The green dumplings are a traditional specialty of the Jiangnan region, green in color, mixed with the juice of mugwort into the glutinous rice flour, and then wrapped in bean paste filling or lotus seed paste, which is not too sweet and not too greasy, and carries a light but long and refreshing aroma.
And Aiwowo is a Beijing-style snack with a long history. The main ingredients used in its preparation include the outer skin made of glutinous rice flour (jiangmai) and flour. The filling of its inner package is full of variations, with walnut kernels, sesame seeds, melon seeds, yam puree and other nutritious natural ingredients, with a sticky and soft texture, sweet taste, snow-white color, often embellished with red hawthorn cake, which is beautiful and festive. Because of its skin outside the grits thin powder, on the top for a concave, so the name Ai Wo Wo.