Dragon Beard Candy or Chinese cotton candy is a handmade traditional art of China. It's similar to spun sugar, or cotton candy (United States, Bangladesh, India, Canada), candy floss (UK, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Canada), tooth floss (South Africa), or fairy floss (Australia).
Kkultarae (꿀타래), aka Korean court cake - a Korean variant Pashmak (پشمک) - a Persian variant Pişmaniye (pişmaniye) - a Turkish variant Sohan papdi - a Indian variant
Dragon's Beard Candy is made using a 2000-year old technique that was first practiced during the Chinese Han Dynasty. As the story goes, an imperial court chef entertained the Emperor one day by performing steps involved in making a new confection. The process of making the candy involved stretching a dough-like mixture composed from rice flour and maltose into small, thin strands. These strands reminded the Emperor of a dragon's beard, and were sticky enough to adhere to one's face quite easily, so thus the concoction was there-forth named as Dragon's Beard Candy.
After the dough is repeatedly stretched and fine strands are formed, the strands are trimmed and wrapped around finely chopped, lightly roasted coconut, peanuts and sesame seeds. Dragon's beard candy has a very short shelf life. It is highly sensitive to moisture, and tends to melt when exposed to higher temperatures, notably during warm weather.
The first vendor in this video was seen in Beijing and the second in Chengdu, China.
Ẩm thực Trung Quốc - bánh tráng chỉ cuộn đậu xanh
