At the table
Hold over a plate, break off a small piece and eat as a sweet snack. Seeds and crumbs fall easily. Ask for the traditional sesame version and check the oil and package ingredients.
Contains sesame. Some recipes use peanut oil; maltose syrup may be cereal-derived, so do not assume gluten-free. New flavours and manufacturers can add other ingredients.
Contains sesame. Some recipes use peanut oil; maltose syrup may be cereal-derived, so do not assume gluten-free. New flavours and manufacturers can add other ingredients.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Contains sesame. Some recipes use peanut oil; maltose syrup may be cereal-derived, so do not assume gluten-free. New flavours and manufacturers can add other ingredients.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Light, crisp cylinders of fried glutinous-rice and taro dough from Xiaodong, Qinzhou, coated in sweet syrup and sesame. The pale, porous centre is airy rather than a separate filling.
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- Texture
- Light, crisp cylinders of fried glutinous-rice and taro dough from Xiaodong, Qinzhou, coated in sweet syrup and sesame. The pale, porous centre is airy rather than a separate filling.
- How it’s made
- Mill glutinous rice and taro, cook and shape the dough into small blanks, then dry and fry until expanded. Coat with sugar-and-maltose syrup and toasted sesame; this representative version uses camellia oil.
Contains sesame. Some recipes use peanut oil; maltose syrup may be cereal-derived, so do not assume gluten-free. New flavours and manufacturers can add other ingredients.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Guangxi.
About this regional connection
Guangxi: Xiaodong, Qinzhou; traditional sesame-coated rice-taro puff.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有小董麻通吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Xiaodong sesame-coated rice puffs
Xiaodong matong is closely associated with Qinzhou New Year gift-giving. Makers fry small dough blanks into light puffs and roll them in sesame; the local craft entered Guangxi’s regional intangible-cultural-heritage list in 2023.