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taro cakes

taro cakes is the plural of taro cake.

Meaning of taro cake

Noun

taro cake (countable and uncountable, plural taro cakes)

  1. A type of savoury Chinese cake made from flour and taro, often topped with fried shallots and chopped spring onions, served either steamed or pan-fried.
    • Thick slices of taro cake, richly flavored with scallops, mushrooms, shrimp, Chinese bacon, and creamy taro, are pan-fried until golden brown and fragrant.1999, Grace Young, The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 130
    Synonyms:
    yam cake

Questions about taro cakes

What is taro cakes the plural of?
Taro cakes is the plural of taro cake.

Words near taro cakes in the dictionary

  1. tarns
  2. tarnside
  3. Tarnów
  4. taro
  5. taro cake
  6. taro cakes
  7. Taro Island
  8. taro-patch fiddle
  9. taro-patch fiddles
  10. taroc
  11. tarocs

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