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Sacred food and offerings

Food offered in worship, shared at a temple, church, mosque or shrine, or eaten as a rite.

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

MaultaschenMeat 🇩🇪 GermanyStuffed pasta squares from Swabia with a savory meat and vegetable filling Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

Kreplachקרעפּלעך 🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreAshkenazi Jewish dumplings filled with meat or potato, often served in soup Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner

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.

Varenyky: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Maultaschen: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Kozhukatta: Jayashree Govindarajan, CC BY 2.0, source
Kreplach: Zlerman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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