List of snack foods by country
Snack foods per country
This is a list of snack foods by country, specific to or originating in a particular community or region. Snack food is a portion of food often smaller than a regular meal, generally eaten as snacking between meals.[1] Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home.
Asia
Indonesia
Name | Image | Description |
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Dodol | Rice flour-based small glutinous sweets, sweetened with coconut sugar, moulded and coloured. Often added fruit scent and taste such as durian | |
Emping | Crackers made from flattened Gnemon/Belinjo seeds | |
Gorengan | Fritters from Indonesia | |
Klepon | Boiled rice cake, stuffed with coconut sugar, and rolled in fresh grated coconut. It is flavoured with pandan leaves juice. | |
Kripik | A traditional chips or crisps, bite-size snack crackers that can be savoury or sweet | |
Krupuk | Deep fried crisps made from mainly tapioca flour, with added ingredients, such as prawn, fish, or garlic, and even ox/cow skin. It comes in different shapes and colours. | |
Lemper | A traditional rice cake, made from glutinous rice and filled usually with chicken | |
Otak-otak | Usually made from Spanish mackerel fish paste or Milkfish, spiced and wrapped in banana leaves, then grilled and served with peanut sauce | |
Perkedel jagung | Indonesian style corn fritter | |
Pisang goreng | A battered and deep-fried banana or plantain |
Japan
Malaysia and Singapore
Name | Image | Description |
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Apam balik | Sweet turnover pancake common in Southeast Asia. | |
Curry puff | A type of snack or kuih. Usually filled with chicken and potato with a dried curry inside. | |
Keropok lekor | A keropok that is made from fish. | |
Roti John | A popular Malay sandwich in Malaysia and Singapore. |
Maldives
Name | Image | Description |
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Gulha | Small savory ball-shaped dumplings that are stuffed with a mixture of tuna, onion, coconut, curry leaves and chili and then deep fried[2] |
Taiwan
Name | Image | Description |
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Aiyu jelly | A jelly made from the gel from the seeds of the awkeotsang creeping fig found in Taiwan. | |
Pineapple cake | A sweet traditional Taiwanese pastry containing butter, flour, egg, sugar, and pineapple jam or slices. | |
Suncake (Taiwan) | A popular Taiwanese dessert originally from the city of Taichung, Taiwan. | |
Taro ball | A traditional Taiwanese cuisine dessert made of taro |
Thailand
India
South America
Peru
Name | Image | Description |
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Chifle | A fried plantain snack from Peru and Ecuador |
Brazil
Name | Image | Description |
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Coxinha | A chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough and molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried | |
Paçoca | A Brazilian candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar and salt | |
Pastel | A half-circle or rectangle-shaped thin crust pies with assorted fillings, fried in vegetable oil |
Europe
Norway
Name | Image | Description |
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Knekkebrød | A flat and dry type of cracker, containing mostly rye flour | |
Kanelboller | A sweet bun seasoned with cinnamon and cardamon | |
Kokkosbolle | Cream-filled chocolate covered in shaved coconut | |
Møsbrømlefse | Lefse flatbread filled with goat cheese, buttermilk, syrup, and flour | |
Smultring | Cake donuts dusted with cardamom, cinnamon, lemon or orange zest, usually served during Christmastime |
Sweden
Name | Image | Description |
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Mandelkubb | Bittersweet almond biscuit, otherwise known as an almond bun | |
Blodplättar | Pancake traditionally made with whipped reindeer blood and typically fried[3] | |
Köttbullar | Smaller meatballs, otherwise known as the national food of Sweden | |
Semla | A traditional Swedish bun filled with almond paste and cream | |
Kladdkaka | Thin chocolate cake with a crispy exterior and gooey interior | |
Macka | Slice of bread topped with butter and a choice of spread, usually ham, cheese, or pâté | |
Swedish Nuts | Meringue-coated pecans, baked in butter |
Finland
Name | Image | Description |
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Sultsina | Thinly rolled rye flour pastry, typically filled with either rice pudding or porridge | |
Karjalanpiirakka | Open-faced pastry with a rye flour crust, filled with rice porridge and topped with egg butter | |
Lörtsy | Deep fried half-moon-shaped pastry filled with jams or minced meats. Usually sold at street markets | |
Leipajuusto | Cheese derived from the beestings of a cow | |
Korvapuusti | Traditional Finnish cinnamon bun, translating to "slapped ears" in English | |
Lihapullat | Finnish meatballs, prepared using kermaviili, a Nordic curd cream | |
Perunarieska | Unleavened flatbread made primarily with mashed potatoes | |
Näkkileipä | Thick flatbread usually made with rye flour | |
Salmiakki | Salty liquorice candy |
See also
- List of brand name snack foods
- List of Indian snacks
- List of Indonesian snacks
- List of Japanese snacks
- List of snack foods
References
- ^ "Definition of Snack at Dictionary.com". Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ^ Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom, Barcelona 1999, ISBN 84-7254-801-5
- ^ "Blodplättar - Blood Pancakes - World's Scariest Food | Mapotic.com". Mapotic.
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