Shakima, also written as "Sakima", "Shakima", "Shakima", "Sazima", etc., is the Mongolian word for "Shakima". It is the phonetic translation of the Mongolian word "sacima". (sacima). In Hong Kong, it is called "Ma Chai", a sweet pastry specializing in Manchu.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the country in 1644 and changed its name to Shunzhi, Sacima was brought to Beijing by the Manchus from the Northeast, and has been popularized in Beijing ever since. Saqima won people's favor with its fluffy, sweet and melt-in-your-mouth advantages. Sakima is hunger-resistant, and was used as an excellent walking food by the horse gangs and camel caravans that traveled along the Beijing West Road all year round, which inadvertently made this Manchu food snack go to the whole country along the Beijing West Road. Saqima with its soft and sweet, melt-in-your-mouth advantages, to win people's favor.

It is proved that the local people in Yishui County, Shandong Province, since the Yongzheng years on the production of this kind of rich cake, the main style and sachima is no different, but more sugar and green and red threads, when you eat is still cut style, the local people will be this kind of food with the mooncake as a Mid-Autumn Festival ritual food.

Making method

Materials preparation: refined flour, dry noodles, egg flower, honey, raw oil, sugar, gold cake, caramel, raisins, plums, melon kernels, sesame kernels, cinnamon and so on.

1, egg with water beat well, add flour, knead into dough. After the dough has rested for half an hour, cut it into thin slices with a knife, then into small thin strips and sift off the floating surface.

2, peanut oil to 120 ° C, into the noodles, deep-fried until yellowish-white, drain the oil.

3, sugar and water in a pot to boil, add caramel, honey and cinnamon simmer to about 117 ℃, can be used to pull out the fingers of the monofilament can be.

4, the fried thin strips of noodles tossed with a layer of syrup; the frame with a layer of sesame seeds, the noodles poured into the wooden frame and spread, sprinkle some fruit, and then cut with a knife molding, cool that is.

5, the pot of peanut oil with a light fire to eighty percent of the heat, will be rolled into the frying pan fried for about 1 minute, to be golden red when it is fish out that into.