Rice-flour Dumpling Soup

Last updated 2026-11-14 — Rice-flour Dumpling Soup, commonly known as "Stretching Dough over Stones," can be made with either pork or lamb filling, mixed with cabbage, radish, and various seasonings, and traditionally wrapped into dumplings. The dish also features rice-flour flat beans, which are made into soft, chewy rice-flour cakes. These cakes are elastic and slightly translucent, and they hold up well without breaking even after prolonged boiling. To prepare the dish, first add sliced strips of the rice-flour cakes to a bubbling soup pot. Then, combine cooked dumplings and noodles from another pot and pour them all into the soup. Just before serving, season with salt, chopped scallions, vinegar, chili oil, and MSG. The flavor is sour, spicy, and delicious, providing warmth and helping to ward off the cold—making it especially suitable for people in cold regions and one of Alxa’s traditional delicacies.