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Jyutpinggou1 lik6 dau6
Yalegōu lihk dauh
Definition
Red bean paste fritter; a northern Chinese dessert made of red bean paste balls wrapped in whipped egg white and deep fried.
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How it's used
This dessert is a classic item found in traditional Cantonese tea houses and banquet menus. It requires significant skill to prepare because the egg white foam must be whipped to a stiff peak to hold the red bean paste filling without collapsing during the deep frying process.
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Let's go to the restaurant to have red bean paste fritters tonight.
Do you like eating red bean paste fritters?
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Common phrases
a plate of red bean paste fritters
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
