My hometown is located in Dengzhou, Henan, an ancient city at the junction of Henan and Hubei.

In addition, this ancient city has been home to the Hui and Han nationalities since ancient times.

Therefore, there are many delicacies that we often eat during the Xiaohan season.

Here are a few recommendations for everyone.

1. The first one on the list is definitely the must-have New Year food for northerners - dumplings.

We Han people usually have a meal of dumplings during the Xiaohan season.

The fillings are mainly pork, cabbage, pork and green onions.

My favorite is the mutton dumplings made by the Hui brothers.

When you bite open the dumpling wrapper, the soup is full, and then you see a small meat ball.

Incredibly delicious.

We are also particular about how to eat dumplings.

There are two types of so-called eating dry or with soup.

To eat them dry, take out the dumplings, drain them and put them on a plate. Add balsamic vinegar and chili oil to a small plate for dipping.

The dumplings with soup are called sour soup dumplings, which are made with minced chives and coriander and their respective seasonings added to the dumpling soup to make it hot and sour, and the dumplings are added directly.

Eat it with soup and dumplings.

Sour, spicy and refreshing.

After eating, my forehead was sweating and my whole body felt refreshed.

Dumplings in sour soup 2. Because my hometown is close to Hubei, lotus roots can be easily obtained.

How to eat lotus root: The most common way for Henan people to eat lotus root is to eat lotus root slices in cold sauce.

But we also love another way Hubei people make it, which is lotus root soup.

Blanch pig's feet, ribs or keel bones (all three are acceptable), add them to a casserole and simmer over low heat for an hour, then add large pieces of lotus root.

Continue simmering until the bones are crispy, the meat is tender, and the lotus root is soft.

Season immediately and serve.

Everyone has a bowl and enjoys it.

It tastes sweet but very nourishing.

It is also a seasonal delicacy during the Xiaohan season.

Lotus root soup 3. In the north, another winter delicacy is definitely mutton.

It is the most common cold-repelling product during the minor cold season.

We often go to the halal market to buy trimmed lamb.

Buy another sheep skeleton.

When you get home, chop the lamb skeleton into small pieces.

As for slow cooking in the pot.

Simmer until the soup is milky white.

Place the whole piece of lamb into the pot and continue cooking.

When it's time to serve, add the respective seasonings to a large bowl.

Remove the cooked lamb and cut into thin slices.

Code into bowl.

Add milky white sheep soup.

Sprinkle with chopped green onions and coriander and serve.

When eating it, we often pair it with a sesame seed cake.

Or like Shaanxi people, break it into pieces and eat it with the mutton soup, or eat it with a bite of sesame seed cake and a bowl of soup.

All are extremely delicious.

Mutton soup, of course, and the popular Henan Braised Noodles are also a good choice, but due to the four-season delicacies, I won’t go into details here.

I welcome everyone to visit my hometown when you have time and experience the winter delicacies of southern Henan.