Xian has been rich in the delicious food of Shaanxi snacks, There are many varieties of famous snacks of fashionable foreign delicacies with uniqueness.

Fan's cured meat in pancakes appeared In Xian a long time ago. It is one of the traditional Shaanxi delicacies. In fact they are pancakes made of high-quality wheat flour stuffed with cured meat. There is a story about it. In the Tang Dynasty, an official called "Fan" lived In Eastern Chang'an. Once he financed a young man when his mother died. Ten years later, this young man became wealthy through his cured meat business. To show his gratitude, he went to Fan's 80th birthday with an intricately built coffin made of Chinese prickly ash wood. In the coffin there hid cured meat made of 250 kg of lean meat. Since there were many guests on the day, Fan did not take any notice of the coffin. Ten years later when Fan died of Illness, the family had no means of making a living but sell property. At last, they found the coffin in the small house. When the family opened it, there was the aromatic and freshly looking cured meat! Mrs. Fan sent it for sale In the market and It was well received. More people rushed to the family for the meat. Mrs. Fan put some fresh meat into the juice. The newly cooked cured meat was just as delicious. Then the Fans' fame of their cured meat went apace.

Qiaomianheluo has 600-700 years history. It makes from fresh buckwheat. It famous for it's delicious taste. No matter winter or summer, qiaomianheluo can be found in snack streets. It also can help to strengthen the stomach and offer some temporary respite from the heat.

The history of Qiaomianheluo:

Heluo was once called helou in ancient China. It has a long history. A famous agriculturalist Wangzhen in Yuan dynasty, once wrote Heluo like this: "On the back of north hill, there has a kind of wheat which can grind into flour and make into cake or make soup noodles." Heluo is good for health, it is not only good for intestines, but also good for stomach. Heluo is made of buckwheat. It was said that buckwheat is the most nutritious food. It is abundant in amylum, protein, aminophenol, vitaminP, vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, magnesium, flavone and so on.

Raw materials: Buckwheat 1000g, water 300g, little amount of alkali.

How to cook Qiaomianheluo of Xian Food: