Food that start with u or foods that start with english alphabet letter u! I have a list of 25 foods that start with u, but I will add more to the list as I learn more food names that start with 'u'.
Making a list of foods that start with u is actually a fun thing to do with your kids.
By making food lists, parents and teachers can help kids learn about more food names more easily, as you can do this like a game and they get to learn more about new foods and food names more easily.

Making food lists that start with specific alphabets and letters also help us to learn more about foods and food names in different cuisines, that includes many popular foods in different countries and cultures as well.
I have these lists for foods that start with y and foods that start with e if you are interested to learn more about food names that start with other letters as well!
So here let us see a list of foods that with or begin with letter u.
This is not a complete list of food dishes that start with u, but I will add more food names as I learn about more of these!
Foods That Start With U
See below the list of food items that start with u, which includes food dishes like snacks, desserts etc & fruits!
Keep in mind that most of the foods that start with letter u are popular foods from many cuisines around the world, and the specific food names are popular in those cuisines and also around the world.
You can easily get the recipes for these food dishes online, if you look for them!
So here let us see the list for food names that begin with 'u'.
Upside-Down Apple Pie
Upside-down apple pie is a delicious dessert with apples that you can easily make from scratch at home. You can get the recipe for upside-down apple pie here.
Upside-Down Cakes
Just like you can make upside-down apple pie, you can make delicious upside-down apple cake too! See recipe for upside-down apple cake here.
However, it's not just apple cake you can make upside down. The most popular upside down cakes are pineapple upside down cake and peach cakes. In fact, you can make upside-down cakes with a lot of fruits.
Upside-Down Bread Pudding
Upside-down bread pudding another delicious upside-down dessert and it is mostly made in Hawaiian pineapple flavor using pineapple fruit & bread.
Upside-Down Fruit Tarts
Just like cakes, puddings, pies you can make upside-down fruit tarts using fruits like apples, pineapple, plums etc!
Umami
Umami is a flavor made using a blend of different ingredients which adds great flavor to many dishes.
Though the popular Japanese umami usually contains fish sauce, we can make vegetarian & vegan umami to make dishes like this umami tofu, umami burger etc!
Unni Appam (unniyappam)
Unni appam or unniyappam is a very popular South Indian Kerala style snack which is sweet! It is fried dough made of flour, brown sugar, bananas etc and it is delicious & soft.
They are round in shape and small in size and they are made using specific pans.
Undanpori
Undanpori is another popular & delicious South Indian Kerala snack that is made of flour, bananas, sugar etc but it is different from unniyappam.
They are quite larger in size than unniyappam but mostly have the same ingredients with slight variations.
Upma
Upma is a savory South Indian breakfast dish made of semolina flour (sooji flour) and vegetables.
It is often enjoyed with other side dishes like ghee, pickles, chutney or bananas. Upma is also known by the names uppumavu, uppittu etc.
Upma is not just made with sooji/semolina flour, but its also made with broken wheat (dalia), semiya (vermicelli noodles) etc.
You can find recipes for coconut dalia upma and instant pot dalia upma here.
Uthappam (Uttappam)
Uthappam or uttappam is an Indian dish that is basically dosa ( a very popular breakfast dish) stuffed with vegetables or mostly onions.
They are slightly thick in texture as it comes with added veggies or onions and often served with side dishes like sambar, chutneys etc.
Unakkalari Payasam
Unakkalari paysam is a very creamy and delicious South Indian style dessert pudding or kheer made using broken red/brown rice, milk and sugar!
Unnakai (Unnakkaya)
Unnakai or unnakkaya is very popular tea time snack from South Indian Malabar cuisine. Unnakai is a sweet, fried dish made of ripe plantain bananas, ghee etc and it is one of the most popular, delicious Malabar, Kerala style snack!
Ulavacharu Biryani
Ulavacharu biryani is a popular biryani from Indian telugu cuisine (Andhra cuisine) and the most important ingredient used in this biryani is horsegram which is kind of a red gram.
Biryani, is a popular Indian dish made with flavored rice & spices and while many popular biryani dishes contain meat, vegetarian biryani using vegetables, rices and spices is also very popular in Indian cuisine.
Ulli Theeyal
Ulli theeyal is a very popular savory curry dish from South Indian Kerala state. It is a delicious gravy made of pear onions or shallots and spices that goes great with rice!
Ulli Vada
Ulli vada is another popular savory snack from South India, Kerala. It is a fried snack made using onions, much like onion pakoda or onion fritters.
I have an easy recipe for ulli vada here.
Uzhunnu Vada (Ulundu Vadai)
Uzhunnu vada is delicious, Indian snack made using uzhunnu or urad dal as the main ingredient. It looks like donuts (doughnuts) but its savory!
Uzhunnu vada (also known as medu vada) is a South Indian favorite, and you can find uzhunu vada recipe here.
Urad Dal
Urad dal is black gram, which is either used as a whole dal or also used with it skin removed which looks white.
Urad dal is used in a lot of Indian dishes like dal makhani, uzhunnu vada etc and also it is one of the main ingredients used to make batter for idli & dosa which are popular Indian breakfast dishes.
Uluva Kanji
Uluva kanji is a healthy porridge made using uluva (methi seeds or fenugreek seeds) in India.
Ulundu Kanji
Ulundu kanji is a healthy porridge made using ulundu or uzhunnu in Indian cuisine.
Ulundu Chutney
Ulundu chutney is a savory chutney made using urad dal & spices.
Ulundu Murukku
Ulundu murukku or urad dal murukku is a crispy & crunchy savory tea time sanck made using urad dal as the main ingredient.
Ugli Fruit (Uniq Fruit)
Ugli fruit is a sweet citrus fruit that tastes like oranges & grape fruit!
Ugli fruit is also known as Jamaican tangelo.
You can make delicious smoothies, salads etc using ugli fruit.
Ukrainian Dumplings
Ukrainian dumplings is a popular Ukrainian dish made using flour, eggs etc, which is also known as galushki!
Ukrainian Honey Cake
Ukrainian honey cake is delicious, traditional Ukrainian cake!
Ukrainian Perogies
Ukrainian perogies are traditional Ukrainial dish made using potatoes, flour, cheese etc which is so delicious!
Ukrainian Garlic Bread
A popular & traditional bread, which is also known by the name Pampushky!
As I mentioned earlier, this is not a complete list, but it is an attempt to find some of the popular dishes from around the world, that starts with letter u.
Hope you found this list on foods that start with letter u helpful in finding names of foods that begin with u.
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