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.

Breads

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.^[1] 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^[2] 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,^[3] and the Riau Province of Indonesia

Pitha – some varieties are steamed
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^[4]
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

Dombolo – a traditional South African steamed bread
Mantou – a cloud-like steamed bread or bun common in Northern China^[5]
Steamed bread – produced and consumed around the world
- Milk roll – a steamed bread roll originating in Blackpool, Lancashire^[6]
- Tingmo – a steamed bread in Tibetan cuisine^[7]
- Wotou – a type of steamed bread made from cornmeal in Northern China

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.^[8] 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.^[9]
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

Chawanmushi – (茶碗蒸し, Chawanmushi, literally "tea cup steam" or "steamed in a tea bowl"), an egg custard dish found in Japan.^[10]

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.^[11]

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^[12]

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

Some varieties of rice cakes are steamed.

Bánh chưng
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