''Ham chim peng'' (), also spelt ''hum chim peng'', known in Singapore and Malaysia as ''haam ji peng'', ''hum ji peng'', or ''ham ji peng'', is a deep-fried hollow
doughnut of Chinese origin. Commonly eaten as a breakfast food, it is sometimes fried with a coating of sesame seeds.
There are at least 3 varieties of ham chin peng - with glutinous rice, five spice powder and
red bean paste.
The pastry is eaten throughout
Southeast Asia
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; it is known by various local names, including id, kue bantal, and vi, bánh tiêu.
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List of doughnut varieties
Doughnuts are a type of fried dough food. The following is a list of doughnut varieties.
Variations and specialties by region
The terms below constitute either names for different doughnut types created using local recipes, or for the local la ...
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List of fried dough varieties
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Beignet
Beignet ( , also , ; ) is a type of ''fritter'', or deep-fried pastry, usually made from yeast dough in France, possibly made from pâte à choux and called Pets-de-nonne, nun's fart, in France, but may also be made from other types of dough, i ...
Other Chinese fried dough dishes
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Ox-tongue pastry
Ox-tongue pastry () or horse-ear pastry (), also referred to as Chinese doughnut, is a Chinese pastry that is popular in south China in the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian. It is a fried dough food that is elliptical in shape and resembles an ...
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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, cau ...
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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 ...
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Cantonese cuisine
Malaysian cuisine
Singaporean cuisine
Chinese doughnuts
Cantonese words and phrases
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