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are crunchy bits of deep fried flour-dough
Dough
Dough is a paste made out of any cereals or leguminous crops by mixing flour with a small amount of water and/or other liquid. This process is a precursor to making a wide variety of foodstuffs, particularly breads and bread-based items , including flatbreads, and pancakes, noodles, crusts,...

 used in Japanese cuisine
Japanese cuisine
The modern term "Japanese cuisine" means traditional-style Japanese food, similar to what already existed before the end of national seclusion in 1868...

, for example in takoyaki
Takoyaki
Not to be confused with Taiyaki. is a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps , pickled ginger, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, green laver , mayonnaise, and katsuobushi , first popularized in Taisho-era Osaka, where a street vendor...

, okonomiyaki
Okonomiyaki
is a Japanese savoury pancake containing a variety of ingredients. The name is derived from the word okonomi, meaning "what you like" or "what you want", and yaki meaning "grilled" or "cooked" . Okonomiyaki is mainly associated with Kansai or Hiroshima areas of Japan, but is widely available...

, and udon
Udon
is a type of thick wheat-flour noodle popular in Japanese cuisine.Udon is usually served hot as noodle soup in a mildly flavoured broth, in its simplest form as kake udon, served in kakejiru made of dashi, soy sauce , and mirin. It is usually topped with thinly chopped scallions...

. Tenkasu is also called .