1. Beijing-style mung bean cake
One of the famous Beijing-style four-season cakes, it is also a traditional cake of Manchu people. It has the characteristics of regular shape, light yellow color, fine and compact texture, soft and sticky taste. The raw materials for making mung bean cake are mung bean powder, pea powder, brown sugar, osmanthus and so on. Mung bean has good effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, protecting liver and benefiting kidney, and it is better as a summer snack.
2. Beijing New Year's Cake
A traditional Han snack belongs to the New Year's food. There are many varieties of designs and colors. Only the varieties of cold cakes include pot cakes, stuffing cakes, rice cakes, bean flour cakes, tower cakes, Aiwowo cakes, bean dregs cakes, rolled cakes, lotus root cakes and zongzi. There are whole rice, broken rice and rice flour in the materials used for lianggao, and there are also differences in cooking methods.
3. Grilled cakes
Traditional Han food with summer flavor is popular in Beijing and other places. Buckwheat flour is boiled into a gray paste, made into small cakes and put into a cold water basin. Made of buckwheat flour, it is usually sold at the same time as bean jelly. When eating, cut into small pieces, then cut the small piece of grilled cake into two thin long slices with thick middle, put them in a bowl, pour the juice stirred with sesame sauce, soy sauce and good vinegar, add shredded red and salty carrots, and pour mustard, pepper or minced garlic.
4. Golden cake
is hawthorn cake. The production of golden cake began in the middle of Qing Dynasty, and it is a traditional food in Beijing. At that time, Empress Dowager Cixi loved this bite and sent people out of the palace to buy hawthorn cakes.
5, sand candy
Traditional snacks of Han nationality in old Beijing and Tianjin have a long history and are typical medicinal diets. The medicated diet candy, which is made by secret recipe, is not only edible but also medicinal, and integrates dietotherapy and candy. It is a precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation and a treasure of ancient Chinese food culture. In the past, people commonly called it "medicinal sugar" because of its remarkable dietotherapy effect on frequent miscellaneous diseases or discomfort. Before 1955, it was common in noisy areas such as temple fairs and old overpasses in old Beijing, and sometimes sellers were occasionally seen in the streets and lanes. From 1955 to 21, it almost never appeared in Beijing.
6. Burning with a wallet
Famous Han spots in old Beijing. According to legend, the wallet fire was created by Yao Chunxuan and his wife in Shunyi in 1876. When making, the dough is filled with stuffing, folded on both sides, and the other two sides are not sealed. After frying in a flat pan until golden brown, take it out of the pan and serve it while it is hot. It is golden in color, fragrant and delicious. Because of its long shape, it is sometimes folded in half, similar to the wallet worn on the shoulder in ancient times, hence the name "burning with a wallet". Its taste is similar to pot stickers, but its shape is different.
7. Minced meat sesame seed cake
One of the traditional snacks of Han nationality in Beijing, with traditional court flavor, has a history of hundreds of years. In fact, the so-called minced meat sesame seed cake is a sesame seed cake with fried minced meat. The minced meat biscuit is crispy outside, salty and sweet, thick and mellow, and has a unique flavor.