Tatsutaage - Tatsutaage

Japanese: 竜田揚げ - タツタアゲ

A dish made by deep-frying meat or fish seasoned with soy sauce, drenched in potato starch, and then deep-frying it. The mixture of the red meat from the soy sauce and the white batter is likened to the autumn leaves floating on the white waves of the Tatsuta River in Nara Prefecture, a famous spot for viewing autumn leaves. It is also called "karaage" (fried chicken) because dishes that use a lot of oil are considered to be Chinese-style cuisine. As a cooking method, "karaage," which involves deep-frying without a batter, is older, but "karaage" was created by clarifying the difference in the use of a batter and reanalyzing that "kara (tang) = China."

Source: "Japanese Handy Book for Quick Responses" published by Asahi Shimbun Publications Co., Ltd. Information about the Japanese Handy Book for Quick Responses

Japanese:

醤油で下味をつけた肉や魚に片栗粉をつけて油で揚げた料理。醤油による肉の赤い色と衣の白い色の混ざった様子を、紅葉の名所である奈良県の竜田川の白い波に浮かぶ紅葉に見立てたもの。また、「唐揚げ」ともいうのは、油を多用する料理が中華風の料理と意識されたため。料理法としては衣をつけないで揚げる「空揚げ」のほうが古いが、これとは衣をつける点で異なることを明示しつつ、「から(唐)=中国」という再分析を加えて「唐揚げ」ができた。

出典　(株)朝日新聞出版発行「とっさの日本語便利帳」とっさの日本語便利帳について　情報

<<: Defection Incident - Datai Soudou

>>: Tatsuta