Local snacks in Cai He is one of the customs of Dragon Boat Festival, Nantong in Jiangsu.

During the Dragon Boat Festival in Nantong, besides eating zongzi, fermented grains and roasted garlic, there are also some holiday specialties in the lunch dishes, and there is often a bowl of colorful dishes called Cai He (and Fang Yinhe). It's not delicious food, and it's not qualified to make recipes, but it has the local flavor of Nantong. In addition, there is also a holiday dish in Cai He in southern Zhejiang, but the method is quite different from that in Jiangsu.

Cai He, Jiangsu Province can be said to be a mixed meal. Generally, there are five kinds of dishes: vermicelli (light green), egg skin, leek, shredded lean meat and mung bean sprouts, which are nutritious and nourishing. This is the specialty of Nantong. Whether the materials used in cooking often represent the Dragon Boat Festival (5) and' Yi Huo' symbolizes the five poisons remains to be verified. Five kinds of vegetables are not mixed together and fried to become a mixed dish. Except that the egg skin should be laid in advance, the rest should be treated separately and fried in the same pot.

South Zhejiang Cai He

China people value harmony, which means reunion and mixing. Cai He is a must-have dish in Longquan, Qingyuan and other places in southern Zhejiang, and almost every family has to cook this dish during the New Year. Because eating more meat before and after the Spring Festival, big fish and big meat are greasy, and eating vegetables stimulates appetite. In addition, it is auspicious to eat harmonious dishes on holidays, which means family harmony, neighborhood harmony and everything goes smoothly.

The main ingredients are sour radish (shredded) and sour carrot (shredded), and the auxiliary materials are fresh garlic stalks (shredded), celery, shredded ginger, chopped green onion, shredded black fungus, shredded mushroom, shredded winter bamboo shoots, shredded day lily, shredded carrot, shredded kelp, shredded Chinese ink, shredded bean curd, rapeseed oil and dried Chili powder. Material preparation can be increased or decreased according to the situation, which is quite simple. After the main ingredients and auxiliary materials are mixed, put them into the pot and stir fry, and try to pour out the excess water.