Traditional Chinese Snack---Chatang
Chatang is a traditional gruel common to both Beijing cuisine.
Chatang or seasoned flour mush is a traditional gruel common to both Beijing cuisine, and often sold as a snack on the street.
It is prepared in two steps. First, flours of sorghum or millet are cooked in advance, often stir fried, then flour is ready to be served. When a customer orders the dish, hot water is poured into the bowl containing the flours to create a paste-like mush, and it is served with white or brown sugar, and Sweet Osmanthus sauce.
Street vendor pouring boiling water from a dragon-headed copper kettle into a bowl of chatang traditionally. The kettle was extremely large, up to four feet tall with a diameter in excess of a foot, and was often made of copper.
--by Cathryn, your personal shopping assistant in Beijing
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