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ChaSan is a kind of traditional Chinese pastry and is very popular in Jiangsu Province,China,especially in Huai'an,a historic city which is considered as the home of ChaSan.ChaSan is a sort of afternoon tea snacks,and that's why it is named ChaSan,because in Chinese,"Cha" means tea. Huai'an ChaSan has a long history of over one hundred years since the late Qing dynasty and it has a reputation both at home and abroad.It used to be a royal tribute in Qing dynasty and later was awarded as one of the Famous Chinese Snacks in 1997 for its peculiar flavour.[1]

It takes several steps (of which frying is the most important one)to make ChaSan from patent flour to golden brown and crispy pastry.

Ingredient and process

[ingredient] patent flour 2500g refined salt 50g Semen sesami nigrum 75g sesame oil 5000g

[process]

1.Get the patent flour in a trough and add in warm water、refined salt and Semen sesami nigrum and mix to form a ball. Knead until the dough are smooth and elastic. Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.

2.Take out the dough and shape them into round bars,then place them in a trough brushed by sesame oil. 3.Pour the sesame oil into a pot and heat it with a medium heat.Wind the bars around your hand for about sixty circles and then stretch them with chopsticks until they are as thin as threads.Get them into touch of the hot oil and overlap the chopsticks to make ChaSan a fan shape.Draw out the chopsticks and wait to pick up the finished golden brown ChaSan.