Kaki no tane

Kaki no tane

Kaki-peanuts
Alternative names	Kaki-peanuts, Kaki-pi
Type	Rice cracker
Place of origin	Japan
Region or state	Niigata
Creator	Tomoka Hamada
Main ingredients	peanuts
Cookbook: Kaki no tane  Media: Kaki no tane

Kaki-peanuts or Kaki-pi are a common snack in Japan. The two elements of Kaki-pi are kaki-no-tane (柿の種), small crescent-shaped fragments of senbei (soy-flavored rice crisps), and peanuts. They are often consumed with beer and are sometimes a bar snack. The name comes from the fact that the pieces of senbei look like a seed (種 tane) of the persimmon (柿 kaki). The "pi" (pronounced as "pea") is an abbreviation of ピーナッツ piinattsu, or "peanuts".

See also

• Japanese peanut

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