
Flavorful Origins
Yunnan Cuisine
201910 episodes
Explore the diverse flavors of China's Yunnan province and get to know the cooks and ingredients that shape its rich culinary tradition.
Episodes
E1Dairy Products
8.02019-10-30 · 14m
Yunnan is known for a variety of dairy products, including Dali rushan: thinly sliced cheese that can be fried, grilled or dipped in honey.
E2Nan Piӗ
8.02019-10-30 · 13m
A local wild berry features in nanpie, which refers t different types of flavorful pastes made from mashed vegetables or fish.
E3Sa Piӗ
7.02019-10-31 · 13m
Sa is a culinary tradition that pairs cold meat or raw vegetables with a versatile sauce that is often mixed with pig blood curd.
E4Lacquer Seed Oil
7.02019-10-31 · 13m
Derived from the fruits of the Chinese lacquer tree, qiyou is an oil used to cook eggs, congee, pork stew, roast chicken and even bee larvae.
E5Ham
7.02019-10-31 · 14m
Found in local moon cake fillings, Xuanwei cured ham can be thinly sliced, steamed, cooked with egg, stewed or served as cold cuts.
E6Pickled Vegetables
7.02019-10-31 · 14m
Salted and partially dried, the sow thistle can be pickled and stir-fried with pork to lend a sour, crunchy flavour, or added to white radish stew.
E7Hardy Banana
6.02019-10-30 · 13m
Wrapped in leaves with a sticky rice or spiced fish, the Musa basjoo – a banana found in Yunnan – can make for a sweet snack or savoury dish.
E8Sour Fruits
7.02019-10-30 · 14m
Besides being an appetite stimulant, tart fruits like lemon and sour papaya can be added to shredded chicken, carp or a sauce for dousing live shrimp.
E9Rice Cake
9.02019-10-30 · 13m
The er, a flattened rice flour cake, can be backed into a sticky snack, sliced and stir-fried with vegetables or julienned into noodle-like strands.
E10Salted Flour
7.02019-10-30 · 12m
Zha, an old custom, is an assortment of dried fermented vegetables or fish served as side dishes, made with ancient methods of food preservation.
