Fried Ma Tofu,Unique Snack with Three Colors

Fried Ma Tofu is the unique Beijing traditional cuisine, receiving people’s popularity until now.It’s not so complicated to make Ma Tofu.Grind the green beans with water into powder. After fermentation,filter out the upper liquid of Douzhir and leave the flocculent mung bean residue.This is the main component of the dish.

You see,Ma Tofu is placed in a small plate and looks oily.The gray Tofu residue is accompanied by several green beans.To make the dish look better,dig a little hole on the top and pour the chili oil into the residue.lt may strike you as somewhat ordinary,however,the taste can’t be found in other places except in Beijing.

Ma Tofu is not only popular with common people,but also favored by big names in opera performances.It’s said that the famous Peking Opera Master Mr.Ma Lianliang is particularly fond of the dish.Mr.Ma,who is Hui People,is not only fond of it,but versed in cooking it.Mr.Ma has a good friend whose name is Mei Lanfang,also a very well-known Peking Opera Master.Knowing that Mrs.Mei favors it too,he often cooks Ma Tofu and sends it to Mei’s home.

Mr.Ma has a special way of cooking Ma Tofu.He puts seasame oil in the pot and cooks such ingredients as green beans,pickled potherb mustard,carrots together until they are medium-well.Put them into the plate for preparation.Then,cook the Ma Tofu with seasame oil and sovbean sauce until it’s fragrant before putting into some auxiliary material.Stir-fry it until it’s becoming sticky.Finally,pour the fragrant chili oil.With its delicious flavor and fragrance,no wonder that Mei couple loves the dish Mr.Ma cooks so much.

In nowadays restaurants in Beijing,there provides Ma Tofu throughout the whole year.Some cook the dish by the original suet,while others change the cooking way by using the light vegetable oil.Regardless of the cooking method,Ma Tofu is still that delicious. 

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