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kakiage

kakiage noun: tempura made with mixed vegetable strips, sometimes with shrimp or squid, and formed into small round fritters.

Noun

kakiage (uncountable)

  1. tempura made with mixed vegetable strips, sometimes with shrimp or squid, and formed into small round fritters
    • Chefs in Japan may vary the list, but it’s inevitably shrimp heads to start and kakiage to finish because shrimp are considered to be the marquee ingredient, the item by which tempura is judged. Mr. Matsui challenges himself to seal them in the sheerest possible coating so diners taste sweet...2015 July 7, Florence Fabricant, “With Tempura Matsui, Fine Tempura Dining Arrives in New York”, in New York Times

Origin of kakiage

Borrowing from Japanese 搔き揚げ (kakiage).

Questions about kakiage

What does kakiage mean?
Kakiage means tempura made with mixed vegetable strips, sometimes with shrimp or squid, and formed into small round fritters.
What part of speech is kakiage?
Kakiage is a noun.

Words near kakiage in the dictionary

  1. Kakheti
  2. Kakheti-Hereti
  3. Kakhovka
  4. kaki
  5. Kaki Ae
  6. kakiage
  7. kakidrosis
  8. kakie
  9. kakiemon
  10. kakies
  11. Kakinada

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