Foods That Start With U

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The 21st letter of the English alphabet is one of those with the fewest foods starting with it. Below is a list of around 50 foods that have names with ‘U..’ Very few of the foods in the list originate in the US. Most of them are from other countries, with their names common in their regional languages.

List of Foods Beginning With U

Fruits

• Ugli Fruit
• Umbrella Fruit
• Umbu Fruit
• Usuma Fruit
• Uvaria

Vegetables

• Ube (Purple Yam)
• Ulluco

Grains and Legumes

• Upland Rice
• Uruchimai (Japanese short-grained rice)
• Urad Bean

Meat, Fish, and Seafood

• Uni (Sea urchin ‘roe’)

Cheese

• Urgelia
• Urda
• Unpasteurized Cheese

Sauces, Spices, and Condiments

• Urfa Biber (Trukish chili pepper, typically dried)
• Ugba (a condiment prepared by fermenting African oil bean seeds)
• Umeboshi Paste
• Ubatzda (Bavarian cheese spread)
• Urnebes (Serbian spicy spread with cheese, chili peppers, and spices)

Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Foods)

• Snacks, Appetizers, and Side Dishes
• Upma (Indian breakfast dish made with semolina)
• Ugali (African stiff maize porridge)
• Ulava Charu (Spicy horse gram stew from the state of Andhra, India)
• Uszka (Polish dumplings, typically made with meat or mushroom filling)
• Undhiyu (Indian mixed vegetable curry from Gujarat)
• Usban (A traditional stuffed sausage dish from North Africa)
• Ukrainian Stuffed Cabbage (Holubtsi)
• Urap (Javanese steamed vegetable salad)

Main Course Dishes

• Udon (Japanese thick wheat noodles)
• Ukha (Russian fish soup, often with salmon)
• Uthappam (South Indian savory pancake)
• Unagi (Japanese grilled eel, often glazed)
• Usal Pav (Indian spicy legume curry from Maharashtra, often served with toasted bread)
• Utica Greens (Italian-American sautéed greens dish with meat, cheese, peppers, and bread crumbs)
• Umbricelli Pasta (Umbrian region’s thick pasta)
• Umngqusho (South African staple food containing maze or samp)
• Udang Balado (Indonesian spicy shrimp dish)

Sweets and Desserts

• Upside Down Cake
• Utah Scone
• Uunijuusto (Finnish oven-baked milk dish)
• Ube Halawa (Filipino dessert made of boiled purple yam)
• Ul Boov (Traditional festive Mongolian biscuits)
• Unni Appam (South Indian fried dough ball made with rice, banana, coconut, jaggery, and spices)
• Uirō (Japanese sweet sticky rice cake)
• Ustipci (Deep-fried dough balls from southeast Europe)
• Umm Ali (Special bread pudding from Egypt)

Drinks and Beverages

• Ugadi Pachadi (Indian festive beverage)
• Umeshu (Japanese plum wine)

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