Manchu cuisine
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Manchu cuisine or Manchurian cuisine is the cuisine of
History
The ancestors of the Manchus were the Jurchen and Mohe people. The Mohe enjoyed eating pork, practised pig farming extensively, and were mainly sedentary, and also used both pig and dog skins for coats. They were predominantly farmers who grew soybean, wheat, millet and rice, in addition to engaging in hunting.[1]
In contrast with their Mohe ancestors, the Jurchens developed respect for dogs around the time of the Ming dynasty and passed this tradition to their Manchu descendants. In Jurchen culture, it was forbidden to use dog skin and harm, kill or eat dogs. The Jurchens also believed that the Koreans' use of dog skin was an "utmost evil".[2] The Koreans' consumption of dog meat set them apart from the Manchus.[3]
The
Notable dishes in Manchu cuisine
The typical Manchu dishes include pickled vegetables. Manchurian hot pot (满洲火锅; 滿洲火鍋; Mǎnzhōu huǒguō) is a traditional dish, made with pickled Chinese cabbage, pork and mutton.
Bairou xuechang (白肉血肠; 白肉血腸; báiròu xuěcháng; 'white meat blood sausage') is a soup with pork and blood sausage and pickled Chinese cabbage.
Suziyie doubao (苏子叶豆包; 蘇子葉豆包; sūzǐyè dòubāo) is a
Other common dishes are:
- suancai cuan bairou (酸菜白肉; suāncài báiròu; sour vegetables with boiled meat),
- suan tangzi (酸汤子; 酸湯子; suān tāngzǐ; a sour soup with fermented corn flour),
- di san xian(stir-fried eggplant, potato and green pepper),
- Manchu sausage,
- lüdagun (a steamed roll made of bean flour), and
- niushe bing (牛舌饼; 牛舌餅; níushé bǐng; a type of cake).
Manchurian/Manchow dishes in India
The popular Indian Chinese style of cooking known as Manchurian, where an ingredient is first deep-fried and then sauteed in a spicy sauce, was invented in India and bears little if any relation to actual Manchu cooking.[6] Manchow soup is also an Indian creation.
References
- ISBN 9004123075.
- ^ Aisin Gioro, Ulhicun; Jin, Shi. "Manchuria from the Fall of the Yuan to the rise of the Manchu State (1368-1636)" (PDF). p. 18. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ Jucha, Nicholas (2010-04-21). "The Manchu in modern China". GBTimes. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ISBN 052092679X.
- ^ "The Manchu Ethnic Group" (PDF). MSD China. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ISBN 978-81-905835-5-8.