Talk:Jian dui

Bánh cam and red bean paste
Where my family buys Bánh cam, it sometimes, although rarely, is filled with red bean paste. Is this abnormal, or could it be mentioned? goodyfun

Jian dou?
This really should be named in cantonese, not in mandarin. InfernoXV 16:29, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Is it strictly a Cantonese food, originating in Cantonese culture? Badagnani 23:58, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually it's not. It's found in Northern China, especially in Beijing area. cecikierk

Mung bean paste
Can't mung bean paste also be used for a filling? Badagnani 04:18, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Carlsmith's page move
This editor should have used "discussion" before moving the page. The spelling used is not common on a Google search. Badagnani 06:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I am more confused about the name Matuen? Isn't it the small crunchy snack that looks like a Jin deui but not the same thing? It has no fillings and is much smaller?  Benjwong 00:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

That is possible! It's a hollow ball with sesame seeds and no filling? Seems to me an entirely different food that merits its own (separate) article. Badagnani 00:17, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

By "small crunchy snack", do you mean the little deep-fried sesame covered solid lumps that are usually sold around Chinese New Year/Mid-Autumn Festival?

The hollow balls taste about the same as the filled ones (only sans filling), so I don't think those are a separate food.. probably just a "flavour" or variety. Oltri 19:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Outer Layer
What's the outer layer made of? Some rice flour dough? Just curious. 87.78.114.98 20:42, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

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Traditional vs restaurants varieties
The picture and description is of a restaurants type Jin deui, what I would call Jin deui tsai with a dimunative 仔 added to the end. The traditional Jin deuis we use to get in the New Territories were made in much the same way, but with no outer sesame coating and with a savoury inner coating of beaten egg and spring onions, they were also a lot bigger, bigger than an adult fist (it got a bit competetive as to who could make the biggest one without it exploding) and couldn't be eaten whilst spherical, you had to wait for them to deflate rip a hole in the side to turn them inside out before rolling them up with the egg coating (which had become a sort of steamed omelette) on the outside.KTo288 (talk) 08:39, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Naming consistency
The page is called Jin deui, but the term Jin dui is used throughout the article and with no explanation. Should the spelling not be either consistent or the difference explained somewhere? Lithium (talk) 21:25, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Split: Eḷḷuruṇṭai(எள்ளுருண்டை)
The food is different. Eḷḷuruṇṭai(எள்ளுருண்டை) are not rice balls covered with sesame seeds, but balls made of sesame powder and rice powder mixed together. They are not fried other. --Ityoppyawit (talk) 03:02, 8 January 2017 (UTC)