# 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.

## Gallery

* Gyeran jjim
* Idli with chutney and sambar
* Kue lapis
* Kue putu being steamed
* Mandarin rolls
* Steamed clams
* A steamed rice cake
* Rice noodle rolls with a sauce
* Spotted dick