Sachima / 殺騎馬
Jul 22nd, '11, 16:02
Sachima / 殺騎馬
Traditional Chinese
1. 殺騎馬
2. 馬仔
[show]Transcriptions
Sachima, also called Shaqima is a common Chinese pastry found in many Chinese-speaking regions. Each regional cuisine has its own slightly different variation of this food, though the appearance of all versions is essentially the same.
Contents
[hide]
1 Manchu
2 Cantonese
3 Fujian
4 China
5 See also
6 References
[edit] Manchu
In Manchu cuisine originally, sachima is a sweet snack. It mainly consists of flour, butter, and rock sugar or rock candy. It is now popular in mainland China among children and adults.
[edit] Cantonese
The Cantonese pastry version of sachima is very sweet. It is also made of essentially the same ingredients as the other varieties of sachima. It is often sprinkled with dried coconut. The Cantonese variety of sachima ranges from chewy to hard in texture. Most overseas Chinatowns offer the Cantonese style of the pastry. It is commonly found in Hong Kong.
[edit] Fujian
Many of the Fujian distribution companies manufacture packaged versions of Sachima. This version has sesame and is made of wheat flour, vegetable oil, egg, milk, granular sugar, and malt sugar.[1] The taste is comparatively plain compared to the more sweetened Cantonese version.
[edit] China
Shaqima sold at convenience stores
Overall in China, the people nowadays usually buy Shaqima at convenience stores. Each Shaqima is roughly 4.0 x 4.5 x 7.7 cm in size, wrapped in plastic paper, and eight such Shaqima cakes are contained in a plastic bag and sold.
[edit] See also
Rice Krispie treat
Çäkçäk
[edit] References
^ According to the list of ingredients on a package of Sachima from the Zhangzhou distribution company in Fujian province.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachima
Traditional Chinese
1. 殺騎馬
2. 馬仔
[show]Transcriptions
Sachima, also called Shaqima is a common Chinese pastry found in many Chinese-speaking regions. Each regional cuisine has its own slightly different variation of this food, though the appearance of all versions is essentially the same.
Contents
[hide]
1 Manchu
2 Cantonese
3 Fujian
4 China
5 See also
6 References
[edit] Manchu
In Manchu cuisine originally, sachima is a sweet snack. It mainly consists of flour, butter, and rock sugar or rock candy. It is now popular in mainland China among children and adults.
[edit] Cantonese
The Cantonese pastry version of sachima is very sweet. It is also made of essentially the same ingredients as the other varieties of sachima. It is often sprinkled with dried coconut. The Cantonese variety of sachima ranges from chewy to hard in texture. Most overseas Chinatowns offer the Cantonese style of the pastry. It is commonly found in Hong Kong.
[edit] Fujian
Many of the Fujian distribution companies manufacture packaged versions of Sachima. This version has sesame and is made of wheat flour, vegetable oil, egg, milk, granular sugar, and malt sugar.[1] The taste is comparatively plain compared to the more sweetened Cantonese version.
[edit] China
Shaqima sold at convenience stores
Overall in China, the people nowadays usually buy Shaqima at convenience stores. Each Shaqima is roughly 4.0 x 4.5 x 7.7 cm in size, wrapped in plastic paper, and eight such Shaqima cakes are contained in a plastic bag and sold.
[edit] See also
Rice Krispie treat
Çäkçäk
[edit] References
^ According to the list of ingredients on a package of Sachima from the Zhangzhou distribution company in Fujian province.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachima
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