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sundubu

sundubu noun: soft tofu.

Noun

sundubu (uncountable)

  1. soft tofu
    • This was where my obsession with jjigae began. I set out to learn how to make not only this gateway jjigae, but all of the most popular jjigae of Korean cuisine: sundubu jjigae, kimchi jiigae^([sic]), gochujang jjigae and doenjang jjigae. Chicken soup may be for the soul, but jjigae is comfort food...2024 September 25, Jane Lee, “‘Jjigae is comfort food of the highest order’: my obsession with cooking Korea’s best-loved soups”, in The Guardian

Origin of sundubu

Borrowed from Korean 순두부 (sundubu).

Questions about sundubu

What does sundubu mean?
Sundubu means soft tofu.
What part of speech is sundubu?
Sundubu is a noun.

Words near sundubu in the dictionary

  1. sundrymen
  2. SUNDS
  3. Sundstrom
  4. Sundstroms
  5. Sundsvall
  6. sundubu
  7. sunepitron
  8. sunfall
  9. sunfast
  10. sunfastness
  11. sunfever

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