Meat Stuffed in Dough
December 19, 2011 9:45 AM Subscribe
All across the world you'll find different varieties of
dumplings. However, starting in Eastern Europe and spreading across central Asia and into northeast Asia, you'll find a
remarkably similar variety featuring a thin skin and a meat filling. Variants can be found all the way from Poland (
Pieorgies) to Korea (
Mandu), a distance of nearly 5,000 miles (more than 7,500 km).
This list is not meant to be exhaustive.
- Manti/Mantu/Mandu: Armenia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgystan,
Tajikistan
Turkey, Uzbekistan
(Mantou is a steamed bun without a filling available in northern China)
- Kalduny, Lithuania
- Hingal, Azerbeijan
- Varenyky, Ukraine
- Pierogi, Poland
- Baozi, China also Jiaozi called Gyoza in Japan (What's the difference between Jiaozi and Baozi?)
- Pelmeni, Russia
- Momos, Tibet/Nepal
- Buuz, Mongolia
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