At the table
Lift a small piece carefully with a spoon or fork; it can crumble. Enjoy as a sweet snack or with tea. Ask whether the filling is red bean and whether another maker adds fat, milk or other ingredients.
Contains mung beans and red beans. Other makers' fillings and added fats may differ; check ingredients for relevant allergies. Freshly steamed cake can be hot.
Contains mung beans and red beans. Other makers' fillings and added fats may differ; check ingredients for relevant allergies. Freshly steamed cake can be hot.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Contains mung beans and red beans. Other makers' fillings and added fats may differ; check ingredients for relevant allergies. Freshly steamed cake can be hot.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
A pale yellow steamed cake with a fine, moist mung-bean crumb and a smooth dark red-bean center. It tastes sweet and gently beany, with a tender texture that breaks apart easily.
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- Texture
- A pale yellow steamed cake with a fine, moist mung-bean crumb and a smooth dark red-bean center. It tastes sweet and gently beany, with a tender texture that breaks apart easily.
- How it’s made
- For the Luji Yongxingde-style version, soak and peel mung beans, partly dry and finely mill them, then rub and sift with white sugar. Cook soaked red beans until soft, sieve off their skins and stir with brown sugar into paste. Sandwich the paste between mung-bean layers, level, cut and steam.
Contains mung beans and red beans. Other makers' fillings and added fats may differ; check ingredients for relevant allergies. Freshly steamed cake can be hot.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Tianjin.
About this regional connection
Tianjin: Duliu, Jinghai, Tianjin; Luji Yongxingde-style representative recipe.
Ask if they have it first
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A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Duliu moist mung-bean cake
Duliu's canal-town pastry tradition includes this layered moist cake. Luji Yongxingde's craft emphasizes milling, repeated sifting and handmade bean filling. The technique entered Tianjin's municipal intangible cultural heritage list in 2022.