Si Wa Wa

About This Recipe

Guizhou’s Guizhou cuisine has a long history, and silk doll is one of its representative dishes. Mainly hot and sour, making good use of fermented seasonings, the taste is rich. It is good at stir-frying, stewing, steaming and mixing, which fully embodies the cooking wisdom of Guizhou cuisine.

Ingredients List

• 2 dolls
• Appropriate amount of cooking oil
• Appropriate amount of salt
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 spoon cooking wine
• Onions, ginger and garlic in moderation

Cooking Steps

1. 1. Add flour and water to make a thin batter, put it into the pan and spread it into a thin crust.
2. 2.
   3. Take a piece of pie crust and put various vegetable shreds on it
3. 4. Pour in the hot and sour soaking water (mixed with soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, Sichuan pepper oil, etc.)
4. 5. Roll up the piping bag, seam side down
5. 6. Put the whole thing into your mouth and eat it in one bite

Cultural Tips

The soul of Guizhou cuisine is hot and sour. Guizhou people often say that if you don’t eat sour food for three days, you will form a net. Guizhou cuisine makes good use of fermented seasonings such as sour soup and rotten peppers. Foods such as fish in sour soup and silk dolls reflect Guizhou people’s ultimate pursuit of hot and sour flavors. Silk dolls are well-known in Guizhou. It is a must-have dish for festivals and family gatherings, and is the epitome of Guizhou cuisine food culture.