On Tuesday (29/7/14) Muslims in China celebrated Eid al-Fitr 1435 Hijriah to greet the victory after a month of fasting. In the morning Muslims came to mosques to pray and ask for forgiveness of each other by conducting exchange visits. During this visit, guests can enjoy a special culinary which usually appears when Eid al-Fitr.

The food served is generally sweet cakes, which are not sold every day, like Sanzi and Youxiang. Sanzi is a snack made of wheat-flour dough and pulled into thin noodles. These noodles are then deep-fried and arranged in a circular pattern and stacked to form a pyramid. It's a simple food, really, and very quick to make for the experienced cook.

While Youxiang is a kind of bread made ​​from dough of flour mixed with salt and then fried using sesame oil.

Other specialties are "Huicai" made of various types of vegetables and meat (beef or lamb). Stir-fry the meat with salt, scallions, and ginger. Once fragrant, add water and boil until approximately 20 minutes.

Another menu is soup dumplings which the dumpling contains black sesame, peanuts or beans to taste. Meanwhile another culinary is meat-based foods either goat or cow. This menu is usually eaten with noodles or made ​​as satay.

in Beijing, all the food can be found easily at the Muslim restaurants or Muslim supermarket stores, for example in the area of ​​ Niujie mosque. So happy Eid al-Fitr and enjoy the culinary.