What is bola?
Quick Answer
"bola" can map to more than one canonical beef cut in this dataset; open each hub below for the exact primal and location.
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What is bola?
"bola" may map to more than one canonical cut in this dataset—use the hub links on this page.
Where does bola come from on the cow?
Open each linked canonical guide; primals differ when the name is ambiguous.
“bola” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Inside Round, Sirloin Tip.
This retail name can point to more than one canonical cut in our dataset—see the canonical guides below.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Inside Round: A large, lean cut from the inner thigh (adductor and semimembranosus muscles). Sold as top round steaks, London broil, or roasts. Lean but can be tough — best sliced thin or braised. (round, Inner thigh of the hindquarter). Sirloin Tip: Also called the knuckle. A lean, moderately tender cut from the front of the round, near the sirloin. Used for roasts, kabobs, and stir-fry. Not from the sirloin despite the name. (round, Front of the rear leg, between sirloin and round).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Outside Round, Eye Of Round, and Top Round Steak.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: ran · sirloin tip
- Albania: dhomat e kofshës · kofshë · arra
- Andhra Pradesh: pirudu mamsam · sirloin tip
- Angola: chã de dentro · sirloin tip
- Argentina: Nalga de adentro · Bola de lomo
- Australia: topside · premium mince · knuckle au
- Austria: schale · nuss
- Bangladesh: topside bd · sirloin tip
- Belarus: ahuzak · arekh
- Belgium: inside round · sirloin tip
- Belize: round steak · sirloin tip
- Bhutan: inside round · sirloin tip
- Bolivia: pulpa negra · sirloin tip
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: frikando · but · orah
- Botswana: inside round · sirloin tip
- Brazil: Coxão mole · Patinho
- Bulgaria: inside round · yabalka
- Burkina Faso: soro · burkina brochette strip · sirloin tip
- Cameroon: cuisse · sirloin tip
- Canada: Inside round · Sirloin tip
- Central India: inside round · sirloin tip
- Chad: lahm al-fakhid · charmout cut · ndjamena brochette strip · sirloin tip
- Chile: Posta negra · Posta rosada
- China: inside round · sirloin tip
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): inside round · sirloin tip
- Colombia: Tabla · Huevo de aldana
- Costa Rica: posta negra · sirloin tip
- Côte d'Ivoire: cuisse · sirloin tip
- Croatia: frikando · orah
- Cuba: pierna · sirloin tip
- Czech Republic: vrchní šál · ořech
- Denmark: Inderlår · sirloin tip
- Dominican Republic: masa limpia · sirloin tip
- DR Congo: cuisse · sirloin tip
- Ecuador: tapa ec · sirloin tip
- Egypt: bofteek · sammanah
- El Salvador: posta negra · sirloin tip
- Estonia: pähklitükk · koot tagumine
- Ethiopia: inside round · kofia · gored gored cut
- Finland: sisäpaisti · kulmapaisti
- France: Tranche · sirloin tip
- Germany: Oberschale · Kugel
- Goa: topside goa · sirloin tip
- Greece: tranti · sirloin tip
- Guatemala: posta negra · sirloin tip
- Guyana: topside · sirloin tip
- Haiti: vyann san zo · sirloin tip
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: inside round · sirloin tip
- Honduras: posta negra · sirloin tip
- Hungary: felsál · dió
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): inside round · sirloin tip
- Indonesia: penutup · kelapa
- Iran: sar-sineh · sirloin tip
- Ireland: topside · knuckle
- Israel: wysbraten · sirloin tip
- Italy: Fesa · Noce
- Jamaica: topside · sirloin tip
- Jammu & Kashmir: inside round · sirloin tip
- Japan: inside round · sirloin tip
- Karnataka: uppu saaru cut · bafat roast cut · topside ka · sirloin tip
- Kazakhstan: san eti ishki · zhambas
- Kenya: topside ke · sirloin tip
- Kerala: beef fry cut · topside kl · sirloin tip
- Ladakh: inside round · sirloin tip
- Latvia: ciskas augšdaļa · rieksts
- Lithuania: vidinė kumpio dalis · riešas
- Maharashtra: topside mh · sirloin tip
- Malaysia: daging peha · daging segar · daging kelapa
- Mali: bolo sogo · malian brochette strip · sirloin tip
- Manipur: inside round · sirloin tip
- Meghalaya: inside round · sirloin tip
- Mexico: bola · Tapa · Bola
- Mongolia: inside round · sirloin tip
- Montenegro: frikando · but · sirloin tip
- Morocco: bofteek ma · sirloin tip
- Mozambique: chã de dentro · sirloin tip
- Myanmar: inside round · sirloin tip
- Nagaland: inside round · sirloin tip
- Namibia: inside round · sirloin tip
- Nepal: inside round · sirloin tip
- Netherlands: inside round · Spierstuk
- New Zealand: topside nz · schnitzel nz · sirloin tip
- Nicaragua: posta negra · sirloin tip
- Niger: kafa · cinya · niger kilishi cut · taba-nany · niamey brochette strip · sirloin tip
- Nigeria: lap · suya cut · eran didi · kafa · sirloin tip
- North Macedonia: frikando · but · orev
- Northeast India (Other States): inside round · sirloin tip
- Norway: flatbiff · sirloin tip
- Pakistan: raan · sirloin tip
- Panama: pulpa negra · sirloin tip
- Paraguay: carnaza negra · sirloin tip
- Peru: tapa · sirloin tip
- Philippines: pierna corta · sirloin tip
- Poland: zrazowa górna · skrzydło
- Portugal: Pojadouro · sirloin tip
- Puerto Rico: pelota · sirloin tip
- Punjab: inside round · sirloin tip
- Qatar: escalope · sirloin tip
- Quebec: ronde · sirloin tip
- Rajasthan: inside round · sirloin tip
- Romania: capac · nucă
- Russia: vnutrennyaya chast bedra · kostrets
- Saudi Arabia: bofteek sa · sirloin tip
- Senegal: cuiss bi · senegalese brochette strip · sirloin tip
- Sikkim: inside round · sirloin tip
- Singapore: topside · niu rou wan meat sg · minced beef extra lean · sirloin tip
- Slovakia: vrchný šál · orech
- Slovenia: frikando · oreh
- South Africa: topside sa · sirloin tip
- South Korea: seolgidu · sirloin tip
- Spain: inside round · babilla
- Sri Lanka: inside round · sirloin tip
- Sudan: fakhid · sirloin tip
- Suriname: fricandeau · sirloin tip
- Sweden: innanlår · fransyska
- Switzerland: eckstück · sirloin tip
- Taiwan: wen ti niu · sirloin tip
- Tamil Nadu: chukka cut · topside tn · sirloin tip
- Tanzania: inside round · sirloin tip
- Telangana: inside round · sirloin tip
- Thailand: inside round · nuea luk ma-prao
- Trinidad & Tobago: topside · sirloin tip
- Turkey: inside round · yumurta
- UAE: topside uae · sirloin tip
- Uganda: inside round · sirloin tip
- Ukraine: vnutrishnya chastyna stegna · kostrets
- United Kingdom: Topside · sirloin tip
- United States: Top round · London broil · Sirloin tip · Knuckle
- Uruguay: Nalga de adentro · Bola de lomo
- Uttar Pradesh: inside round · sirloin tip
- Uzbekistan: son ichki · yongoqcha
- Venezuela: pulpa negra · sirloin tip
- Vietnam: inside round · sirloin tip
- West Bengal: kolkata chaap cut · topside wb · sirloin tip
- Zimbabwe: inside round · sirloin tip
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the round primal (Inner thigh of the hindquarter), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Afghanistan → Albania (ran)
- Afghanistan → Andhra Pradesh (ran)
- Afghanistan → Angola (ran)
- Afghanistan → Argentina (ran)
- Afghanistan → Australia (ran)
- Afghanistan → Austria (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bangladesh (ran)
- Afghanistan → Belarus (ran)
- Afghanistan → Belgium (ran)
- Afghanistan → Belize (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bhutan (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bolivia (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bosnia & Herzegovina (ran)
- Afghanistan → Botswana (ran)
- Afghanistan → Brazil (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bulgaria (ran)
- Afghanistan → Burkina Faso (ran)
- Afghanistan → Cameroon (ran)
- Afghanistan → Canada (ran)
- Afghanistan → Chad (ran)
- Afghanistan → Chile (ran)
- Afghanistan → China (ran)
- Afghanistan → Colombia (ran)
- Afghanistan → Costa Rica (ran)
- Afghanistan → Côte d'Ivoire (ran)
- Afghanistan → Croatia (ran)
- Afghanistan → Cuba (ran)
- Afghanistan → Czech Republic (ran)
- Afghanistan → Denmark (ran)
- Afghanistan → Dominican Republic (ran)
- Afghanistan → DR Congo (ran)
- Afghanistan → Ecuador (ran)
- Afghanistan → Egypt (ran)
- Afghanistan → El Salvador (ran)
- Afghanistan → Estonia (ran)
- Afghanistan → Ethiopia (ran)
- Afghanistan → Finland (ran)
- Afghanistan → France (ran)
- Afghanistan → Germany (ran)
- Afghanistan → Goa (ran)
Showing 40 of 18894 routes — more in the sitemap.