Ba-wan
Also known as Bah-oân, Bah-uân, Bah-înn, Bah-uan, meatball mochi, Rou-Yuan, Jou-yuan
Bah-uân is a Taiwanese dumpling made of starch and rice flour, filled with meat and vegetables. It is gelatinous and translucent, and often considered street food.
Key facts
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- Bah-oân
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- 300px
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- Bawan from Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Taiwan
- Food.course
- Dim sum
- Food.type
- Dumpling
- Food.main_ingredient
- Dough (corn starch, sweet potato starch, rice flour), pork, chicken, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms
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- ròuyuán
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- bah-oân
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- Bah-uân
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- meat circle
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Bah-uân is a Taiwanese dumpling made of starch and rice flour, filled with meat and vegetables. It is gelatinous and translucent, and often considered street food.
==Names== The alternative term "ba-wan" is a non-standard romanization derived from Taiwanese Hokkien. In the township of Lukang, Changhua County, ba-wan are known as '' () because they take on the block-like shape of the character 回.