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Shuangbaotai
Shuangbaotai () or horse hooves is a sweet Taiwanese fried dough food with chewy dough containing large air pockets on the inside and a crisp crust on the outside. It is made by twisting two small pieces of dough together and frying them, causing them to separate slightly while remaining connected. Names The Mandarin Chinese name of this food, ''shuāngbāotāi'' () meaning "twins", is derived from the fact that the dish is two pastries twisted slightly together as if conjoined twins. The Taiwanese Hokkien name is 馬花糋 (''bé-hoe-chìⁿ''), which roughly means "horse-hoof cake", also in reference to its shape. Another Hokkien name is 雙生仔 (''siang-siⁿ-á'') meaning twins. Regional In Taiwan, shuangbaotai are a type of snack (''xiaochi'') typically sold by hawkers at street stalls or in night markets, but not in regular restaurants or bakeries. File:Taiwanesefriedfood1.jpg, Shuangbaotai sold as ''xiaochi'' street food See also * Taiwanese cuisine * List of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youtiao
''Youtiao'' (), known in Southern China as Yu Char Kway is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough of Chinese origin and (by a variety of other names) also popular in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines. Conventionally, ''youtiao'' are lightly salted and made so they can be torn lengthwise in two. ''Youtiao'' are normally eaten at breakfast as an accompaniment for rice congee, soy milk or regular milk blended with sugar. ''Youtiao'' may also be known as a Chinese cruller, Chinese oil stick, Chinese donut ticks'', Chinese breadstick, and fried breadstick. In other Asian countries, they may also be called ''bicho, you char kway, cakwe, cakoi, kueh, kuay, shakoy'' or ''pathongko'', among others. Culinary applications and variants At breakfast, ''youtiao'' can be stuffed inside ''shāobǐng'' () to make a sandwich known as ''shāobǐng yóutiáo'' (). Youtiao wrapped in a rice noodle roll is known as ''zháliǎng''. In Yunnan, a roasted riceflour pancake usually wrap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
