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Introduction
Henan cuisine originates from the Henan province located in central China. Henan
cuisines includes all tastes such as sour, bitter, sweet, spicy, and salty. Its other name is Yu
cuisine and it is originated during 17th century-21st century. Henan cuisine had a quite
interesting history, the then prime minister Yiyin who is known as the originator of Chinese
cooking decided to season the Henan food that will have all the tastes. Mainly Henan food
was segregated into five different types such as dishes in high class, in marketplaces, in
temples, in folks, and in imperial court. Henan cuisines based on the concept of mean and
harmony rather than on single taste. The Henan food includes flavor of both the northern and
southern China. It is assumed that there are almost 50 cooking methods that can be used to
prepare Henan cuisine. Most popular method is the grilled Henan dishes. Some of the famous
and delicious Henan dishes are:
Grilled head and tail of black crap, it has a salty and sweet taste. Crap with fried
noodles in sweet and sour sauce is an authentic dish of Kaifeng, red in colour and it is sweet
and sour with little salty. Spicy soup is one of the significant snack dish of Henan food and it
has an amazing spicy taste containing ingredients such as mutton, peanuts, beef loafs, and
many more that are loved by the customers. There are famous Henan restaurants in China
where one can enjoy Henan food some of the popular places are The First Restaurant located
in Beijing, Henan Food House located in Zhengzhou, and many more restaurants are there
where one can experience flavoured Henan food. Various researches has been done on the
Henan cuisine where the researchers have explored multiples facts about the Henan cuisine
and few are stated below.

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http://www.flavorandfortune.com/dataaccess/article.php?ID=1131
Earlier this province was spelled as Honan however; later the Chinese spelled it as Henan.
Flavour and Fortune is an article that mainly deals with the Henan culture. The name of the
province states south of the yellow river. This article states that the methods of cooking in
this region is extremely old and authentic. Henan assumes to be the birthplace of Chinese
civilization and even the birthplace of Chinese cooking techniques. The food culture of
Henan used rice for preparing noodles and meats are prepared rendered with animal fats. The
commonly used seasonings are garlic, ginger, cardamom, vinegar, salt, and sugar. Rice,
potatoes, and dumplings are consumed as carbohydrates. Onions are favourite vegetable used
in the Henan dishes. Wuxiang shaobing is one of the mostly consumed carbohydrate that are
loved by the people in China. Shaolin vegetables is one of the famous dish that is originated
in Kaifeng. It mainly includes mushrooms, tofu, bamboo shoots, and other soy foods.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2011-02/18/content_12041159.htm
The other name of Henan cuisine is Yu cuisine and it is one the traditional and oldest cooking
technique in China. Henan food has done lots of innovation in many of its dishes. Henan
cuisine is famous for its delicious soup and whether the food is fried or boiled, it does not
matter to the customers as all the Henan food comes with authentic aroma and tastes. The
food has all the tastes such as sweet, salty, tender, crispy but not fragmentary. Henan cuisine
mainly associated with Luoyang and Kaifeng. One of the famous variety of Henan cuisine is
Shaolin Vegetarian food mostly preferred by Chinese Buddhist and monks. The food is full
of nutrition and assumes to be one of the healthiest food of the Henan cuisine.
Zhu, J., Xu, Y., Fang, Z., Shaw, S. L., & Liu, X. (2018). Geographic prevalence and mix
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