Sachima

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Sachima

1. 馬仔
2. 沙琪瑪
3. 薩其馬

1. 马仔
2. 沙琪玛
3. 萨其马

Transliterations
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin:	1. mǎzi 2. shāqímǎ 3. sàqímǎ
Yue (Cantonese)
- Jyutping:	1. maa5 zai2 2. saa1 kei4 maa5 3. saat3 kei4 maa5

Sachima is a Chinese pastry found in many Chinese-speaking regions. Each regional cuisine has its own slightly different variation of this food, though the appearance of all versions is essentially the same.

1 Manchu
2 Cantonese
3 Fujian
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Manchu

In Manchu cuisine, sachima is a sweet snack. It mainly consists of flour, butter, and rock sugar or rock candy. It is now popular in mainland China among children and adults.

[edit] Cantonese

The Cantonese pastry version of sachima is very sweet. It is also made of essentially the same ingredients as the other varieties of sachima. It is often sprinkled with dried coconut. The Cantonese variety of sachima ranges from chewy to hard in texture. Most overseas Chinatowns offer the Cantonese style of the pastry. It is commonly found in Hong Kong.

[edit] Fujian

Many of the Fujian distribution companies manufacture packaged versions of Sachima. This version has sesame and is made of wheat flour, vegetable oil, egg, milk, granular sugar, and malt sugar.^[1] The taste is comparatively plain compared to the more sweetened Cantonese version.