1. Oil incense is a traditional folk food of Hui nationality. There are three types of fragrance: ordinary fragrance, sugar fragrance and meat fragrance. In some places, fragrant incense is called "incense pot".
According to legend, oil incense was introduced into China from ancient Persia in the Yuan Dynasty. There are many kinds and tastes of oil fragrance of Hui nationality, including salty oil fragrance of fermented noodles, light oil fragrance, sweet oil fragrance, oil fragrance of scalded noodles and oil fragrance of fermented noodles.
In places where Hui people live in compact communities, there is a custom of eating oil incense. To fry oil to celebrate the full moon, 100-day circumcision and marriage of children. During Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, when entertaining guests and commemorating the dead, Hui people will fry oil incense (in some places, Hui people call it "cooking oil incense") to show their respect and inheritance to their ancestors.
2. Scorpions Whenever Eid al-Fitr, Kupang Festival and other national festivals, Hui families will fry scorpions to entertain guests and give gifts to neighbors.
The production method is: add refined flour into salt water and knead it repeatedly, knead it into thick strips, coat it with edible oil and put it into a basin to wake it up.
After the oil pan is heated, make the noodles into rings, fry them in the oil pan until golden brown, and take them out to dry.
It is characterized by beautiful appearance, crispy and delicious.
3. Powder soup is a favorite flavor food of Hui people.
During Eid al-Adha and ji zi Festival, every household should cook noodle soup to entertain guests and relatives. Before getting married, Hui girls must be trained to cook noodle soup at their parents' home, so almost all Hui women can't cook noodle soup.
4. Pepper chicken is a traditional dish of Hui nationality. The main ingredient is chicken, and the main cooking process is cooking. The production process of pepper chicken is also very complicated and is very popular among Muslims. Pepper chicken is generally eaten as a cold dish, which tastes mellow, salty and tender, refreshing and delicious.
5. The Eight Bowls of Hui people, also known as the Eight Bowls of Muslims, are traditional folk banquets for Muslims. It refers to eight kinds of big bowl stews, which pay attention to thick materials, pure and clear soup, extensive materials, comprehensive techniques and meat and vegetable collocation. They are mostly stewed, boiled, braised, fried, burned and steamed, with thick juice and full bowls.
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Hui nationality is the abbreviation of Hui nationality, and it is a minority with a large population in China, with a total population of 1 0,586,087 (2010 excludes Taiwan Province Province). Contemporary Hui people generally use Chinese, and different regions have different dialects.