temaki

American

[te-mah-kee] / tɛˈmɑ ki /

Sometimes temaki-zushi

noun

Japanese Cooking.

cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, wrapped together with strips of vegetable or raw fish in a sheet of dried seaweed and rolled into a cone shape.

Etymology

Origin of temaki

First recorded in 1980–85; from Japanese: literally, “hand roll”

Example Sentences

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In Eastlake, Sushi Nori does temaki handroll sushi as well as a $68 omakase menu.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2023

Uminori in Madison Valley specializes in temaki or cone-shaped rolls.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022

It is one of several vegan temaki, including an irresistible one filled with eggplant pulp broiled with miso.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2019

English-speaking sushi bars usually call their temaki hand rolls, although “hand-rolled sushi” would be a closer translation.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2019

Today, sfihas, baba ganoush, hummus, fattoush, and labneh are as essential to São Paulo as pizza or temaki.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2017

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