🇨🇳 Chinese Traditional Desserts (Part 2)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_desserts

姜撞奶

jiāngzhuàngnǎi — “Ginger Milk Curd”; a Cantonese steamed dessert where ginger juice is used to curdle sweetened buffalo milk

仙草

xiāncǎo — “Grass Jelly”; a Hakka jellied dessert that uses Chinese Mesona which is served chilled and has a slightly bitter taste

龟苓膏

guīlínggāo — “Tortoise Jelly”; jelly made from the paste of the bottom shell of a turtle/turtoise

海棠糕

hǎitánggāo — “Begonia Cake”; pan-fried hot cakes with one side caramelized that resembles a Begonia flower; main ingredient is peanuts where the outer layer has a fluffy crust and inner layer is a bean paste

雪蛤

xuěgē — Siberian Frogs; dessert ingredient from the dried fatty tissue found near the fallopian tubes of the Asiatic grass frog

核桃酥

hétáosū — Walnut Cookies; a pastry snack with walnuts and dates as the raw materials

酒酿

jiǔniáng — fermented sweet rice that is slightly alcoholic; can be eaten on its own or used as a ingredient of other desserts like egg drop soup or tangyuan

京八件

jīngbájiàn — “Beijing Eight Pieces”; eight kinds of Beijing-style cakes with different shapes and tastes, court cakes during the Ming and Qing Dynasties

煎堆

jiānduī — “sesame balls”; fried Chinese pastry made from glutinous rice flour that is coated with sesame seeds on the outside and filled with lotus paste, or sweet black bean paste, or red bean paste

开口笑

kāikǒuxiào — “smiling sesame balls”; fried sesame egg cake eaten during the Lunar New Year for their resemblance to a smiling mouth

凉糕

liànggāo — glutinous rice cakes served cold, sometimes with various sweet toppings

凉虾

liàngxiā — tiny rice jellies in sweet soup, visually resembling tiny shrimps, common as a street food in southwestern China

梨膏糖

lígāotáng — “Pear-Syrup Candy”; main components are pear juice, honey, and various kinds of herbs formed into neat cubes

莲蓉包

liánróngbāo — Lotus Seed Bun; steamed bun filled with lotus seed paste