Cifantuan
 Many pieces of Cífàntuán in a traditional steaming basket | |
| Alternative names | Cífàn, fàntuán, chi faan |
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| Course | Breakfast, Dim sum |
| Place of origin | Shanghai, China |
| Region or state | Greater China |
| Main ingredients | youtiao (fried dough), glutinous rice |
| Cifantuan | |||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 糍飯糰 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 糍饭团 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cífàntuán | ||||||||||||||||
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| Chi faan | |||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 粢飯 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 粢饭 | ||||||||||||||||
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Cífàntuán is a glutinous rice dish in Chinese cuisine originating in Shanghai.[1][2] It is made by tightly wrapping a piece of youtiao (fried dough) with glutinous rice. It is usually eaten as breakfast together with sweetened or savory soy milk in Eastern China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong (where it is known as chi faan).[citation needed]
In recent years, there have been innovations on the traditional cifantuan, originating from Hong Kong and Taiwan, then reverse-introduced into Shanghai and its vicinity. Today, cifantuan is commonly available in two varieties. Whereas the "savory" variety includes ingredients such as zha cai (pickled vegetable), rousong (pork floss) and small pieces of youtiao being wrapped in the rice ball, the "sweet" variety adds sugar and sometimes sesame to the filling.
See also
References
- ^ News365.com.cn. "News365.com.cn Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine." 上海的小吃. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
- ^ Phoenix television. "Phoenix television Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine." 糍飯糰與豆漿. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
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