Lunch around the world
The midday meal: in much of the world, the main one.
Pelmeniпельмени
🇷🇺 RussiaRussian dumplings filled with seasoned meat and wrapped in thin dough
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
RavioliRavioliai
🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreStuffed pasta parcels, usually square, with varied fillings and sauces
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Gnocchi
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreSoft dumplings of dough, often made with potato, flour and egg
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Pierogi
🇵🇱 Poland and 6 moreDumplings of unleavened dough filled with savory or sweet mixtures
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Khinkaliხინკალი
🇬🇪 GeorgiaGeorgian dumplings with spiced meat or vegetable filling and a juicy broth inside
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
MantiMeat
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan and 5 moreSpiced meat dumplings wrapped in thin dough, steamed, boiled or baked
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Momo
🇳🇵 Nepal and 3 moreSteamed dumplings filled with meat or vegetables, served with spicy sauces
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Wonton云吞
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreChinese dumplings with a thin wrapper, filled and served in soup or fried
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Varenykyвареники
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreUkrainian dumplings filled with sweet or savoury ingredients
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Zongzi粽子
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreSticky rice parcels with sweet or savoury fillings, wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Jiaozi餃子
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreChinese dumplings with meat or vegetable filling, served boiled, steamed or fried
Dumpling, Breakfast, Lunch
SpätzleSpätzla
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreIrregular egg noodles from Swabia, served as a side or main dish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Bryndzové halušky
🇸🇰 SlovakiaPotato dumplings tossed with sheep cheese, a Slovak national dish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Dumpling
🇨🇳 China and 5 morePieces of dough, plain or filled, cooked by boiling, steaming or frying
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Cepelinai
🇱🇹 Lithuania and 1 moreLithuanian potato dumplings filled with meat, cheese or mushrooms
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
BuuzMeatБууз
🇲🇳 Mongolia and 2 moreMongolian steamed dumplings filled with seasoned meat
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Dampfnudel
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreSoft yeast dumplings cooked in a covered pan until golden underneath
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Quenelle
🇫🇷 FranceSoft dumplings of creamed fish or meat, shaped and poached
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
MaultaschenMeat
🇩🇪 GermanyStuffed pasta squares from Swabia with a savory meat and vegetable filling
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Shumai烧卖 / 燒賣
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreChinese dumplings filled with seasoned meat, often served as dim sum
Dumpling, Breakfast, Lunch
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
Har gowFish or seafood蝦餃
🇨🇳 ChinaTranslucent shrimp dumplings served as part of Cantonese dim sum
Dumpling, Lunch, Tea time
Matzah ball
🇦🇹 Austria and 1 moreAshkenazi Jewish dumplings made from matzah meal, served in soup
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Silesian dumplingsVegetarian
🇵🇱 PolandSoft potato dumplings from Silesia, shaped with a thumbprint for gravy
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Cappelletti
🇮🇹 ItalyRing-shaped stuffed pasta from central Italy, often served in broth
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
KenkeyVegan
🇬🇭 Ghana and 3 moreFermented maize dough dumpling, steamed and served with spicy sides
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Knedle
🇦🇹 Austria and 3 moreBoiled dumplings with sweet or savoury fillings, common in Central and Eastern Europe
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Rice noodle roll腸粉
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreThin steamed rice noodle sheets rolled plain or with fillings and served with sauce
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Pasteles
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico and 4 moreBanana leaf-wrapped parcels of seasoned dough with savory fillings, steamed or boiled
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
DanwakeVegetarian
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreBoiled cowpea flour dumplings from northern Nigeria, served with spicy garnishes
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Buuz: Аркадий Зарубин, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Har gow: sfllaw of Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Gnocchi: Amy Aletheia Cahill, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Momo: TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zongzi: The original uploader was Allentchang at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jiaozi: Bioniclepluslotr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pelmeni: Eugene Kim @ Flickr, CC BY 2.0, source
- Khinkali: Sandra C, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ravioli: OneArmedMan, Public domain, source
- Wonton: Oldie~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kenkey: juxtapose^esopatxuj, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Varenyky: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Danwake: Anasskoko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bryndzové halušky: Matus Kacmar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cepelinai: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dampfnudel: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Quenelle: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Shumai: Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Maultaschen: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Manti: Peretz Partensky, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Spätzle: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kalduny: Хомелка, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dumpling: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Cappelletti: Lungoleno, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kreplach: Zlerman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Matzah ball: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2, source
- Silesian dumplings: Ewkaa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Knedle: Cookinpolish, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rice noodle roll: No machine-readable author provided. GS417~commonswiki assumed (based, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Pasteles: The Eloquent Peasant, CC BY-SA 4.0, source