Flavorful Origins - Flavorful Origins: Yunnan

In the second series of "Flavorful Origins", we discover the cuisine of Yunnan .

10 Episodes

Dairy Products

Season 2 - Episode 1

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

Season 2 - Episode 2

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

Sa Piӗ

Season 2 - Episode 3

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

Season 2 - Episode 4

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

Season 2 - Episode 5

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

Season 2 - Episode 6

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 radis...

Hardy Banana

Season 2 - Episode 7

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

Season 2 - Episode 8

Besides being an appetite stimulant, tart fruits like lemon and sour papaya can be added to shredded chicken, carp or a sauce for dousing li...

Rice Cake

Season 2 - Episode 9

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 ...

Salted Flour

Season 2 - Episode 10

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