The yellow radish used in Xinjiang pilaf is called yellow carrot locally. The individual of yellow carrots is larger, each of which is more than half a kilogram. Its yellow color is because it contains higher carotene, which is a yellow pigment. Because of its high vitamin content, Xinjiang people often like to use it to match when they eat mutton by hand, and there is a saying that they would rather have no mutton than carrots.