Etymology

kueh pie tee

Today it means: A small, bite-sized dish consisting of a thin, fried pastry tart shell that is shaped like a fluted cup and filled with shredded jicama, carrots and other ingredients, originating in Peranakan cuisine. Full definition →

Hokkien 粿
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The story

  1. Hokkien · derived from粿“rice cake”
  2. English todaykueh pie tee

From Hokkien 粿 (kóe, “rice cake”) and English patty (in the sense of patty shell and patty iron). Attested in 1956 as kwei patti cooked with a patti iron in Susie Hing's cookbook In a Malayan Kitchen.

Words from the same roots

Hokkien粿 all →

kuihkuih tart

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.