Breakfast around the world
The first meal of the day, from congee and idli to a full fry-up.
Baozi包子
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreSteamed wheat buns filled with meat or vegetables, common across China and beyond
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
Jiaozi餃子
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreChinese dumplings with meat or vegetable filling, served boiled, steamed or fried
Dumpling, Breakfast, Lunch
Dumpling
🇨🇳 China and 5 morePieces of dough, plain or filled, cooked by boiling, steaming or frying
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Xiaolongbao小笼包
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreSmall steamed buns with a savoury filling and hot soup inside
Dumpling, Breakfast, Snacks
Shumai烧卖 / 燒賣
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreChinese dumplings filled with seasoned meat, often served as dim sum
Dumpling, Breakfast, Lunch
KozhukattaVegetarianകൊഴുക്കട്ട (Malayalam), கொழுகட்டை (Tamil)
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSteamed rice flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Baozi: J. Samuel Burner, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jiaozi: Bioniclepluslotr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Xiaolongbao: Eason Lai, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Shumai: Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dumpling: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kozhukatta: Jayashree Govindarajan, CC BY 2.0, source