Because it is often eaten with tea during non-dinner meals, it is also known as Huai'an tea dumplings.

Tea dumplings are a well-known traditional snack in Jiangsu Province. Huai'an tea dumplings are the most famous, have a long history, and are well-known at home and abroad.

In Huai'an, tea dumplings are a delicacy well known to women and children.

Huai'an tea dumplings were created in the late Qing Dynasty and have a history of more than a hundred years. Because the person who made the best tea dumplings at that time was named Yue, it was also called "Yuejia tea dumplings" and because the Yue family's house was close to the Drum Tower of Huai'an City.

, so some people call it "Drum Tower Tea Steamed Rice".

Huai'an tea dumplings won the Jiangsu Province Quality Food Award in 1983, the Golden Tripod Award for Quality Products in the Catering Industry of the Ministry of Commerce in 1991, and were recognized as the first Chinese famous snack in 1997.

This product is made of high-quality raw materials and refined through unique processing technology. It has a bright yellow color, beautiful shape, crispy texture and unique flavor.

Tea dumplings are made of water made from brown sugar, honey, pepper, red onion skins and other raw materials, mixed with an appropriate amount of eggs and clear oil, and then kneaded repeatedly into thick strips, twisted into dough, and kneaded or stretched into a uniform thickness.

, orderly coiled round strips form a ring and are fried in oil until brown. Nowadays, dumplings have become a common food in many restaurants, breakfast shops or vegetable markets and can be bought at any time.

Tea dumplings can be eaten dry or soaked in water.

When eaten dry, it is mostly served as a side dish with wine. When eaten soaked in water, it only needs to be brewed with boiling water for a few minutes. After it is fully soaked, it can be eaten.

The tea dumplings are soft, fragrant and easy to digest when soaked in tea. It is especially suitable for pregnant women and the frail and sick.

[1][Edit this paragraph]〖Tracing History〗Huai'an tea dumplings, as a famous dish in Huaiyang cuisine, must be mentioned.

The first banquet in China, the Manchu-Han banquet, has 30 famous dishes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Huaiyang cuisine accounts for most of the 30 Jiangsu and Zhejiang dishes. Among the six items before the banquet, Huai'an tea steamed buns rank fifth. As a tribute from the Qing Dynasty,

The so-called reputation and status of Huai'an Tea Cuisine are of a illustrious level.

Huai'an tea dumplings won awards at the Jiangsu Provincial Articles Exhibition in the first year of Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty, and in 1930 they participated in the Panama Games and won medals.

After liberation, he also participated in the Northern Jiangsu Specialty Products Exchange Conference and was highly praised.

Its finished products include combs, fans, chrysanthemums, pagodas and other shapes, and are famous all over the world.

Because it is often eaten with tea during non-dinner meals, it is also known as Huai'an tea dumplings.

The production of Huai'an tea dumplings has a long history. It began when Liu Yuxi, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, praised it: "Slender hands rub it into jade for many times, and fry it in green oil until it becomes a deep yellow. When spring comes, it is not important to sleep, and the flat jade woman has gold wrapped around her arms."

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: the effects of steamed rice are "convenient, moisturizing the intestines, warming the body and replenishing qi".

It is also said: Grind Corydalis Corydalis, Kudizi, etc. into powder, take half a penny to a penny each time; use it in Niantou (tea dumpling) soup before eating, it can cure urinary obstruction in children.

According to research, pregnant women eating tea steamed buns before giving birth can relax muscles, activate blood circulation, loosen bones, and promote birth. Eating steamed buns after delivery can strengthen the body and help health.

It is popular for its crispy texture, bright yellow color, fragrant taste and beautiful appearance.

Because tea dumplings contain a lot of oil, they should not be stored for a long time. It is best to make them and eat them now.

Huai'an tea dumplings became famous during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, there was a family named Yue in Huai'an City who specialized in making tea steamed buns and was once listed as a tribute.

Yuejia tea steamed buns have beautiful and unique shapes and reasonable ingredients.

The made dumplings are as thin as threads, as yellow as gold, and connected with each other.

When you eat it, it tastes fragrant, crispy, crispy, sweet and slightly salty. People rush to buy it, thinking they are lucky to be able to buy Yuejia tea steamed buns.

His tea dumplings are: fragrant, crispy, crispy, completely yellow in oil color, translucent and crispy, rich in aroma, refreshing and flavourful, flammable on fire and melt in water.

It is said that the Empress Dowager Cixi once suffered from breast cancer and there was no good way to cure it. The imperial physician Han Dazai from Huai'an prescribed a folk prescription: "Four Huai'an sesame oil tea steamed buns, grind two lychee seeds into powder, two ounces of rice wine, soak and fry in ***;

Her head was covered with a big blanket." After taking three patches in a row, Cixi's breast tumors disappeared and she was very happy.

From then on, Huai'an tea dumplings won a good reputation in the capital and became a tribute to the Qing Dynasty.

For many years, women in the Jianghuai River Basin have had the custom of drinking tea and drinking tea when they are pregnant and giving birth.

According to research, pregnant women eating tea dumplings before giving birth can relax muscles, activate blood circulation, loosen bones, and promote birth; eating tea dumplings after delivery can strengthen the body and improve health.

Therefore, when a child is born in the Jianghuai River, relatives and friends will buy tea steamed buns to give to the mother. There is a popular saying among the people: "If you don't eat steamed buns during confinement, you will lose money." In 1965, a leading comrade in Huai'an County

When I went to Beijing for a meeting, I brought a basket of tea dumplings to Premier Zhou Enlai.

The Prime Minister accepted the deep affection of the people in his hometown, but insisted on letting the comrades of the county party committee take the gifts back.

This incident showed the prime minister's honest and upright style, and at the same time added a good story to Huai'an Tea Cuisine.