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Dairy Products

Episode number: 1

Overview: Yunnan is known for a variety of dairy products, including Dali rushan: thinly sliced cheese that can be fried, grilled or dipped in honey.

Nan Piӗ

Episode number: 2

Overview: A local wild berry features in nanpie, which refers t different types of flavorful pastes made from mashed vegetables or fish.

Sa Piӗ

Episode number: 3

Overview: Sa is a culinary tradition that pairs cold meat or raw vegetables with a versatile sauce that is often mixed with pig blood curd.

Lacquer Seed Oil

Episode number: 4

Overview: 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.

Ham

Episode number: 5

Overview: Found in local moon cake fillings, Xuanwei cured ham can be thinly sliced, steamed, cooked with egg, stewed or served as cold cuts.

Pickled Vegetables

Episode number: 6

Overview: 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.

Hardy Banana

Episode number: 7

Overview: 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.

Sour Fruits

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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.

Rice Cake

Episode number: 9

Overview: 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.

Salted Flour

Episode number: 10

Overview: Zha, an old custom, is an assortment of dried fermented vegetables or fish served as side dishes, made with ancient methods of food preservation.