In addition to rice, Tujia people's daily staple food is the most common one, and sometimes they eat bean rice. Baba and unity are also the seasonal staple foods of Tujia people. Baba is their favorite food, and the most distinctive ones are hot and sour seeds and rotten peppers. Sauerkraut is a staple food commonly used by Tujia people.
The main feature of Tujia cuisine is sour and spicy. Every folk family has a sauerkraut jar, which is used to pickle sauerkraut, and almost every meal is inseparable from sauerkraut. Bean products are also very common, such as tofu, lobster sauce, bean leaf skin, tofu milk and so on. I especially like to eat mixed dregs, that is, grinding soybeans into pulp, boiling them to clarify, adding vegetable leaves and cooking them. People often eat bean rice, corn rice and slag soup together.
Top Ten Gourmets of Tujia Nationality
1, Tujia Oil Tea Soup: Tujia Oil Tea Soup is one of the representative inclusive cultural phenomena of Tujia people in Enshi Prefecture, which is a unique tea culture in China with a long history. Tujia oil tea soup is a snack similar to tea soup. It is fragrant, crisp, smooth, fresh, beautiful, palatable, cool and thirst-quenching. It is a traditional favorite flavor food of Tujia people, and there is a folk saying that "if you don't drink camellia soup, your heart will panic".
At the same time, drinking oil tea soup is a traditional etiquette for Tujia people to entertain guests. Whenever a guest comes to the door, Tujia people will offer a bowl of fragrant oil tea soup to entertain them.
2, Zhang Guan slag: slag, also known as lazy tofu. The production process is as follows: cleaning soybeans, swelling them with water, grinding them into pulp in a stone mill, boiling them with strong fire, adding fresh radish leaves, and boiling them to make a pot of milky white and green slag. Zhang Guanhe Gate is named after a small market town named "Zhang Guan" in Xuan 'en. It is characterized by hot pot with river dregs, especially the most famous and authentic old lady named Huang.
Zhang Guan residue is pure in taste and rich in nutrition, so people call it "complete food". No matter in the city or in the countryside, both locals and Chinese and foreign tourists like it very much, and it has received rave reviews.
3. Tujia bacon: Tujia bacon is a famous local product with unique flavor created by Tujia people to extend the shelf life of pork. Its characteristics are: fat and fragrant, skin color Huang Liang, flesh color like fire, red and gratifying, delicious and nutritious.
4. Dried white sheep beancurd: Dried white sheep beancurd is mainly made of local high-quality soybeans, Longdongwan spring water and several natural spices, and is processed through more than a dozen unique processes such as washing, soaking, grinding, filtering, boiling, sauce, squeezing, roasting, marinating and sealing. In the whole production process of dried poplar bean curd, the special feature is that gypsum and any other chemicals are not used. Aojian is one of the local spring bean products and traditional crafts.
Poplar dried bean curd is golden in color, delicious, mellow and delicate in taste. Whether eaten raw or fried, spiced or spicy, there is a refreshing aftertaste.
5, dinner party: dinner party is mainly to worship the land bodhisattva, people pray for a smooth New Year, a bumper harvest, and a safe family. Local people attach great importance to "social clubs", which are loved by every household. When they pass by social clubs, they are always happy to cook delicious social meals. It is made of glutinous rice mixed with fresh Artemisia ordosica, wild garlic, glutinous rice, dried bacon, dried bean curd and other auxiliary materials by steaming or stewing. Because Artemisia annua has a good pharmacological effect, it can treat and prevent many diseases such as "injury, swelling, pain, tuberculosis, malaria, dysentery, hemorrhoids", so social meals are the traditional medicinal meals of Tujia people.
6. Taiguangjiao: Tujia people in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture especially like to eat hot and sour. There is a folk saying that "if you don't eat hot and sour for three days, your heart will scratch like a cat." Guang Tai Pepper was invented under this background and has a long history in Enshi. Guang Tai pepper, also known as Thai pepper, is made of Enshi red pepper and corn flour.
7. Gexianmi: Gexianmi, a rare product in the world, is mainly produced in zouma town, Hefeng County, Enshi Prefecture. It contains 15 kinds of amino acids, vitamins and essential trace elements such as manganese, calcium, zinc, iron and phosphorus. When eating, it should be dry and cooked, with sugar and salt, steamed, fried and soup, which is delicious. Compendium of Materia Medica praised Gexianmi as a "good fat product" with good medicinal and health-care functions.
8. Fengtou Ginger: Named for its shape like Fengtou, its ginger handle is like a finger, its tip is bright red, purplish and its tuber is white. Ginger with phoenix head is crisp and tender, rich in selenium and juicy, moderately spicy, delicious and appetizing, with unique phoenix flavor and long-lasting mellow fragrance. It is a unique product among the ginger varieties in China, so it has been a best-selling product in Southeast Asian market for a long time.
Dried ginger is rich in vitamins, amino acids, protein, fat, carotene, sugar, gingerol, phenol, alcohol and essential trace elements such as iron, zinc, calcium and selenium. In addition to being an essential food, the zingiberensis has the functions of strengthening the spleen, stimulating appetite, eliminating cold and dampness, accelerating blood circulation, delaying aging, preventing cancer, etc. It can also extract gingerol, ginger oil, essence and other pharmaceutical and chemical products. Ginger ketone has obvious curative effect on arthritis.
9. Fubaoshan water shield: Fubaoshan water shield is also called horseshoe, nettle and water shield. A higher perennial aquatic plant with oval leaves, green front, dark red back and slender petioles. Fubaoshan water shield can be boiled, boiled, fried and cold, especially with fish, cooked chicken, ham and sausage. Fresh and delicious, sticky and refreshing, with good color, fragrance and taste.
Fubaoshan water shield contains protein 24.7-36.5%, sugar 39%, zinc 153-288ppm, germanium 0.1㎎/g 0.1-0.54 ppm, and selenium. It not only has a good dietotherapy effect on inhibiting digestive system cancer, but also has a good effect on inhibiting atherosclerosis, resisting cerebral thrombosis, diuresis, detumescence, invigorating stomach, beauty and skin care. It is a rare green and healthy food.
Eating water shield can quench thirst, relieve arthralgia, benefit qi, treat pain and reduce swelling, and has the functions of prolonging life, strengthening stomach, strengthening body, beautifying and moistening skin. Fubaoshan water shield has successively won the "Gold Award for Famous Brand Products in the First China International Agricultural Expo", which is the only product of its kind that has won the national "green product" mark.
10, Nianrou: Nianrou is a must-have dish for Tujia people in the New Year. Steamed with local pork tenderloin, glutinous rice or millet and natural seasoning, it is characterized by pure color, crystal clear and soft; Appropriate fat and thin, oily but not greasy; Suitable for both men and women, suitable for children; Guests can not only eat enough, but also observe the folk customs.