List of sweet puddings Facts for Kids

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This is a list of notable sweet puddings that conform to one of two definitions:

A dish consisting of a fluid mixture of various ingredients baked, steamed or boiled into a solid mass
A dessert consisting of sweetened milk thickened to a creamy consistency, either by cooking or the addition of starch or other thickening agent

Puddings

Name	Origin	Description
Almond jelly	Hong Kong	Gelatin-like pudding made with almond milk
Ashure	Turkey	Made from a mixture of fruit, nuts and grain.
Asida	Maghreb	Similar to a sweet porridge.
Pudim Abade de Priscos	Portugal	Made from eggs, sugar, Port wine, and presunto (fat layer)
Banana pudding	United States	A dessert generally consisting of repeated layers of vanilla custard, cookies (usually Vanilla Wafers or ladyfingers) and sliced fresh bananas placed in a dish and served, topped with whipped cream or meringue.
Bánh chuối	Vietnam	Similar to banana bread or banana pudding.
Bebinca	Portugal and India	Made with coconut milk.
Blancmange	France	Gelatinous pudding made from cream or milk and sugar, thickened with cornstarch and gelatin
Bread and butter pudding	United Kingdom	Made by layering slices of buttered bread scattered with raisins in an oven dish into which an egg and milk mixture, commonly seasoned with nutmeg (and sometimes vanilla or other spices), is poured. It is then baked in an oven and served. Some people may serve it with custard or cream, but often the pudding under the crust is moist enough to be eaten without sauce.
Brown Betty	United States	Made from breadcrumbs and apples, it is thought to date back to Colonial times.
Cabinet pudding	United Kingdom	A traditional pudding with currants and sultanas mixed in.
Chè	Vietnam	A term for any sweet pudding or soup.
Chocolate biscuit pudding	Sri Lanka	Made of alternating layers of milk-dipped Marie biscuits and chocolate pudding/icing, possibly topped off with roasted cashew nuts. A Sri Lankan dessert, commonly abbreviated "CBP."
Christmas pudding	United Kingdom	Made with brandy, treacle and dried fruit. The dried fruit and peel are soaked in brandy, and later the whole pudding is before being set on fire at table. The brandy enables it to burn. This pudding is usually topped with plastic or sweet robins, skaters, berries, holly and snowmen.
Clootie dumpling	Scotland	A dumpling served as dessert, stuffed with currants, sultanas, breadcrumbs, golden syrup and milk.
Coconut pudding	Hong Kong	A dim sum dessert made with coconut milk. Also called a coconut bar.
Cottage pudding	United States	A plain cake with vanilla custard, sometimes served with fruit.
Cơm rượu	Vietnam	A rice pudding.
Crème caramel	France, Spain	Gelatinous custard pudding topped with caramel.
Diplomat pudding	Hungary	Invented in 1908 at a diplomatic conference.
Doufuhua	China	Made from tofu as main ingredient. Certain variant includes brown sugar, osmanthus syrup or soy milk.
Dutch baby pancake	United States	Similar to Yorkshire pudding.
Eve's pudding	United Kingdom	Made from apples and Victoria sponge cake mixture.
Figgy duff	Canada	Traditional bag pudding, containing no figs as the name implies.
Figgy pudding	United Kingdom	Like a white Christmas pudding containing figs. The pudding may be baked, steamed in the oven, boiled or fried.
Flummery	United Kingdom	Made from stewed fruit and cream.
Frumenty	United Kingdom	Made primarily from boiled, cracked wheat - hence its name, which derives from the Latin word frumentum, "grain". Different recipes added milk, eggs or broth. Other recipes include almonds, currants, sugar, saffron and orange flower water.
Goody	Ireland	Made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
Got fan	China	Made with plant powders.
Haupia	Polynesia	Gelatin-like dessert made from coconut.
Jam roly-poly	United Kingdom	Like a Swiss roll filled with jam.
Junket	United Kingdom	Made from sweetened milk curdled with rennet.
Kazandibi	Turkey	Literally means 'bottom of cauldron', typically made from tavuk göğsü or muhallebi.
Keşkül	Turkey	Almond based milk pudding, often garnished with coconut shaving or pistachio nuts and is off-white in colour.
Kheer	India	Made by boiling rice or broken wheat with milk and sugar, and flavored with cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashew nuts, pistachios or almonds.
Kue asida	Indonesia	Localized variation of Asida in Indonesia.
Kūlolo	Hawaii	A cake-like coconut pudding with a caramel-like taste.
Kutia	Eastern Europe	Grain based.
Malvern pudding	United Kingdom	Baked dish made with apples and custard.
Malva pudding	South Africa	South African pudding with a caramel-based apricot jam.
Mango pudding	China	Made from mango and a cream mixture; often served in dim sum restaurants
Muhallebi	Middle East	Milk pudding similar to blancmange.
Panna cotta	Italy	Meaning "cooked cream", usually eaten chilled with fruit or spices.
Persimmon pudding	United States	Traditional American dessert made with persimmons.
Pistachio pudding	United States	Simple pudding made with pistachio nuts.
Po'e	Polynesia	Made with mango, pineapple or banana, it is similar to poi.
Poi	Samoa	Made with tropical fruits, coconut milk and other flavorings.
Puding Diraja	Malaysia	Sweet pudding made of fios de ovos, banana, evaporated milk, cherries and cashew nuts. Sometimes, added either prunes, raisins or dates.
Put chai ko	China	Snack made with steamed sugar
Queen of Puddings	United Kingdom	Rich dessert made from sweetened breadcrumbs topped with jam and meringue.
Rødgrød	Denmark and Germany	Called "Rote Grütze" in German, both names meaning "red groat". Sweet and fruit-sour dessert, based on redcurrant, raspberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, and (stoned) cherries; uses starch, sago, semolina or (in former times) groat as thickening agent
Rượu nếp	Vietnam	Made from glutinous rice that has been fermented with the aid of yeast and steamed in a banana leaf.
Sago pudding	Southeast Asia	Simple pudding made of Sago as main ingredient.
Spotted dick	United Kingdom	The "spots" are currants and sultanas.
Sticky date pudding	United Kingdom	Like a sticky toffee pudding, but with dates mixed in.
Sticky toffee pudding	United Kingdom	A rich sponge pudding saturated in a toffee sauce
Suet pudding	United Kingdom	Made with Suet, flour, bread crumbs, raisins and spices
Summer pudding	United Kingdom	White bread filled with berries and their juices. The bread goes pink when the berries burst and the juices flow onto it.
Sussex pond pudding	United Kingdom	A rich, heavy pudding that forms a "pond" from the caramel.
Sütlaç	Turkey	Rice pudding, sometimes baked.
Tapioca pudding	Brazil	A simple, bland, grain based pudding made with milk, tapioca pearls and sugar.
Teurgoule	France	Rice pudding speciality of Normandy. Consists of rice cooked in milk, sweetened with sugar, and flavoured with cinnamon and sometimes nutmeg.
Treacle sponge pudding	United Kingdom	Like a sponge cake, usually served with custard.
Watalappam	Sri Lanka	Made from coconut milk, eggs and sugar.
Zerde	Turkey	Made from rice, colored yellow with saffron.

List of sweet puddings facts for kids

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