Ox-tongue pastry
Ox-tongue pastry (Chinese: 牛脷酥; Jyutping: ngau4lei 6sou1) or Horse-ear pastry (Chinese: 马耳; pinyin: Mǎ ěr) and may be referred to as a Chinese Doughnut is a Chinese cuisines that is popular in south China in the Canton or Fujian province. It is a fried dough food that is elliptical in shape and resembles an ox tongue or a horse ear. The pastry texture is chewy, with a soft interior and a crunchy crust. Ox-tongue pastry is lightly sweetened, and eaten as part of breakfast with soy milk. The pastry is made in a similar way as Youtiao, however, sugar is added to the flour.
See also
Shuangbaotai
Youtiao
Mandazi, a similar East African pastry
References
曾大平, (2002), 民間小吃製作圖解 (Traditional snacks in China), 萬里機構 ISBN 962-14-2376-7