bánh rán

Vietnamese

bánh rán

Etymology

bánh (“cake”) +‎ rán (“to fry”). The sense of "dorayaki" was popularized by the Vietnamese translation of the manga Doraemon.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓajŋ̟˧˦ zaːn˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛɲ˦˧˥ ʐaːŋ˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓan˦˥ ɹaːŋ˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bánh rán

A deep-fried glutinous rice ball in northern Vietnamese cuisine, filled with mung bean paste, scented with jasmine flower essence, and doused in syrup.
dorayaki

Related terms

bánh cam (southern Vietnam)

See also

煎堆 (jiānduī)

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