| Mianwo | |
| Pic: | Mianwo.JPG |
| Piccap: | A plate of Mianwo from Wuhan |
| T: | 麵窩 |
| S: | 面窝 |
| P: | miàn wō |
| J: | min6 wo1 |
Mianwo is a deep-fried, donut-shaped snack from Wuhan in Hubei province in central China. It is made from soy milk, rice milk, flour, sesame, and chopped Chinese scallion. Mianwo usually has a salty taste, but a sweeter variant may be made with diced sweet potato.
The origin of Mianwo is uncertain, but tradition dates it back to the Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty (1875–1909). A local sesame cake maker, Chang Ziren, supposedly created the first Mianwo while experimenting with novel seed cake varieties in Hankou.[1]