Guokui, also known as Guokui and dried steamed buns, is a traditional local pasta snack popular among urban and rural residents in Guanzhong area of ??Shaanxi Province and Wuwei area of ??Gansu Province. The cake is about two feet in diameter, round and thick like a pot lid.
Guokui originated as a gift from grandma to her grandson He Miyue, and later developed into a flavored convenience food. Take wheat flour powder, press the stalks to knead the dough, and bake it in a shallow pan over slow heat. Among the "Top Ten Oddities of Shaanxi" compiled by people outside the province, one of the oddities is "Roasted buns look like pot lids," which refers to pot helmets. The more famous ones in Guanzhong include Qianzhou pot helmets, Jingyang pot helmets, Wugong County pot helmets, Changwu County pot helmets, Qishan County pot helmets, Fufeng County pot helmets, Fengxiang County pot helmets, and Xihe pot helmets.