Mantou

Mantou (Chinese馒头/馒头, Pinyin mantou ) is a specialty of Chinese cuisine.

It is a soft, whitish steamed bread made ​​from wheat flour, water and yeast, which is preferably eaten in northern China and Taiwan. The consistency reminiscent of steamed dumplings.

Legend

According to legend, the word mantou should originally have been with the characters蛮 头(literally " barbarians head") written, which have the same pronunciation.

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