Xining gourmet

1, Qinghai Niangpi

Niangpi is a traditional snack with strong local flavor in Qinghai, which can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of Xining. Different from the rice skin made of rice in other places, Qinghai stuffed skin is made by mixing a certain amount of plaster and seasoning into wheat flour, mixing it with warm water to make a hard dough, kneading it several times, then putting it into cold water for constant rubbing and washing off starch, and steaming it in a steamer when the dough becomes honeycomb, which is called "gluten". After that, the precipitated starch paste is scooped into a steamer and steamed, and the dumpling skin in Qinghai is ready. Then cut into long strips, add gluten, and pour vinegar, spicy oil, mustard, leek, garlic paste and other seasonings. It tastes spicy and refreshing, flexible and delicate, and has a long aftertaste.

Step 2 grab the mutton with your hands

From midsummer to early winter, it is the golden season for grass and sheep to be fat, and it is also a good time to eat the most tender and delicious hand-grabbed mutton. "Hand grasping" is a unique way to eat in Qinghai Plateau, and it has a good reputation all over the country. A plate of mutton is red and white, fat but not fat, attractive in color, and eaten with a knife. Although it tastes oily, it tastes cold but not greasy, the oil is crisp and tender, and the taste is extraordinary.

3. Qinghai Dadi Hotpot

Qinghai people call hot pot "pot", and the ingredients and practices are very characteristic of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a cold climate and is rich in cattle and sheep. The "pot bottom" of Qinghai local hot pot is generally made of mutton broth with a little sauerkraut, which is spicy, without red oil and too much seasoning. The soup is clear in color and natural and mellow in taste. After a taste, the delicious mutton and refreshing sauerkraut are perfectly combined, which makes people feel fragrant but not greasy. Although the name of food is "earth", the practice is very particular and the knife method is meticulous. All ingredients are evenly cut into slices, slices, strips and other shapes, neat and tidy.

4. Kangguo mutton chop

Children's shoes that love mutton should pay attention. The main raw material of Guo Kang lamb chops comes from the grassland in the northwest. Not fishy, moist and fat. Potatoes, corn, hand-rolled powder and other ingredients and cumin, shredded peppers, onions and other spices float far away, making people salivate.

5. Gluten noodles

Gluten flour is the most common and unique home-cooked dish in Qinghai people's pasta, which is equivalent to Lamian Noodles in northern China. After a long period of time, glutinous rice flour has become a popular and prestigious unique pasta, with a wide variety and different tastes, whether in towns or in rural areas.

6. Dogs pee

Actually, this is a kind of pancake. Although it has an "indecent" name, it does not affect its local popularity at all. You know, it is a well-known food. Affected by the geographical conditions and climate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, wheat and highland barley are the main food crops in Qinghai. Therefore, the local people's diet is mainly pasta, and "dog watering urine" is one of them.