Fried dough foods

English: Many cultures around the world have foods made by deep frying dough.

Doughnuts

See Doughnut

English: One of the most familiar fried dough food today is the ubiquitous doughnut, and is often used by English speakers as generic term for this class of food.

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  English: Doughnut halves
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  English: Doughnuts on display
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  English: Custard doughnut
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  English: Jelly doughnut

Fried dough foods of the world

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  English: Tulumba-a dish popular through out the Balkans.

Europe

Many European fried dough dishes derive from the practise of using up lard, butter, sugar and eggs, dietary luxuries, before Lent.

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  English: Knieküchle-Austria/Bavaria
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  English: Tippaleipä-Finland
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  English: Beignets-France
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  English: Kleina-Iceland
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  English: Zeppola-Italy.
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  English: Jersey Wonders-Jersey
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  English: Faworki-Poland
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  English: Icing on the cake-Spain.
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  English: Churros-Spain
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  English: Bunyols-Spain
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  English: Fasnachtschuechli-Switzerland

Asia

Middle East

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  English: Tulumba in Turkey

China

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  中文：油条
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  中文：牛脷酥
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  中文：双包胎
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  中文：煎堆
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  中文：油饼

India

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  English: Murukku, also known as Chakri or Chakli.
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  English: Puri or poori
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  English: Jalebi
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  English: Kerala paratha
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  English: Bhatoora

Africa

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  English: Mandazi

North America

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  English: Hushpuppies
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  English: Funnel cake
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  English: Inuit frybread
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  English: Fried dough, also known as a beaver tail.
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  English: Cross section of a corn dog.

Latin America

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  English: Disc style Mexican Bunuelos
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  English: Funnel cake style Mexican Bunuelos

Preparation

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  English: Jersey Wonders-mèrvelles being shaped.
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  English: Beignets being made at the Cafe Du Mondem in New Orleans.
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  English: Buñuelos being fried in central Bogotá, Colombia
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  English: Street vendor in Thailand preparing You tiao
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  English: Mass producing Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
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  English: Traditional street vendor of sweet fried dough products in Amsterdam

Similar foods

Fried bread

Most of the foods on this page are produced by frying an uncooked dough in hot oil, however a ready to eat bread may also be fried, in the past this was done to make edible bread which was no longer fresh.

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  English: Traditional British fried bread
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  English: Hong kong style French toast.
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  English: Fried mantou.
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  English: Spanish picatostes
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  English: Tortilla chips.
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  English: Roti with egg and banana in Thailand.

Baked

By using a dough with a high fat content, baked foods can be produced with a very similar mouth feel to a fried one. Many supermarket and chain store brought doughnuts may actually be baked not fried.

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  English: Croissants
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  English: Yorkshire puddings

Others

Other foods with a similar mouth feel to fried dough foods, is when it is a mash of vegetables with a high starch content, e.g. taro, potatoes, yams etc, that is deep fried rather than a dough made from flour.

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  English: Papas Rellenas, deep fried potato mash.
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  English: 芋角, a taro dumpling.
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  English: Potato doughnuts
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  English: Picarones
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  English: Croquettes