🇫🇷 FranceThin French pancakes, served sweet or savoury with a range of fillings
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Rice pudding
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreSweetened rice cooked in milk, found in many forms worldwide
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Lunch
KabochaVeganカボチャ
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreA sweet, dense winter squash with edible skin, used in Japanese and Asian cooking
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
MahaprasadVegetarianମହାପ୍ରସାଦ
🇮🇳 IndiaSanctified vegetarian food served at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SadyaVegetarianസദ്യ
🇮🇳 IndiaA festive vegetarian feast from Kerala, served on a banana leaf
Main dish, Lunch
BreadfruitVegan
🇵🇭 Philippines and 4 moreLarge tropical fruit cooked as a starchy staple in many island cuisines
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Thingyan riceFish or seafoodသင်္ကြန်ထမင်း
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 1 moreRice in scented water, served cold with fried dried fish for the Burmese New Year
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pierogi
🇵🇱 Poland and 6 moreDumplings of unleavened dough filled with savory or sweet mixtures
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Varenykyвареники
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreUkrainian dumplings filled with sweet or savoury ingredients
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Apple sauceVegan
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSmooth cooked apples, sometimes sweetened or spiced, eaten as a side or dessert
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Lunch, Dinner
Osechi御節料理
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese New Year foods arranged in tiered lacquered boxes
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Kugelקוגל
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreAshkenazi Jewish baked casserole of noodles or potatoes, sweet or savory
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Dampfnudel
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreSoft yeast dumplings cooked in a covered pan until golden underneath
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Galette
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreFlat French cakes or pies, from rustic fruit tarts to buckwheat pancakes
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Lunch
AjoblancoVegan
🇪🇸 SpainChilled Andalusian soup of almonds, bread, garlic and olive oil
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
FaloodehVeganفالوده
🇮🇷 IranIcy Persian dessert of starch noodles in sweet rose water syrup
Sweet or dessert, Lunch, Dinner
Puran PoliVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet stuffed flatbread enjoyed at festivals and special occasions in India
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
Pongal
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice cooked in milk, central to the Tamil harvest festival
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Sopaipilla
🇨🇱 Chile and 5 moreFried wheat dough pastry enjoyed sweet or savory across the Americas
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Breakfast
SheermalVegetarianشیرمال
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreA sweet, saffron-scented flatbread made with milk and cardamom
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Pitha
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreRice or wheat cakes, sweet or savoury, steamed, fried or griddled in eastern South Asia
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Kalduny
🇧🇾 Belarus and 3 moreDumplings of soft dough filled with meat, mushrooms, or fruit
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Zapekankaзапеканка
🇷🇺 RussiaBaked casserole, sweet or savory, common in Russian home cooking
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Knedle
🇦🇹 Austria and 3 moreBoiled dumplings with sweet or savoury fillings, common in Central and Eastern Europe
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Xôi
🇻🇳 VietnamVietnamese sticky rice, eaten plain or with sweet or savory toppings
Rice dish, Breakfast, Lunch
ChurmaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaCoarse wheat or millet crushed with ghee and sugar or jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Lunch, Dinner
Pastel
🇧🇷 Brazil and 5 moreA name for many pastries, pies, and filled snacks across Latin America and beyond
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Xôi: Khương Việt Hà, Public domain, source
- Sheermal: Pranaykuma12, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mahaprasad: Government of Odisha, CC BY 4.0, source
- Pie: Peggy Greb, Public domain, source
- Crêpe: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rice pudding: Eli123seo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sadya: Augustus Binu / facebook, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Breadfruit: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Varenyky: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Osechi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kabocha: Theguy002, CC0, source
- Thingyan rice: Paingpeace, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dampfnudel: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Galette: Gorrk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ajoblanco: Popo le Chien, CC0, source
- Faloodeh: Rka11111, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Puran Poli: No machine-readable author provided. Pamri assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, source
- Pongal: Jennifer Kumar, Public domain, source
- Apple sauce: Taken, CC0, source
- Kalduny: Хомелка, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kugel: Stuart Spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Churma: Ravinder Narwal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sopaipilla: Popo le Chien, CC0, source
- Pitha: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zapekanka: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Knedle: Cookinpolish, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pastel: BuenosAiresPhotographer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source