炸糕 (zhágāo) · fried glutinous rice cake

Measure Word

一个炸糕 gè

Meanings

1 fried glutinous rice cake

Made with

糯米 nuòmǐ 黄米 huángmǐ 红豆 hóngdòu 红糖 hóngtáng

About the dish

津菜 Tianjin · 小吃 Snack

A patty of glutinous rice dough, usually filled with sweet red bean paste and deep-fried, crisp outside and soft and chewy inside. Eaten hot, often at breakfast.

Characters

cake (typically rice or flour)

Examples

HSK 5

早上来一杯豆浆配两个炸糕。

Zǎoshang lái yì bēi dòujiāng pèi liǎng gè zhágāo.

For breakfast, a cup of soy milk with two fried rice cakes.

HSK 7-9

天津的耳朵眼炸糕很有名。

Tiānjīn de Ěrduoyǎn zhágāo hěn yǒumíng.

Tianjin's Erduoyan fried rice cakes are famous.

Tips

culture

A classic northern Chinese street-food breakfast: glutinous rice or millet dough, usually filled with sweet red bean paste, deep-fried until crisp outside and chewy inside. Tianjin's 耳朵眼炸糕 ('Earhole' fried cakes) have been sold near the same alley since 1892.