List of steamed foods

This is a list of steamed foods and dishes that are typically or commonly prepared by the cooking method of steaming.

Steamed foods

• Ada – a food item from Kerala, usually made of rice flour with sweet filling inside
• Bánh – in Hanoi Vietnamese, translates loosely as "cake" or "bread", referring to a wide variety of prepared foods. Some varieties are cooked by steaming.
• Bánh bò – a steamed sponge cake
• Bánh bột lọc
• Bánh chuối hấp – literally "steamed banana cake"
• Bánh cuốn
• Bánh da lợn – a steamed layer cake
• Bánh khoai mì hấp
• Bánh tẻ
• Chinese steamed eggs – eggs are beaten to a consistency similar to that used for an omelette and then steamed
• Corunda
• Couscous
• Dhokla
• Jjim – a Korean cuisine term referring to dishes made by steaming or boiling meat, chicken, fish, or shellfish which have been marinated in a sauce or soup
• Agujjim
• Andong jjimdak
• Galbijjim – a variety of jjim or Korean steamed dishes made with galbi (갈비, short rib)
• Gyeran jjim – a Korean steamed egg casserole, often eaten as a side dish (banchan)
• Kue lapis – Indonesian kue, or a traditional snack of colorful layered soft rice flour pudding or steamed layered cake
• Idli – a dish prepared from rice and black gram; part of Udupi cuisine
• Idiyappam (putu mayam)
• Kwacoco – pureed cocoyam wrapped and steamed in banana leaves
• Lemper
• Nasi campur
• Nasi lemak – a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf; commonly found in Malaysia, where it is considered the national dish, and the Riau Province of Indonesia

• Pitha – some varieties are steamed
• Enduri pitha
• Manda pitha
• Tekeli pitha
• Puttu
• Rice noodle roll – a Cantonese dish from southern China including Hong Kong, commonly served either as a snack, small meal or as a variety of dim sum
• Seon – refers to Korean traditional dishes made by steaming vegetables such as zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, or napa cabbage that are stuffed with fillings
• Steamed rice
• Tamales – a Mexican and Central American dish of pre-Columbian origins made with a corn-based dough and a variety of fillings, usually wrapped in banana leaf or corn husks
• Tofu skin roll – the bamboo-steamed version is generally known as sin zuk gyun
• Urap

Breads

• Dombolo – a traditional South African steamed bread
• Mantou – a cloud-like steamed bread or bun common in Northern China
• Steamed bread – produced and consumed around the world
• Milk roll – a steamed bread roll originating in Blackpool, Lancashire
• Tingmo – a steamed bread in Tibetan cuisine
• Wotou – a type of steamed bread made from cornmeal in Northern China

Buns and rolls

• Bánh bao
• Baozi
• Bakpau
• Cha siu bao
• Goubuli
• Nikuman
• Shengjian mantou
• Siopao
• Tangbao – large, soup-filled steamed buns in Chinese cuisine
• Xiaolongbao
• Da bao
• Dampfnudel
• Hoppang
• Jjinppang
• Lotus seed bun
• Longevity peach
• Mandarin roll – Chinese steamed rolls

Cakes

• Bánh bèo
• Idli – cakes made by steaming a batter consisting of fermented black lentils (de-husked) and rice. Idli is a traditional breakfast in Indian households, and is also popular throughout India and neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka.
• Rava idli
• Khanom sai bua
• Kue putu – a traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake. It is consumed in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
• Nagasari – a traditional steamed cake made from rice flour, coconut milk and sugar, filled with slices of banana.
• Nian gao
• Red tortoise cake
• Taro cake – typically steamed or fried
• Treacle sponge pudding – a traditional British dessert dish consisting of a steamed sponge cake with golden syrup cooked on top of it, often served with hot custard poured atop
• Turnip cake
• Uirō
• White sugar sponge cake

Confectionery and sweets

• Karukan
• Kue and kuih
• Clorot
• Kue mangkok
• Kue putu mangkok
• Seri muka
• Lucky tattie
• Put chai ko

Custards

• Chawanmushi – (茶碗蒸し, Chawanmushi, literally "tea cup steam" or "steamed in a tea bowl"), an egg custard dish found in Japan.

Dumplings

• Burasa – a rice dumpling cooked with coconut milk packed inside a banana leaf pouch; a speciality of the Bugis and Makassar people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia
• Buuz
• Germknödel
• Har gow - Chinese shrimp dumplings
• Jiaozi
• Lepet
• Mandu
• Eomandu
• Momo – a type of steamed bun in Tibetan cuisine with or without filling
• Pampuchy - steamed yeast dumplings from Poland
• Patrode
• Shumai - Chinese pork dumplings served in dim sum
• Siomay – an Indonesian steamed fish dumpling with vegetables served in peanut sauce. It is derived from Chinese shumai.

Meat-based

• Nasi tim – a Chinese-Indonesian steamed chicken rice dish
• Steamed cheeseburger – a hamburger sandwich topped with cheese that is steamed in a specially made cabinet and mainly available in the state of Connecticut in the United States
• Steamed clams – clams are steamed according to many different recipes in different regions
• Pearl meatballs - Chinese pork meatballs covered in glutinous rice
• Steamed meatball – a Cantonese dim sum dish

Puddings

• Cabinet pudding
• Chocolate pudding – a steamed/baked version, texturally similar to cake, is popular in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand
• Custard – some custards are prepared by steaming
• Figgy pudding – sometimes cooked by steaming
• Moin moin
• Persimmon pudding
• Steak and kidney pudding
• Sticky toffee pudding
• Suet pudding
• Christmas pudding
• Fruit hat (pudding)
• Jam Roly-Poly
• Spotted dick – a cylindrical pudding popular in Britain, made with suet and dried fruit (usually currants or raisins) and often served with custard
• Sussex Pond Pudding

Rice cakes

Some varieties of rice cakes are steamed.

• Bánh chÆ°ng
• Chwee kueh – a type of steamed rice cake, common in Singapore and Johor
• Mont-sein-paung – a type of steamed rice cake, sometimes with jaggery added, served with coconut flakes and pounded sesame. Found throughout Myanmar.
• Puto – a type of steamed rice cake in Philippine cuisine derived from Indian puttu of Malayalam origin.
• Kutsinta – a type of puto found throughout the Philippines
• Bhapa/tekeli pitha – Steamed rice cakes stuffed with grated coconut, jaggery and sesame seeds found throughout Bengal and Assam.
• Sanna
• Suman
• Tteok – also see List of tteok varieties
• Injeolmi
• Jeungpyeon
• Mujigae tteok
• Sirutteok
• Songpyeon

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See also

• Double steaming
• Food steamer
• List of deep fried foods
• List of twice-baked foods
• Pudding basin – a bowl or vessel that is specifically used to steam puddings

References