How to pronounce Satsuma-age

Satsuma-age is written さつま揚げ where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /satsɯma aɡe/. In plain English letters that is SAHT-soo-mah AH-geh, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Satsuma-age?

Satsuma-age is a snack of Japan. Where it comes from: Kagoshima. People usually eat it as a snack and at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are fish. It tastes savory.

Where Satsuma-age comes from

Satsuma-age is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map.

• Sushi 寿司 · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Sushi began as a way to keep fish, not as a fresh delicacy.

• Ramen ラーメン · Noodles & pasta · Tokyo and Yokohama

  Ramen arrived with Chinese cooks.

• Okonomiyaki お好み焼き · Street food · Osaka and Hiroshima

  The name means "grilled as you like it", and that is the whole idea: a batter of wheat flour and shredded cabbage cooked on a hot iron plate with whatever the cook has, then brushed with a thick sweet-savoury sauce, mayonnaise, seaweed flakes and bonito.

• Tempura 天ぷら · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Deep-frying in batter came to Japan with Portuguese traders and missionaries who reached Nagasaki in the 16th century.

• Jingisukan ジンギスカン · Main dish · Hokkaido

  Jingisukan, named after Genghis Khan, is grilled mutton or lamb cooked on a dome-shaped iron pan.

• Ishikari nabe 石狩鍋 · Soup & stew · Ishikari, Hokkaido

  Ishikari-nabe is a Hokkaido hot pot of fresh salmon simmered in a miso broth.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Satsuma-age in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Satsuma-age:

• Gwamegi 과메기 · Snack · North Gyeongsang, South Korea

  Gwamegi is half-dried Pacific herring or saury made in winter on the east coast of North Gyeongsang, around Pohang, Uljin and Yeongdeok.

• Prahok ប្រហុក · Snack · Cambodia

  Prahok is a salted, fermented fish paste and one of the foundations of Cambodian cooking.

• Amplang · Snack · East Kalimantan (Samarinda), Indonesia

  Amplang, also called kerupuk kuku macan, "tiger-claw crackers", is a savoury fish snack that Indonesian sources link with Samarinda in East Kalimantan, from where it became famous across East, South and North Kalimantan and the east coast of Sabah.

• Satar · Snack · Terengganu, Malaysia

  Satar is a traditional fish snack from Terengganu and one of the state's special dishes.