Dumplings Around the World Trivia Quiz

Answer: Polish

There are different varieties of Pierogi. The savory kind is filled with potato or ground meat and topped with onions. The sweet version is filled with fruit or cheese and topped with sour cream. They can be shaped in a semi-circle, triangle or rectangle.

Answer: German

These savory dumplings are boiled, round, potato dumplings. They are a great side for Sauerbraten and red cabbage.

Answer: Greek

These sweet dumplings are known as donuts as they are fried. They are covered with honey and walnuts.

Answer: Mexican

These savory dumplings are filled with fried pork, spinach, coriander, garlic, ginger, and other seasonings. Then they are stuffed into wonton wrappers and placed into a covered frying pan to stream until the bottoms are crisp.

Answer: Italian

All you need for these savory dumplings are potatoes, flour and eggs. Mix the ingredients into a ball and then shape it into a long snake. Cut off half inch pieces and then boil for a few minutes till they rise to the top.

Answer: Japanese

These savory Japanese dumplings can be steamed, boiled, deep-fried, or pan-fried. You can buy gyoza wrappers at the store and then fill them with pork, cabbage, ginger, garlic, scallions and seasonings. Their shape is canoe like with the pleats up.

Answer: Thai

Pork and shrimp are the fillers for these savory dumplings. They are steamed and can also be made vegetarian. They usually have a flat bottom and a squarish top.

Answer: Chinese

Bamboo leaves are the cooking vessel for these sticky rice dumplings. They can be filled with whatever you wish but traditionally they are filled with pork belly, scallops and salted egg yolks.

Answer: Puerto Rican

These pork, green peppers and garlic dumplings are wrapped in a dough made of green bananas, taro root and potatoes. After assembled they are cooked in banana leaves.

Answer: Korean

These savory dumplings are usually dipped in kimchi sauce.
The filling can be minced meat, green onions, garlic and ginger.
Tofu can be substituted in this dumpling as it can be in any other of these dumplings.