Empanada - Similar Dishes

Similar Dishes

Many other world cuisines have dishes very similar to the empanada. These include:

• Bánh xếp and other types of bánh from Vietnam
• Börek and pogača from Turkey and areas of the former Ottoman Empire
• Bridie, baked pastry filled with spiced beef and onions, from Forfar, Scotland.
• Calzone and panzerotti from Italy
• Curry puff from Malaysia and countries with Malay populations
• Goat roti, goat curry in flatbread from the east of India
• Gujia from India filled with sugared coconut, nuts and sweet, but no meat
• Jamaican patty
• Jiaozi from China, also called mandu in Korea and gyōza in Japan
• Kajjikaya from Andhra Pradesh, India, similar to fried empanadas filled with sweetened, dried coconut
• Khuushuur, from Mongolia, commonly made with mutton or beef, or whitefish when within the vicinity of Lake Khuvsgul.
• Kibbeh, from Lebanon/Levant, with lamb meat encased in bulgur dough
• Karanji from Maharashtra, India, filled with fried and sugared coconut
• Knish, a dish associated with Ashkenazi Jews.
• Knysh, a dish from Ukraine
• Momo, deep-fried, from Tibet, Nepal and northeast India
• Natchitoches meat pie, fried or baked pastry turnover filled with ground beef, pork, onion, garlic and spices
• Pastel, a similar Brazilian dish with a more flaky, pastry-type crust
• Pasty, Cornish baked pastry filled with beef and potato, from Cornwall, England
• Pierogi, bierock and runza from Slavic countries and the Midwest United States
• Pīragi or pīrādziņi from Latvia
• Pirozhki, from Russia and nearby countries
• Samosa from South Asia
• Scovardă, mainly used in the plural scoverzi, from Romania, especially Transylvania, fried in a pan and usually filled with various types of cheese, with or without dill
• Stromboli (which is Italian American)
• Hot Pockets, prepared, mass-marketed food from the United States
• Strudel, from Germany and areas of the former Habsburg Empire