Asia
- Central Asia
- Boortsog
- Chiburekki
- China - Chinese cuisine has several fried treats:
- Chinese restaurants in the U.S. sometimes serve small fried pastries similar to doughnut holes.
- Youtiao (油條) - popular breakfast foods in Chinese culture. They are savory and oily in taste. The texture is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside with large cavernous holes.
- Ox-tongue pastry (牛脷酥) - elliptical-shaped dough that resembles an ox tongue. They are sweet in taste and the texture is chewy and fine.
- Shuangbaotai (双包胎) - a sweet fried dough food with cavernous holes in the food and a crisp outside. They are made by sticking two small pieces of dough together and frying them, causing them to separate slightly while still connected, thus resembling conjoined twins, for which the food is named.
- Jin deui (煎堆) - a hollow fried pastry made of glutinous rice flour that is coated with sesame seeds and filled with a sweet filling.
- Ma Hua - a fried dough twist made by frying a bar of dough in peanut oil. Ma hua has a shiny and golden look.
- South Asia
- Chakli (Murukku)
- Jalebi (Hindi: जलेबी, Urdu: جلیبی, Punjabi: ਜਲੇਬੀ, Telugu: జిలేబి) or Jilapi (Bengali: জিলাপী) - deep-fried sweet batter with rose water and saffron
- Kachori - doughnuts filled with stuffing of baked mixture of yellow moong dal or Urad Dal (crushed and washed horse beans), besan (crushed and washed gram flour), black pepper, red chili powder, salt and other spices.
- Namak pare
- Pakora (also called bhajji, Telugu: పకోడి) - deep-fried vegetable fritters in a gram flour batter
- Papadum (also called papad, papar, etc.) - a fried wafer made from a dough made of lentils (often urad dal) and spices. When fried as a dough or with sufficient moisture, it is called pappaṭam. When fried dry, it is called appalam.
- Paratha (also called parantha, porota, etc.) - a fried flat bread, often stuffed with vegetables, cheese, or ground meat
- Puri - puffed deep-fried bread, variations of which include the North Indian bhatoora (Hindi: भटूरा bhaṭūrā) and the Bengali luchi (Bengali: লুচি)
- Samosa (including variants such as mitha samosa, shingara, etc.) - deep-fried filled pastries
- Vada (also called vara, bara, etc.) - lentil cakes shaped into patties or donut shapes
- Japan
- Curry bread - a curry-filled bread, dipped in panko and deep fried. It is usually pre-packaged and sold in convenience stores and bakeries.
- Sata andagi - a sweet, ball-shaped snack, similar to the doughnut, native to the Okinawa Prefecture.
- Tenkasu - often produced as byproduct of Tempura cooking, because bits of fried batter are easily made while deep frying, but they are also produced at factories by deep frying trickling batter.
- Karinto
Read more about this topic: List Of Fried Dough Foods
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