Taro dumpling is a variety of dim sum in Chinese cuisine, also called taro croquette or deep fried taro dumpling puff, served as a standard item in dim sum restaurants in Hong Kong and internationally and sold in Chinese bakeries in overseas Chinatowns. It is made with an outer shell of boiled and mashed taro filled with seasoned ground pork, then deep fried until the taro layer turns crisp, light and fluffy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin RegionPeople's Republic of China 1 Connections
Expresses Tradition
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- Also in Geography Atlas: China, originated there.
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1. Taro dumpling (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
P31 (instance of): Snack or street food
Snack or street food
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- Uses Ingredient: Pork, Infobox main_ingredient field: Taro, ground pork
- Uses Ingredient: Taro, Infobox main_ingredient field: Taro, ground pork
- Expresses Tradition: Yum Cha, Wikipedia category: Category:Dim sum
In Cuisine: Chinese Cuisine, lead paragraph
Taro dumpling (Chinese: 芋角; Jyutping: wu6 gok3; Cantonese Yale: wuhgók) is a variety of dim sum served within Chinese cuisine.
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