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Jin deui

Jian dui
Zin Deoi.jpg
Alternative names matuan, sesame ball
Course Pastry
Place of origin Chang'an (now Xi'an), Tang dynasty China
Region or state Chinese-speaking areas, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India
Main ingredients glutinous rice flour, sesame seeds, various fillings (lotus seed, black bean, red bean pastes)
 
Jian dui
Chinese 煎䭔 煎堆
Literal meaning fried pile
Matuan
Traditional Chinese 麻糰
Simplified Chinese 麻团
Literal meaning sesame rice dough

Jian dui (Chinese: 煎堆; Jyutping: zin1deoi1; Cantonese Yale: jīndēui) is a type of fried Chinese pastry made from glutinous rice flour. The pastry is coated with sesame seeds on the outside and is crisp and chewy. Inside the pastry is a large hollow, caused by the expansion of the dough. The hollow of the pastry is filled with a filling usually consisting of lotus paste, or alternatively sweet black bean paste, or less commonly red bean paste. They are also sometimes referred to as sesame balls (Chinese: 芝麻球; pinyin: zhīmáqíu; Jyutping: zi1maa4kau4; Cantonese Yale: jīmàhkàuh).

Depending on the region and cultural area, jian dui are known as matuan (麻糰) in northern China, ma yuan (麻圆) in northeast China, and zhen dai (珍袋) in Hainan. In American Chinese restaurants and pastry shops, they are known as sesame seed balls.

The origins of jian dui can be traced back to the Tang dynasty as a palace food in Chang'an, known as lüdui (碌堆). This food item was also recalled in a poem by the Tang poet Wang Fanzhi. With the southward migration of many peoples from central China, the jian dui was brought along and hence became part of southern Chinese cuisine.


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