What does "Dafu" mean in Japanese? A package?

Dafu (dumpling) is a kind of dim sum, that is, a kind of sandwich glutinous rice balls, which is similar to an enlarged version of dumpling. The stuffing inside is wrapped in glutinous rice, usually sweet materials such as bean paste, strawberry and sweet potato, and the taste is soft and smooth. China usually calls it jiaozi or glutinous rice dumplings, but in recent years, it has been called "Dafu" in Japan. For example, strawberry stuffing is called "strawberry Dafu" and sweet potato stuffing is called "sweet potato Dafu".

Dafu is a kind of Japanese sesame cake with large red bean filling, which is a kind of Japanese tobacco.

Extended information Dafu's skin is similar to pancakes. It is made of glutinous rice and covered with white powder to avoid sticking to hands. It is filled with full red bean stuffing with skin, and the amount of stuffing is often the same as or even more than that of cake skin, which makes Dafu look round and muddy. It is said that Dafu is called "big belly cake" because of its appearance, and later generations renamed it "Dafu" because of its auspicious homonym.

Dafu's stuffing tastes varied. The most popular is "Strawberry Dafu", which has red beans and strawberries, and some are mixed with peas and soybeans, as well as French eggs and milk stuffing. Dafu's stuffing has tiramisu, mousse and other flavors, which is a trendy way to eat. Dafu's glutinous rice cake crust can also be mixed with wormwood or a little salt to make different flavors such as wormwood Dafu or salt Dafu.

Ibaraki Prefecture, Mito City has a good kind of puffs, which is a kind of delicious food with puffs as the skin.

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Baidu encyclopedia Dafu