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, which is a popular dish in Korea and 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.
 * 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
 * Idiyappam / Putu mayam
 * 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 type of cloud-like steamed bread or bun popular in Northern China.
 * Steamed bread – produced and consumed all around the world
 * Tingmo – a steamed bread in Tibetan cuisine.
 * Wotou – a type of steamed bread made from cornmeal in Northern China
 * Milk roll – a steamed bread roll originating in Blackpool, Lancashire

Buns and rolls

 * Bánh bao
 * Baozi
 * Bakpau
 * Cha siu bao
 * Goubuli
 * Shengjian mantou
 * Siopao
 * Tangbao – large, soup-filled type of steamed buns in Chinese cuisine
 * Xiaolongbao
 * Nikuman
 * 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

 * Mont-phat-htoke
 * 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, it is a delicacy of the Bugis and Makassar people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia
 * Buuz
 * Germknödel
 * Jiaozi
 * Lepet
 * Mandu (dumpling)
 * Eomandu
 * Momo (dumpling) – a type of steamed bun in Tibetan cuisine with or without filling
 * Patrode
 * Har gow - Chinese shrimp dumplings
 * 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 and/or raisins) and often served with custard
 * Sussex Pond Pudding

Rice cakes
Some varieties of rice cakes are steamed.
 * Bánh chưng
 * Chwee kueh – a type of steamed rice cake, a cuisine of 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
 * Sanna (dish)
 * Suman
 * Tteok – also see List of tteok varieties
 * Injeolmi
 * Jeungpyeon
 * Mujigae tteok
 * Sirutteok
 * Songpyeon
 * Bhapa/ Tekeli pitha – Steamed rice cakes stuffed with grated coconut, jaggery and sesame seeds found throughout Bengal and Assam.