Fried Dough Foods: English Vocabulary List

a small, ring-shaped fried cake made from sweetened dough

"The donut is glazed."

"He grabbed a chocolate glazed donut and a cup of coffee on his way to the morning meeting."

a type of pastry made by deep-frying croissant-like dough, typically shaped like a doughnut

"Cronut is croissant-doughnut hybrid."

"The cronut was a hybrid pastry that combined croissant and donut with flaky layers and a sweet glaze."

a type of German pastry, similar to a jelly-filled doughnut, typically round and often dusted with powdered sugar

"Berliner is jelly-filled donut."

"The Berliner was a German donut filled with jam and dusted with powdered sugar no hole."

a type of donut with a round shape and a hole in the center, typically made from a sweetened dough that is deep-fried and sometimes coated with sugar or glaze

"Ring donut has hole in center."

"The ring donut had a hole in the middle and was coated with powdered sugar or cinnamon."

a type of fried or baked pastry made from sweet dough that is typically filled with a sweet filling

"Filled donut has cream jelly."

"The filled donut was injected with jelly custard or cream after frying."

a small, round piece of doughnut that is typically removed from the center of a larger doughnut during the cooking process

"Donut hole is small."

"The donut hole was a sweet, bite-sized treat perfect for snacking on the go."

a piece of food that is coated in batter and deep-fried

"Fritter has fruit batter."

"The apple fritter was a delicious deep-fried pastry filled with sweet, spiced fruit."

a type of donut containing raisins that is coated with a sugary glaze

"Dutchie is square donut."

"The Dutchie was a square or rectangular donut often filled with raisins or apples."

a type of donut made with mochi flour, which is derived from glutinous rice, and typically has a chewy texture, a round shape with a hole in the center, and is often flavored with various toppings or fillings

"Mochi donut has chewy texture."

"The mochi donut was chewy from glutinous rice flour and shaped into a ring of small connected balls."

a type of donut that is typically rectangular in shape and filled with cream or custard, and often topped with icing or glaze

"Long john is oblong donut."

"The long john was an oblong donut filled with cream or custard and topped with chocolate icing."

a type of pastry that is twisted into a twisted, fluted shape and is made from a sweet, yeast dough that is fried until it is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside

"Cruller has twisted shape."

"The cruller had a twisted ridged shape and a light airy texture from the special dough."

a French pastry that is made from deep-fried choux pastry and is often served with powdered sugar on top

"Beignet is French pastry."

"The warm beignet was generously dusted with powdered sugar and tasted heavenly."

a sweet dish widely popular in the Indian subcontinent consisting of fried paneer that is boiled in a liquid that consists rose water

"Gulab jamun soaks in syrup."

"The gulab jamun was a milk solid dumpling fried and soaked in rose flavored sugar syrup."

a sweet, deep-fried dessert from India and Pakistan made with wheat flour batter soaked in sugar syrup

"Jalebi is spiral fried sweet."

"The jalebi was a pretzel shaped coil of deep fried batter soaked in saffron scented sugar syrup."

a traditional Middle Eastern dessert made of deep-fried choux pastry that is soaked in a sweet syrup and often flavored with rosewater or lemon juice

"Tulumba is fried syrup soaked pastry."

"The tulumba was a crispy fried Syrian pastry shaped like small fingers and soaked in syrup."

a Spanish or Mexican fried dough pastry, typically in the shape of a long, ridged stick

"Churro is fried cinnamon pastry."

"The Spanish churro was a ridged fried dough stick rolled in cinnamon sugar and dipped in thick hot chocolate."

a type of triangular doughnut that is baked using a specialized machine that resembles and is operated similarly to a waffle iron

"Brown Bobby is chocolate-covered donut."

"The Brown Bobby was a baked donut with a sugar coating and a slightly denser texture than fried versions."

a type of round, yeast-leavened fried dough pastry filled with vanilla custard or cream, typically topped with chocolate icing or glaze

"Boston cream donut has custard."

"The Boston cream donut was filled with vanilla custard and topped with chocolate glaze."

a traditional South African pastry made of braided dough that is deep-fried and then dipped in a sweet syrup, often flavored with cinnamon, ginger, or lemon juice, and sometimes coated with desiccated coconut

"Koeksister is plaited syrup pastry."

"The koeksister was a sweet sticky South African pastry braided and fried then dipped in cold syrup."