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Introduction to Beijing Food Raiders

1, Beijing mung bean cake

One of the famous Four Seasons cakes in Beijing is also a traditional cake of Manchu people. It has the characteristics of regular shape, light yellow color, fine and dense texture and soft and waxy taste. The raw materials for making mung bean cake are mung bean powder, pea powder, brown sugar, osmanthus and so on. Mung beans have good effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, protecting liver and benefiting kidney, and are better as summer snacks.

2. Beijing rice cake

Traditional snacks of Han nationality belong to new year's goods. There are many different patterns and colors. Only the varieties of cold cakes are pot cakes, stuffing cakes, New Year cakes, bean powder cakes, tower cakes, Aiwowo cakes, bean dregs cakes, burritos, lotus root cakes and zongzi. The materials used for highlighting are whole rice, broken rice and rice flour, and the cooking methods are also different.

Step 3 bake the cake

Traditional Han food with summer flavor is very popular in Beijing and other places. Buckwheat flour is boiled into a gray paste, made into small cakes, and placed in a cold water basin. Made from buckwheat flour, usually sold together with bean jelly. When eating, cut into small pieces, then cut the small scones into two thin long pieces with thick middle, put them in a bowl, pour in the juice mixed with sesame sauce, soy sauce and good vinegar, add red and salty shredded carrots, and pour in mustard, pepper or minced garlic.

4.golden cake

It's hawthorn cake The production of golden cakes began in the middle of Qing Dynasty, which is a traditional food in Beijing. At that time, Empress Dowager Cixi loved this bite and sent people out of the palace to buy hawthorn cakes.

5. Shatang

Traditional snacks of Han nationality in old Beijing and Tianjin have a long history and are typical medicated diets. Medicinal candy made by secret recipe is a combination of dietotherapy and candy, which is both edible and medicinal. It is a precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation and a treasure of ancient food culture in China. In the past, people usually called it "medicinal sugar" because it has obvious dietotherapy effect on common miscellaneous diseases or discomfort. Before 1955, it was very common in noisy areas such as temple fairs and old overpasses in old Beijing, and sometimes vendors were occasionally seen in the streets and lanes. From 1955 to 200 1, it has hardly appeared in Beijing.

6. Burn in a fire

Common Han scenic spots in old Beijing. Legend has it that the wallet was created by Yao Chunxuan and his wife in Shunyi in 1876. When making, the dough is filled with stuffing, folded on both sides and unsealed on the other two sides. Fry in a flat pan until golden brown, and take it out of the pan while it is hot. It is golden in color, fragrant and delicious. Because of its long shape, it is sometimes folded in half, similar to the wallet worn on the shoulder in ancient times, so it is named "burning with wallet". It tastes similar to pot stickers, but its shape is different.

7. Meat crackers

One of the traditional snacks of Han nationality in Beijing, with traditional palace flavor, has a history of hundreds of years. In fact, the so-called minced meat sesame seed cake is a sesame seed cake fried with minced meat. The minced meat biscuits are crispy inside and burnt outside. The minced meat is oily, salty and sweet, with mellow taste and unique flavor.