Xining City, Qinghai Province, is the largest city on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and a city of northwest cuisine that cannot be ignored.
The city of Xining surrounded by mountains
Xining City is located in the core area of the Huangshui River Valley of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with a pleasant climate, no severe heat in summer and no severe cold in winter, suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. Historically, many ethnic groups lived here, bringing Xining a rich variety of unique cuisines.
—01—Kang pot lamb chops
In northwest China, lamb is everywhere, tasteless and beautiful. In Qinghai, natural saline grasslands account for half of the province's area, with a mild climate, more precipitation, a long growth cycle and a large amount of exercise in sheep. Therefore, the meat of Qinghai lamb is tender and easy to cook.
Qinghai is the fourth largest pastoral area in China, with a grassland area of about 1.08 billion mu. 500 million mu of grassland can be used, accounting for nearly half of the grassland area in the province. Drawing/Paprika
Kang pot lamb chops are a delicacy unique to Xining in Qinghai. Add lamb chops, shallots, ginger and cooking wine to a saucepan, add water to a boil over high heat, and then simmer over low heat. Onion, ginger, garlic pot, add onion sauté until transparent, then add carrot pieces, add cumin, peppercorns, spices, salt and other stir-fry, add green and red peppers before cooking, this pit pot lamb chops are ready.
Kang pot lamb chops must eat a few more bites, out of the West ning can not eat.
—02—White bar
White strips are hand-grabbed lamb. Xining people have absolute confidence in their lamb, and almost every restaurant will have white strips.
Grab the lamb by hand
The boned lamb is cut into strips, directly salted in water and served on a large plate. The lamb is fat and not fat, tender and soft, and the mouth oil is slippery at the end, showing the roughness and heroism of qinghai people.
—03—"Dog Peeing"
Pasta, is the head of Xining, hua dan, mainly divided into three kinds of steamed bread, cake and noodles. Dog peeing is a kind of cake with a very "unique" name.
Yellow can't dog pee
But don't worry, the name of the indecent pie has nothing to do with any of its words. In the past, Qinghai Province's materials were relatively poor, and clear oil was very precious, and Qinghai people were reluctant to use oil. When baking cakes, use a small pot to pour along the edge of the pot a little, like a dog peeing, so this dog pours urine. The indecent name does not affect the appearance of its skin and the soft and sweet taste.
-04—Steamed steamed buns
Northwestern people love to eat pasta, and Xining people are even more so. Xining people can not eat white rice for a year, but they cannot go a day without eating steamed bread.
Steamed steamed buns
The steamed steamed bun is one of the most common steamed buns on the streets of Xining. After the noodles are ready, add clear oil, fragrant beans and other spices, smeared with red yeast, turmeric, couma powder and other food coloring, layered into red, yellow and green dough, put into a circular pot, buried in grass and wood ash and slowly roasted. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, the steamed steam
-05—Milk and egg mash
After eating lamb and pasta, the dessert after the meal must not be less. Milk and egg mash is a dessert in Xining that looks inconspicuous, but will definitely make you feel amazing after drinking it.
Make milk and egg mash
Mash is a sweet wine made with glutinous rice and boiled with milk and eggs. Milk and egg mash out of the pot and then sprinkle a layer of sesame seeds a few red goji berries, both the aroma of milk, and the tenderness of eggs, as well as the fragrance of sweet wine, qiong pulp jade dew does not change.
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