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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I watch rice being compressed down onto a sheet of nori as if it may try to escape, then lobster salad spooned unevenly atop it; the cylindrical temaki that disgorges a glob out one end.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022

The ground-floor lounge area has also been redone and will serve small plates by Mr. Martinez, like Wagyu beef temaki.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2021

And they’ll probably end the meal with one of the ice-cream sandwiches cleverly dressed up as temaki.

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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