Tanghulu

Tanghulu
Tanghulu
Traditional Chinese	糖葫蘆
Simplified Chinese	糖葫芦
Literal meaning	sugar bottle gourd
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	tánghúlu
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	tong4 wu4 lou4*2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	thn̂g-hô͘-lô͘
bīngtánghúlu
Traditional Chinese	冰糖葫蘆
Simplified Chinese	冰糖葫芦
Literal meaning	rock sugar bottle gourd
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	bīngtánghúlu
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	peng-thn̂g-hô͘-lô͘

Tanghulu
	Traditional bingtanghulu
Alternative names	Bingtanghulu
Type	Confections
Place of origin	China
Region or state	Beijing
Main ingredients	Candied fruits, sugar syrup; sometimes chocolate, or sesame sprinkles
	Media: Tanghulu;

Strawberry dipped with sugar coating for sale as a bintanghulu

Tanghulu (simplified Chinese: 糖葫芦; traditional Chinese: 糖葫蘆; pinyin: tánghúlu) also called bingtanghulu, is a traditional Chinese snack of candied fruit.^[1] It originated from northern China, but it is now commonly available in most Chinese cities, such as Beijing,^[1] Tianjin, Shanghai. It consists of fruits covered in hard candy on bamboo skewers that are approximately 20cm long.

The two common names literally means "sugar bottle gourd" and "rock sugar bottle gourd" respectively. The "sugar" or "rock sugar" refers to the sugar coating, while the "bottle gourd" refers to the slight resemblance of the snack to the shape of that fruit.

Tanghulu typically has a hardened sugar coating that comes from dipping the skewer in sugar syrup, but versions can also be found with a second chocolate coating, or sesame sprinkles. Traditionally, the fruit used has been Chinese hawthorn, but in recent times vendors have also used various other fruits, such as cherry tomatoes, mandarin oranges, strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, kiwifruit, bananas, or grapes.

References

^ ^a ^b "Bing Tang Hulu (Candied Haw in a Stick)". Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[be08-01-1] "Bing Tang Hulu (Candied Haw in a Stick)". Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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