List of snack foods by country
This is a list of snack foods by country, specific to or originating in a particular community or region. Snack food is a portion of food often smaller than a regular meal, generally eaten as snacking between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home.
Asia
India
Indonesia
Name | Image | Description |
Dodol | Rice flour-based small glutinous sweets, sweetened with coconut sugar, moulded and coloured. Often add fruit scent and taste such as durian. | |
Emping | Crackers made from flattened Gnemon/Belinjo seeds. | |
Gorengan | Fritters from Indonesia | |
Klepon | Boiled rice cake, stuffed with coconut sugar, and rolled in fresh grated coconut. It is flavoured with pandan leaves juice. | |
Kripik | A traditional chips or crisps, bite-size snack crackers that can be savoury or sweet. | |
Krupuk | Deep fried crisps made from mainly tapioca flour, with added ingredients, such as prawn, fish, or garlic, and even ox/cow skin. It comes in different shapes and colours. | |
Lemper | A traditional rice cake, made from glutinous rice and filled usually with chicken. | |
Otak-otak | Usually made from Spanish mackarel fish paste or Milkfish, spiced and wrapped in banana leaves, then grilled and served with peanut sauce. | |
Perkedel jagung | Indonesian style corn fritter | |
Pisang goreng | A battered and deep-fried banana or plantain. |
Japan
Malaysia and Singapore
Name | Image | Description |
Apam balik | Sweet turnover pancake common in Southeaast Asia. | |
Curry puff | A type of snack or kuih. Usually filled with chicken and potato with a dried curry inside. | |
Keropok lekor | A keropok that is made from fish. | |
Roti John | A popular Malay sandwich in Malaysia and Singapore. |
Maldives
Name | Image | Description |
Gulha | Small savory ball-shaped dumplings that are stuffed with a mixture of tuna, onion, coconut, curry leaves and chili and then deep fried |
South America
Peru
Name | Image | Description |
Chifle | A fried plantain snack from Peru and Ecuador |