dashi
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dashi
First recorded in 1945–50; from Japanese: literally, “broth,” shortening of dashi-jiru, equivalent to dashi “to draw, extract” + jiru, shiru “broth, juice”
Example Sentences
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Try using it at home, either in a super simple dashi or maybe in a kombu-imbued rice pilaf, a crispy okonomiyaki, or perhaps even take inspiration from Amanda and make a vegan gumbo.
From Salon ● May 14, 2024
They added their customers’ favorites to the menu and encouraged staff members to add their own dishes, such as oroshi soba — buckwheat noodles topped with dashi, grated daikon, green onions and seaweed.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
"The basis of almost every Japanese sauce is dashi, a stock made from seaweed," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2023
Miso soup, too, becomes pretty much lyrical, made with Saito’s own year-fermented paste and multi-fish-based dashi, smoky yet light.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
Then, too, there are the dashi, or floats, on one of which each street in the parish spends its money and its ingenuity.
From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Bacon, Alice Mabel
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