The raw materials for making bean jelly include: bean jelly, water, Chili oil, cucumber, soy sauce, sesame oil, coriander, vinegar, minced garlic, chopped peanuts and so on. The common way to eat bean jelly is cold salad, which tastes cool and smooth, especially suitable for eating in hot summer.

Raw materials for bean jelly

According to the records of literature and history, there was bean jelly in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there was "Xisuo bean jelly" in Yuan Zhen Meng's Dream of Tokyo.

According to the regional division, bean jelly can be classified into Zunyi pea bean jelly, Ningbo bean jelly, Cantonese bean jelly and Chaoshan grass cake.

Bean jelly can also be eaten directly by pouring brown sugar water or honey, and it tastes better after refrigeration.