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Cheese rind taken from ramen dish in Japan (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edamame

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'ramen dish in japan' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'cheese rind' is the wordplay.
'cheese' becomes 'edam' (Edam is an example).
'rind' becomes 'ame' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'edam'+'ame'='EDAMAME'

'taken from' is the link.

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(Another definition for edamame that I've seen is " type of bean".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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