Local Ingredients

Name English/Romanization Chinese characters
agar agar daaih-choi 大菜
adzuki beans chek-síu-dauh 赤小豆
apricot kernels - (sweet & bitter) nàahm-bâk hahng  南北杏
bean curd - pressed - dried dauh-fuh gôn / dauh-gôn  豆腐乾/豆乾
bean curd (hard) ngaahng dauh-fuh 硬豆腐
bean curd (soft/water) yúhn dauh-fuh 軟豆腐
bean curd puff (deep fried) dauh-bôk 豆卜
black eyes beans mèih-dáu 眉豆
black fungus –cloud ear wàhn-yíh 雲耳
Chinese ham gâm-wàh fó-téui 金華火腿
Chinese star anise Baat-gok 八角
Chinese yam wàaih-sâan 淮山
date (brown / honey) maht-jóu 蜜棗
deep-fried gluten balls Sáang-gán 生根
dried Chinese white cabbage choi-gôn 菜亁
fermented bean paste dauh báan jeung 豆板醬 yellow bean paste mihn-sih麺豉yellow bean paste mihn-sih (with broad bean segments) 麺豉
fermented black beans dauh-sih 豆豉
fermented (red) bean curd nàahm-yúh 南乳 fermented bean curd (white cubes) fuh-yúh 腐乳
fish - stripey (dried) chàaih-yùh 柴魚
fish maw yùh-tóuh 魚肚
gingko nuts baahk-gwó 白果
green beans luhk-dáu 綠豆
jujube hùhng-jóu 红枣
kelp (chinese) hói-daai  海帶
daylily stems gâm-jâm  金針
longan pulp yùhn-yuhk / lùhng-ngáahn-yuhk 圓肉/龍眼肉
lotus root (dried) lìhn-ngáuh gôn 蓮耦乾
lotus seeds lìhn-jí 蓮子
mushroom – dried winter mushroom dûng-gû 冬菇
mussel (dried) daahm-choi 淡菜
olive vegetable láam-choi 榄菜
octopus (dried) jêung-yùh 章魚
oyster (dried) hòuh-sí 蠔豉
peanuts fâ-sâng 花生
preserved Chinese sausage laahp-chéung 腊肠
preserved gizzard ngáap-jêun 鸭肫
preserved mustard greens/leaves múi-choi 梅菜 preserved mustard cabbage syut-choi/ syut-lèih-hùhng/syut-léuih-hùhng 雪菜、雪黎红，雪里红
pickled mustard root ja-choi 榨菜
preserved olives láam-gok 榄角
scallops (dried) gôn yìuh-chyúh 乾榣柱 seaweed (roasted lava) jí-choi 紫菜
sesame seeds (white) (baahk) jî-màh (白)芝麻

 

shrimps (dried shrimps) hâ-máih 蝦米
shrimp paste hâ-jeung 蝦醬
silver fish ngàhn-yùh / baahk-faahn-yùh 銀魚、白飯魚
soybean milk sheets fuh-jûk 腐竹
soybean sticks jí-juk 支竹
tangerine peel (dried) chàhn-pèih 陳皮
Tianjin preserved veg./cabbage dûng-choi 冬菜
vegetarian chicken jâai-gâi 齋雞 素雞
wheat gluten (gluten meat) mihn-gân 麵根
wolfberries (dried) géi-jí 杞子