Special Food

Ham Cake

Huotuibaba(ham cake) is a traditional food of the Naxi people. It is prepared by pressing fermented dough into cake base, casting ham crumbs on the surface, pulling both ends together, filling in sweet nut stuffing, and frying in a pan.

Banta

Banta is a kind of food of the Naxi people for the Mid-Autumn Festival, carrying the meaning of reunion and happiness. The wordBantacomes from the Naxi language and means solid sweet food.

When making a Banta,the Naxi people will coat peach kernel, rose sugar, and fine stuffing in a thin slice of dough made of flour, brown sugar water and fat. Then they dust sesames and press patterns on the surface before baking.

Editor: Feng Hui