dumpling
Sign in to saveDumplings are a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of cooked dough (made from a variety of starchy sources), often wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, wheat or other flours, or potatoes, and it may be filled with meat, fish, tofu, cheese, vegetables, or a combination. Dumplings may be prepared using a variety of cooking methods and are found in many world cuisines.
Key facts
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- Dumplings
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- Varieties of dumplings from around the world (left to right, top to bottom): Chinese wonton; Russian pelmeni; Polish pierogi; Georgian khinkali; South Indian kozhukkatta; West African kenkey
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- Flour, potatoes, bread or rice
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- Chilean
- Dominican Republic
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- Puerto Rican
- Salvadoran
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- Central Asian
- East Asian
- Chinese
- Jiaozi
- Wonton
- Baozi
- Tangbao
- Yuntun
- Other Chinese dumplings
- Japanese
- Korean
- Mongolian
- European
- British and Irish
- France
- Central and East European
- Cypriot
- Italian
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- Scandinavian
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- North America
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Dumplings are a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of cooked dough (made from a variety of starchy sources), often wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, wheat or other flours, or potatoes, and it may be filled with meat, fish, tofu, cheese, vegetables, or a combination. Dumplings may be prepared using a variety of cooking methods and are found in many world cuisines.
One of the earliest mentions of dumplings comes from the Chinese scholar who mentions them in a Fu (poetry)| poem 1,700 years ago. In addition, archaeologically preserved dumplings have been found in Turfan, Xinjiang, China dating back over 1,000 years.
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