Everyday food
What people cook and eat on an ordinary day.
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
Knödel
🇦🇹 Austria and 6 moreBoiled dumplings made from potato, bread or flour, common in Central Europe
Dumpling
Wonton云吞
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreChinese dumplings with a thin wrapper, filled and served in soup or fried
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
DangoVegan団子
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese sweet dumplings made from rice flour, often served on skewers
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
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
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
Varenykyвареники
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreUkrainian dumplings filled with sweet or savoury ingredients
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
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
Cepelinai
🇱🇹 Lithuania and 1 moreLithuanian potato dumplings filled with meat, cheese or mushrooms
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Dumpling
🇨🇳 China and 5 morePieces of dough, plain or filled, cooked by boiling, steaming or frying
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Tangyuan汤圆 / 湯圓
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreGlutinous rice balls, often filled, served in sweet or savory broth
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Xiaolongbao小笼包
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreSmall steamed buns with a savoury filling and hot soup inside
Dumpling, Breakfast, Snacks
BuuzMeatБууз
🇲🇳 Mongolia and 2 moreMongolian steamed dumplings filled with seasoned meat
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Uszka
🇵🇱 Poland and 2 moreSmall twisted dumplings filled with mushrooms or meat, often served in borscht
Dumpling, 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
KozhukattaVegetarianകൊഴുക്കട്ട (Malayalam), கொழுகட்டை (Tamil)
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSteamed rice flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Kopytka
🇵🇱 Poland and 2 moreSoft potato dumplings shaped like small hooves, found in Poland and nearby regions
Dumpling
Kalduny
🇧🇾 Belarus and 3 moreDumplings of soft dough filled with meat, mushrooms, or fruit
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Idrija dumplingsVegetarian
🇸🇮 SloveniaPotato-filled dumplings from Idrija, Slovenia, often served with meat or breadcrumbs
Dumpling
Har gowFish or seafood蝦餃
🇨🇳 ChinaTranslucent shrimp dumplings served as part of Cantonese dim sum
Dumpling, Lunch, Tea time
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
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
- Baozi: J. Samuel Burner, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kopytka: MOs810, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Dango: Maakun, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Uszka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vegalabs, 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
- Knödel: Afrank99, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Tangyuan: cherrylet, CC BY 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
- Xiaolongbao: Eason Lai, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Kozhukatta: Jayashree Govindarajan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Idrija dumplings: Yerpo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cappelletti: Lungoleno, CC BY-SA 2.5, source