"Ma Ye" is one of the fried noodles of the Hui ethnic group. Traditionally, after the oil is cooked, the remaining noodles are twisted into patterns and fried in a pan. The taste is as crisp as twists. The Northeastern people call it "Ma Ye", and the Northwest people call it "Fried Guoguo". They both have the same meaning, and are derived from Central Asian food like "Youxiang".

Today, I will teach you how to make sesame leaves. The pictures below are provided by sister Li Xiaomi, and the text is created by the platform.

Li Xiaomi’s version of sesame leaf method: first use flour, brown sugar, eggs, cooking oil and a small amount of milk to knead the dough as shown below▼

Knead it into a dough, then let it rest for a while▼

Roll it into dough▼

Then cut it like this▼

Then make a slit in the middle and twist it into a flower▼

This is the hemp leaf ▼

Fry it in a pan ▼

Finally it becomes ▼

Another way to make sesame leaves is to twist the leftover noodles into patterns. Fry in oil pan. Generally, Hui people make oil incense first and then hemp leaves. Then we entertain the guests together.

The hemp leaves made at Shenyang Huanggu Mosque are made from oil-flavored noodles▼