According to legend, more than 2,000 years ago, Liu Bang and his mother were hunted by Qin Jun, and it was dusk when they fled to Dongcheng, Fengxian County. At that time, mother and son were hungry and thirsty, and happened to meet a steamed stuffed bun shop that was about to close, so mother asked the shop for the main food. Seeing that the two were pitiful, the shopkeeper chopped the remaining vermicelli, added seasoning to make steamed bread, then fried the steamed bread in a pot, and then mixed it with bean flour and millet flour to make porridge, which the mother and son ate together. After eating, Liu Bang and his mother felt refreshed and were able to escape to Pei County to avoid disaster. Later, Liu Bang became emperor, but his mother never forgot the life-saving meal.
Therefore, Liu bang specially invited a family who opened a steamed stuffed bun shop in Fengxian County and moved them to Xinfeng Palace in Chang 'an (now Xinfeng Palace in Lishan, Lintong), fulfilling his mother's wish to eat fried dumplings and porridge. Nowadays, in Fengxian and Peixian counties of Jiangsu Province, there is still a legacy of the Han Dynasty, that is, eating fried dumplings and drinking noodles porridge, which is also called "emperor porridge".
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The fried dumplings in the north of the Yellow River inherited the production technology of fried dumplings in ancient Cao Zhou, while the fried dumplings in the south of the Yellow River were carefully selected, scientifically matched and elaborately made, with distinctive features. There are two kinds of meat dishes and more than a dozen varieties in Cao Zhou. The stuffing in meat dumplings mainly includes pork, mutton, shrimp, sea cucumber, Chinese cabbage, leek and leek. Vegetarian steamed stuffed buns are mostly filled with vermicelli, fried tofu, wild vegetables and carrots. In the local people, it is simply called "Fried Bag". Crispy outside and fresh inside, with good taste.
Fried dumplings in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao: As a common snack here, fried dumplings have a thin layer of flour and water, which is different from the pure meat stuffing fried raw. Locals also add scallops and shrimps to fried dumplings.