Taste of Chinese New Year in Xinjiang (4)

Boiled mutton. [Photo by Li Hongrui/chinadaily.com.cn]

Boiled mutton

Boiled mutton is a traditional dish of ethnic people. It also has become an important part of Han people's dinner on the Eve of Chinese New Year. Apart from making dumplings, people often boil mutton around midday and share it with the whole families in the evening. Han people add spring onions to reduce the scent of mutton, and turnip to help the digestion.

Butter rolls. [Photo Li Hongrui/chinadaily.com.cn]

Butter rolls

Butter rolls are a traditional food of Hui people in Xinjiang. Hui people add butter in the flour to create a creamy flavor. And Han people develop two categories: one is added with spring onion, the other with dried red pepper. Both two kinds of butter rolls are steamed and consumed with stir fried meat and vegetables.