noun
dashi
Dashi (noun) means a soup or cooking stock, typically prepared using kelp.
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A soup or cooking stock, typically prepared using kelp.
"A great dashi (stock) is essential, as it is the crucial element in soups, dipping sauces, nimono (simmered dishes) and nabemono (hotpot dishes), and for cooking fish and vegetables."
— John Frederick Ashburne, Yoshi Abe (2002)
"Kombu (KOHM-boo): This Japanese seaweed is used to make dashi, an Asian soup stock, and to flavor rice and stews."
— Vegetarian Times (2000)
"Dashi is the basic soup stock for many Japanese dishes including noodle soups."
— Lee Geok Boi, Classic Asian Noodles (2007)
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Etymology
Taken from Japanese 出汁 (dashi, "essence, dashi soup", in hiragana だし), from the noun form of 出す (dasu, "to draw, to extract").
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"dashi" (noun) means a soup or cooking stock, typically prepared using kelp.
