Triangular Ganhua Cake

Last updated 2026-11-13 — Triangular Ganhua Cake is a popular food in the Pu'er region, especially in areas such as Jingdong, Zhenyuan, Jinggu, Mojiang, and Simao. It is characterized by its rhombus-like shape, paper-thin texture, soft taste, and sticky yet non-greasy mouthfeel. The ingredients include high-quality glutinous rice and regular rice, which are ground together into a paste. This mixture then goes through steaming and mixing processes to form the base, which is later stuffed with fillings. For a savory version, ingredients such as ham, fresh meat, and chopped chives are used to make the filling. For the sweet version, white sugar, honey, walnuts, peanuts, sesame seeds, and chicken fat oil are used. Finally, the dough is shaped into triangles using three fingers, resembling rhombuses, and is placed on banana leaves inside a steamer basket before being steamed until cooked and ready to eat.