Buckwheat cakes

Buckwheat cakes

　　Buckwheat cakes --- The Yi and Lisu ethnic groups in the Diqing region both cultivate bitter buckwheat and sweet buckwheat, using them as one of their staple foods. To make buckwheat cakes, boiling water is mixed with bitter buckwheat flour, which is then shaped into cakes, boiled in water, and served with honey. They are soft and fine-textured without any bitterness, cool and soothing to the intestines — a beloved medicinal food. For sweet buckwheat flour, water is added to make a thin batter, which is then poured onto a hot pan to make a flat cake, flipped a few times, and then ready to eat. Both types of buckwheat cakes are available at major hotels. (Diqing)