Wandou Huang

Wandou Huang (Simplified Chinese: 豌豆黄; Traditional Chinese: 豌豆黃; Pinyin: Wān dòu huáng; also pea flour cake or Beijing pea cake) is a northern Chinese sweet snack of mashed yellow split peas steamed into a soft yellow block, chilled, and cut into diamonds or squares. It is a classic Beijing tea pastry often grouped with imperial-kitchen snack lore. Soft stories tying every pea cake to one Qing emperor's personal favorite are folklore. It is not savory pea soup, not Douhua tofu pudding, and not mung-bean Liangfen jelly.

Characteristics

Uniform pale yellow; smooth, delicate, lightly sweet; cool serving temperature; clean cut edges in shop presentation.

Ingredients (overview)

Yellow split peas (or pea flour), sugar, water; optional osmanthus or garnish. Overview only—not a recipe card.

History and culture

Beijing snack-shop classic with Qing-era popular associations in food writing. Soft exclusive imperial inventorship claims are folk. English usually says "wandouhuang" or "pea flour cake." See Beijing Food.

Serving and variations

Tea snack squares. See Beijing Food, Tanghulu, and Mahua.

See also

• Lüdagun
• Mung Bean Cake
• Beijing Food
• Tanghulu
• Mahua
• Douhua
• List of dishes (A-Z)