fluffy boiled potatoes; powdered potatoes
A Japanese dish of boiled potatoes that are shaken in a pot or bowl after boiling to create a powdery, floury coating on the surface. The name literally means 'powder-blown potatoes'. Typically served as a side dish or used in other recipes.
When making fluffy boiled potatoes, after boiling the potatoes you shake the pot to make them powdery.
Today's dinner side dish is fluffy boiled potatoes.
Standard kanji spelling for this dish.
Variant without okurigana; less common but still seen.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for clarity or in casual contexts.
Compound of 粉吹き (kofuki, 'powder blowing') + 芋 (imo, 'potato'), from the appearance of the cooked potatoes looking as if they are covered in powder.