Dumpling

Dumplings may be any of a wide variety of dishes, both sweet and salty, in several different cuisines. They are either made from balls of dough or are small bits of food put into pastry, dough, batter, or leaves. In southern Africa, they are mostly cooked in a pot covered by an airtight,strong plastic so that it gets to boil and observe the steam then the dough's size increases while boiling. In Asia, they are often cooked in a bamboo basket over a steam pot. They can be cooked in different methods, either by boiling or steaming.

Dumplings

Chinese dumplings
Place of origin	Asia
Main ingredients	Flour, potatoes or bread
Cookbook: Dumplings   Media related to Media: Dumplings at Wikimedia Commons

A Dutch Bapao dumpling

Dumpling Media

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  Cooking dumplings in boiling water

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  Homemade empanadas from Salta, Argentina

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  Papas rellenas

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  Uyghur manta, a variety of Central Asian manti

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  Kazakh/Uzbek/Tajik manti in a steamer

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  Chinese Dumplings

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  Rice Dumpling Zongzi; Taken March 10, 2005 by Allen Timothy Chang

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  Steamed har gow (shrimp dumplings) served in dim sum

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  Yaki-Gyōza in Utsunomiya

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  So I saw Dango in Samurai Champloo and I was immensely curious on what it was. I saw some at the grocery store and brought it home.. I was a bit let down. Maybe it would have tasted better if it was fresh. It was soy-saucy & sweet, which is a weird combo. My mouth was confused.Dango