2. The most particular thing about
Hakka food is the cooking techniques
the Hakka use, including pressure-cooking, Hakka Food
quick frying, stewing, and the sauces they use.
Hakka food tends to be vinegary and salty,
including a large variety of pickled vegetables.
The pickled vegetables not only replenish the
salt lost through sweating caused by hard work,
it can be stored for long periods of time. This
falls in line with frugality considered so
important by the Hakka. The most frequently
seen types of Hakka food are rice flower dishes,
snacks, and main dishes.
3. Common Hakka Rice Flour Dishes
Include Hakka Food
The main ingredient of "bantiao" (wide
noodles) is pure rice flour milled into
paste. This mixture, the thickness of which
is between 0.2~0.4 centimeters, is then
steamed. Before cooking, it is cut into
strips and boiled briefly. It is then placed
in a mixture of broth, soy sauce, sesame
oil, scallions, marinated meat, and bean
sprouts. The result is a dish of tasty
bantiao.
4. "Caitougui" (turnip cake) is another
popular Hakka fare. It differs from the Hakka Food
Guangdong "luobogao" (turnip cake) in
that it is made from nothing but "zailaimi"
rice (a species of rice) and turnips. It is
generally dipped first in soy sauce with
scallions or kumquat sauce when being
eaten.
5. Bangui is a type of "zongzi" (filled
glutinous steamed rice dumpling
wrapped in bamboo leaves) particular Hakka Food
to the Hakka. It is made of glutonous rice and
"zailaimi" rice. They make both regular and
sweet versions. The regular, or "salty" in
Chinese, version is filled with shredded
turnips, ground meat, oil, scallions, and
shortening. The most common filling for the
sweetened zongzi is sweet bean paste.
Both types of zongzi are delicious.
6. The Hakka "caibao" (vegetable bun) is
also known as the "Zhulonggui" ()
because it resembles the bamboo cage used to Hakka Food
hold pigs. The delicious Hakka caibao is filled
with shredded turnip and small shrimp wrapped
in a rice flour bun.
The Hakka make a special type of maji called
"qiba" for all special occasions.
They dip these tasty treats
in syrup or
peanut powder.
7. 草粄and紅粄 are special Hakka rice
dishes used when in ceremonies to
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venerate ancestors. The草粄 is filled
with vegetables like turnip and is salty.
The 紅粄 is filled with sweet bean paste
and is delicious.
9. Common Hakka Treats Include
Fried pork tripe with ginger, which is Hakka Food
very much representative of Hakka snacks, is
deliciously crispy. It has a delicate taste and is not
oily. Served with finely shredded tender ginger
and just the right amount of vinegar and spices, it
is a wonderful treat.
Sliced white pork-boiled in water to maintain
tenderness and dipped in soy
sauce, it is mouth-watering.
10. Common Hakka Dishes Include
Sichuan Vegetable and Pork Soup, Hakka Food
representative of Hakka cuisine, combines the
saltiness of the Sichuan vegetable and the
delicate flavor of the meat to create
a simple and delicious dish.
"Feng", means fatty pork, with white gourd and
"feng" meat with cabbage with are very
typical of Hakka fare. It is stewed in
a broth made with oil, and scallions.
If you happen to go to Meinong,
you must try some!
11. Fried "fucai", a kind of grass, is also
characteristic of Hakka cuisine. In the Hakka Food
past, Hakka let their ducks feed on
weeds, including fucai, as well as
tadpoles. Today, people from Meinong
quick fry fucai like any other vegetable
and mix it with thick broad bean sauce.
It has become a unique Hakka dish.
