Meaning of senbei | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of Japanese rice cracker.

Examples

“The story passed down through the years of the origin of the present method of making senbei begins in 804 with the sojourn to China of the priest Kūkai (774–835).”

“Break the senbei into small pieces – they will double in size so have this in mind – then drop the pieces into the hot oil one at a time, they will puff immediately.”

“I broke apart a senbei to get a piece about the size of my pinky nail, then I placed it on my desk.”

“After steaming, the process of making senbei consists of pounding and rolling out the dough, cutting out the shape, and drying.”

“Most of the Japanese sweets that we had regularly eaten back on Earth, like dango and manju, were classified as namagashi. Rakugan and senbei rice crackers were classified as higashi, but I’d hardly ever had opportunities to eat rakugan, and senbei were kind of different from what I had in mind when I thought of namagashi.”

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