Dumpling (noun): a little savory ball of dough which may be boiled, fried, or baked in a casserole
From empanadas, to pierogis, to dumplings … there ‘s good something charming about a delicious doughy pocket filled with food. You can eat them standing up, sitting down, on a plate, or right out of your hands – what more can you ask for ? They ‘ve been adopted and recreated all over the earth and we ‘re here to tell you all about them .
Chinese Dumplings (Jiaozi)
Jiaozi is known as the “ park ” Chinese dumpling which consists of mince kernel and vegetables wrapped in a boodle hide. popular meat fillings include grate pork barrel and chives, beef, chicken, or shrimp. Yum !
Wontons
Photo by Luke Johnson / Unsplash Wontons have thin skins and are typically boiled in light broth and contain meat or shrimp fillings. They ’ re more popular in southern regions of China.
Samosas
Photo by cavenagh / Flickr Samosas are an highly popular nosh throughout the indian Subcontinent. They ’ re normally fried and stuffed with potatoes, vegetables, mince and a assortment of spices. vegetarian samosa only differ in their lack of mince .
Ravioli
Photo by Toa Heftiba / Unsplash These celebrated food pockets are stuffed with cheese and other complementary fillings including lobster, gripe, shrimp, or spinach. Mama mia !
Calzones
Photo by Roberto Valdivia / Unsplash Is pizza excessively messy for you ? A calzone is an over-baked, folded over objet d’art of pizza that originated in Naples, Italy. Eat it on a plate with a pitchfork and tongue or take your air pocket to go !
Pierogi
Photo by comunicati / Flickr Pierogi are ravioli shaped dumplings that can either be dessert or mouth-watering, and can be boiled, pan-fried, or steamed. They tend to be delightfully doughy and are normally filled with potato, tall mallow, onion, mushrooms, or sauerkraut. option names for this food pocket include pirohy, varenyky, and pyrohy .
Empanadas
Photo by Patryk Pastewski / Unsplash We ’ ve all had some feel with empanadas. These familiar treats are served during parties, festivals, starters or chief courses ! Baked or fried, empanadas of either character can be stuffed with a overplus of ingredients including kernel, onion, eggs, ham, angelic corn, or fruit.
Galicia, Spain – Empanadas can trace their origins to Galicia, Spain. The word empanada comes from the Spanish verb empanar, which means to fold. The Galician empanada is more like a large pie that is filled with savory ingredients and then served in slices. It is typically filled with fish or meat, peppers, and onion.
Argentina, Chile, Bolivia – Empanadas from these countries tend to be baked. In Argentina, empanadas are so common that you can find empanada stalls that serve twenty or more types of empanadas. Bolivia is home to a variation called salteñas, the soup dumplings of empanadas. These food pockets contain something like a stew inside, whose main ingredients are usually meet (often beef), potatoes, broth, chilies, and vegetables. Occasionally you may find an egg inside!
Rest of Latin America & Philippines – Fried empanadas are more common throughout the rest of Latin America and the Philippines. In Brazil they’re called Pasteis and are rectangular shaped. They’re stuffed with a variety of ingredients including cheese, ground meat, heart of palm, chicken, shrimp, guava jam, bananas and chocolate. Pastéis are usually sold as fast food in outdoor markets.
Siomay
Photo by li4h / Flickr These indonesian fish dumplings are served with peanut sauce and is derived from chinese Shumai. Siomay is cut into pieces and topped with insignificant sauce, sambal, soy sauce, and a crash of birdlime juice .
Pelmeni
Photo by Aliona Gumeniuk / Unsplash This cunning little food pouch is made of mince kernel, onions and spices. Pelmeni are known for their highly thin skins and fat inner. Remember to serve them with batch of off cream !
Manti
Photo by lachlanhardy / Flickr alike to the russian dumpling, Manti is a steam dumpling that ’ s popular in Central Asia. It typically contains land lamb or gripe and are normally served with butter, dill, onion sauce or yogurt .
Chuchvara
Photo by 160866001@N07 / Flickr Chuchvara are belittled boiled food pockets full of meat that are either served in soup, or on their own with a vinegar or a vegetable sauce. Some besides serve these food pockets with smetana, which is similar to sour cream .
Chinese Sweet Dumplings
Photo by leanncaptures / Unsplash Sweet chinese dumplings are made with gluey rice flour and are filled with sweet sesame, peanuts or bolshevik bean spread.
Mochi
Japan
Photo by mathoov / Flickr Mochi is a sweet pouch made of gluey rice flour that can be filled with a variety show of ingredients. common fillings include strawberry, red bean, chestnut, and pickled Sakura. All mochi tend to have a identical easy and fictile texture .
Apple Dumplings
These bites are filled with a tart Granny Smith apples, brown boodle, and cinnamon. They ‘re native to the Northeastern US, particularly Pennsylvania. You ’ ll find that they tend to be served with caramel or cinnamon dip sauces and/or ice cream .
Galusca cu prune / coltunasi cu branza
Photo by 30478819@N08 / Flickr These sweet little romanian food pockets contain plums and bungalow cheese respectively, and are dusted with powder sugar. When cut in half, these sweet treats are quite beautiful in their presentation of the occupy.
