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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

This temaki sushi bar will offer 35 cone-shaped hand rolls, featuring everything from sustainably sourced seafood to 10 different vegetarian and vegan options.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2022

The temaki arrive slotted into individual wooden holders that keep them from unbending while in transit.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2019

And the temaki are not cylindrical or cone-shaped.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 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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