炸鲜奶, photo 1 of 2
炸鲜奶, photo 2 of 2
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Fried milk
By
Fumikas Sagisavas
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CC0
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Wikimedia Commons
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炸鲜奶 Zha xian nai
By
Gaosong2101
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

炸鲜奶

炸鮮奶
zháxiānnǎi
Also on menus as 炸牛奶
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 fried milk

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 甜品 Dessert

Cubes of thick, sweet milk custard coated in batter and deep-fried, crisp outside and soft and creamy inside. Served hot as a dessert or snack.

Usually contains egg, milk and wheat

Examples

HSK 6
Zhè pán zháxiānnǎi yào chènrè chī, liáng le jiù bú cuì le.
This plate of fried milk should be eaten hot; once it cools, it's no longer crisp.
HSK 7-9
Zháxiānnǎi wàimian shì yì céng cuì pí, lǐmian shì xiàng bùdīng yíyàng de niúnǎi.
Fried milk has a crisp shell, with milk set like a pudding inside.

Tips

usage
炸 here is zhá, to deep-fry. Read zhà, the same character means to explode.

Stroke Order

炸 zhà
鲜 xiān
奶 nǎi