Taro dumpling

Taro dumpling

Type	Dim sum
Place of origin	China
Main ingredients	Taro, ground pork
Cookbook: Taro dumpling Media: Taro dumpling

Taro dumpling

芋頭角

芋头角

yùtóu jiǎo

wu6 tau4 kau4

Literal meaning

taro dumpling

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	yùtóu jiǎo
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	wu6 tau4 kau4

Taro dumpling is a variety of dim sum served within Chinese cuisine.^[1] It is a standard dish in dim sum restaurants in Hong Kong and around the world. Among overseas Chinatowns, it is often sold as a Chinese pastry.

The outer shell is made from a thick layer of taro that has been boiled and mashed. The filling is made from seasoned ground pork. The dumpling is deep fried, and the outermost layer of taro becomes crisp, light, and fluffy.

References

↑ "蜂巢炸芋角". chinabaike.com. Retrieved 6 September 2012.

Cantonese cuisine

Main dishes	Bao yu Bird's nest soup Buddha's delight Cantonese seafood soup Chinese steamed eggs Congee Crispy fried chicken Dragon tiger phoenix Hot pot Seafood birdsnest Shark fin soup Snake bite chicken Soy sauce chicken Subgum Sweet and sour pork White boiled shrimp White cut chicken Wonton noodle Yangzhou fried rice

Dim sum and yum cha	Almond jelly Beef tripe Cha siu baau Chicken feet Coconut bar Har gow Jau gok Jiaozi Jin deui Lo mai gai Nian gao Nuomici Ox-tongue pastry Rice noodle roll Shaomai Spring roll Steamed meatball Swiss Wing Taro cake Taro dumpling Tendon (meal) Tofu skin roll Turnip cake Water chestnut cake You tiao Zhaliang

Siu laap	Char siu Chinese sausage Lou mei Orange cuttlefish Roast goose Siu mei Siu yuk White cut chicken

Desserts and pastry	Almond biscuit Biscuit roll Deuk Deuk Tong Douhua Ginger milk curd Mooncake Red bean soup Sausage bun Tong sui White sugar sponge cake

Condiments and spices	Fermented bean curd Five-spice powder XO sauce

Ingredients	Beef ball Black bean paste Chenpi Fermented black beans Fish ball Fish slice Frog legs Garland chrysanthemum Kai-lan Mantis shrimp Pig's ear (food) Prawn ball Rapeseed Saang mein Sea cucumber (food) Shahe fen Shrimp roe noodles Spare ribs Suan cai Tofu skin Wonton Yi mein Zha cai

Others	Chinese herb tea Dried shredded squid

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American cuisine

North America	Apple dumpling Chicken and dumplings Crab rangoon Knoephla Poutine râpée

Latin America	Pasteles Tamale Pamonha Ducana Corunda Hallaca

Asian cuisine

East Asia	Chinese: Baozi Caozaiguo Cifantuan Dim sum Fun guo Har gow Hujiao bing Jau gok Jiaozi Kibi dango Lo mai gai Qingtuan Shengjian mantou Shumai Siopao Suanla chaoshou Tangbao Tangyuan Taro dumpling Wonton Xiaolongbao Zhaliang Zongzi Other: Akashiyaki Buuz Dango Gyōza Khuushuur Mandu Mandugwa Manduguk Mitarashi dango Nikuman

South East Asia	Vietnamese: Ba-wan Bánh bao Bánh chưng Bánh lá Bánh tẻ Bánh tét Other: Caozaiguo Kueh tutu Kuih kochi Nagasari

South Asia	Ada Gujia Lukhmi Modak Momo Samosa Kozhukkatta Munthiri Kothu

Central Asia	Chiburekki Chuchvara Manti Orama Samsa

West Asia	Dushbara Gondi dumpling Knish Kreplach Matzah ball Sambusak Shishbarak Gürzə Haliva Manti Mataz

North Asia	Pelmeni

European cuisine

Eastern Europe	Chiburekki Colțunași Khinkali Kalduny (Kundumy) Knish Kreplach Matzah ball Pelmeni Scovardă Shlishkes Uszka Varenyky

Southern Europe	Agnolotti Gnocchi Ravioli Tortellini Tortelloni Mantı

Central Europe	Bryndzové halušky Capuns Halušky Kluski Knedle Knödel Kopytka Maultasche Mohnnudel Pickert Pierogi Schupfnudel Silesian dumplings Strapačky Szilvásgombóc Uszka

Western Europe	Rissole

Northern Europe	Cepelinai Kroppkaka Pitepalt Raspeball

Other

Australia	Dim sim

Africa	Kenkey Sambusa

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Taro dumpling

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