草仔粿 (cǎozǎiguǒ) · herb rice cake

Measure Word

一个草仔粿 gè

Meanings

1 herb rice cake

Made with

糯米 nuòmǐ 萝卜干 luóbogān 香菇 xiānggū 虾米 xiāmǐ 红豆 hóngdòu

About the dish

A green, chewy cake of glutinous rice dough coloured with cudweed and steamed on a leaf, usually filled with savoury shredded radish, sometimes with shiitake and dried shrimp, or with sweet red bean. A Taiwanese and southern Fujian snack.

Usually contains shellfish

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

草仔粿是绿色的，因为里面加了艾草。

Cǎozǎiguǒ shì lǜsè de, yīnwei lǐmian jiā le àicǎo.

Herb rice cakes are green because mugwort is mixed in.

HSK 7-9

清明节前后，台湾的市场上都有草仔粿卖。

Qīngmíngjié qiánhòu, Táiwān de shìchǎng shàng dōu yǒu cǎozǎiguǒ mài.

Around the Qingming Festival, markets all over Taiwan sell herb rice cakes.

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usage

粿 is the southern Fujian and Taiwanese word for steamed cakes of rice dough. 草仔粿 is a close relative of 青团, the green rice dumplings of the Jiangnan region.