Rarely Known, Turns Out Each Filling and Mooncake Skin Has a Name

Kapanlagi.com - Some people may have eaten or tasted mooncakes.Mooncakes, which are the icon of Tiongciu or Mid Autumn Festival celebrations, are always sought after, especially by the Chinese community who celebrate it.

Unlike ordinary cakes, mooncakes are made very special.The round or square-shaped cakes have a skin that is imprinted with meaningful Mandarin characters, such as long life or prosperity.

In addition, mooncakes also have a dense and chewy filling, which makes them quite filling when eaten.What's unique is that each filling of mooncakes actually has a name.

Lotus Seed Paste

First, there is Lotus Seed Paste, which is known as the most expensive filling for mooncakes.This is because the ingredients used for the mooncake paste filling are very expensive, and sometimes even rare.These ingredients are usually mixed with white kidney beans, which makes Lotus Seed Paste luxurious and super delicious.

Sweet Bean Paste

Next, there is Sweet Bean Paste, which is often made from Azuki Beans.Since not all regions can find the ingredients for this paste, sometimes it is replaced with mung beans or black beans. Sweet Bean Paste generally has a black color, so it is often called dou sha or tau sa in Indonesia.

Jujube Paste

There is also Jujube Paste which has a sweet taste. As the name suggests, this mooncake paste is made from ripe fruit from the Jujube plant. The paste is dark red, slightly sour, and has a smoky aroma. However, Jujube Paste is not very well known in Indonesia, so it is rarely found.

Five Kernel

The uniqueness of the filling of this mooncake paste is the use of five different ingredients, including nuts and grains. These ingredients are roughly chopped, then glued inside the mooncake using maltose syrup.

As for the skin part, mooncakes also have several naming terms. Starting from Cantonese-style which is most commonly found worldwide; Suzhou-style which is thousands of years old; Beijing-style, Chaoshan-style, Ningbo-style, and Yunnan-style which have a sweeter taste.

Interestingly, nowadays, enjoying mooncakes doesn't have to wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival. You can easily order them from home through manisdansedap.com. This platform is part of KLY (KapanLagi Youniverse) as a Digital Media Network that also oversees Liputan6.com, Merdeka.com, KapanLagi.com, Dream.co.id, Brilio.id, Fimela.com, Bola.com, Bola.net, and Otosia.com, and offers a wide variety of delicious mooncake options, such as:

Mooncake Homemade

Snowskin Mooncake

Traditional Mooncake

Teochew Mooncake

So, are you excited to order your favorite mouthwatering mooncake? Besides mooncake, manisdansedap.com also presents various other delicious foods, both sweet and savory.

This is because this platform also serves as a 'showcase' for sellers. SME owners can also display their products and can make separate transactions from the platform, thanks to the feature of a direct purchase button that leads to the seller's WhatsApp number.

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(kly/tmi)