Shuangbaotai (simplified Chinese:双胞胎;traditional Chinese:雙胞胎;pinyin:shuāngbāotāi) is a sweetfried dough food ofHokchew origin commonly found as aTaiwanese street food. It is a chewy fried dough containing large air pockets on the inside and a crisp crust on the outside. It is made by twisting two small pieces of dough together and frying them, causing them to separate slightly while remaining connected.[1]
TheMandarin Chinese name of this food,shuāngbāotāi (Chinese:雙胞胎) meaning "twins", is derived from the fact that the dish is two pastries twisted slightly together as ifconjoined twins. TheTaiwanese Hokkien name is 馬花糋 (bé-hoe-chìⁿ), which roughly means "horse-hoof cake", also in reference to its shape. Another Hokkien name is 雙生仔 (siang-siⁿ-á) meaning twins.
InTaiwan, shuangbaotai are a type of snack (xiaochi) typically sold byhawkers at street stalls or innight markets, but not in regular restaurants or bakeries.
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