{{short description|Tofu fritter made with vegetables}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox food | name = Ganmodoki | image = Ganmodoki.jpg | caption = | alternate_name = がんもどき | country = Japan | region = | national_cuisine = | creator = <!-- or | creators = --> | year = | mintime = | maxtime = | type = Fritter | course = | served = | main_ingredient = Tofu | minor_ingredient = Carrots, lotus roots and burdock | variations = | serving_size = 100 g | calories = | protein = | fat = | carbohydrate = | glycemic_index = | similar_dish = | other = }}
{{nihongo|'''''Ganmodoki'''''|がんもどき, 雁擬き|}} is a fried tofu fritter made with vegetables, such as carrots, lotus roots and burdock. It may also contain egg. ''Ganmodoki'' means ''pseudo-goose'' ({{nihongo|gan|がん, 雁}} + {{nihongo|pseudo|もどき}}). This is because ganmodoki is said to taste like goose; compare mock turtle soup. ''Ganmodoki'' is also called ''ganmo'' for short.<ref>{{Cite web |url =http://www.tofu-as.jp/english/tofu/history/04.html |archive-url =https://archive.today/20130413141239/http://www.tofu-as.jp/english/tofu/history/04.html |url-status =dead |archive-date =2013-04-13 |title =Tofu history |accessdate =2013-03-14 |author =Japan Tofu Association }}</ref>
In the Edo period, ''ganmodoki'' was a stir-fried konjac dish. A dish similar to the ganmodoki today was made by wrapping chopped up vegetables in tofu (much like a manjū) and deep frying it.
In Western Japan, Ganmodoki is called ''hiryōzu'', ''hiryuzu'' or ''hirōsu'', from the Portuguese word ''filhós'' or Spanish ''fillos''.<ref>{{Cite book|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-35790-3|last=Ishige|first=Naomichi|title=The history and culture of Japanese food|location=London; New York|accessdate=2019-11-24|date=2011|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203357903|page=94}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" widths="160px" heights="160px"> File:Ganmodoki 1 by kina3.jpg|Ganmodoki (right) File:Neighborhood of Ishikiritsurugiya-jinja Higashiosaka Osaka pref Japan08s3.jpg File:Hiryuzu by rhosoi.jpg </gallery>
==See also== * Oden * List of tofu dishes * {{portal-inline|Food}}
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