Eating in China
Clear golden cooking oil in a small plain bowl.

Flaxseed oil

胡麻油Húmáyóu

Huma seed oil used in Taigu cakes.

Type
Cooking fats and oils

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Oil from flax seeds, called huma in Shanxi.

In the kitchen

Enriches the dough for Rongxintang Taigu cakes.

The regional name refers to flaxseed oil, not sesame oil.

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这道菜里有胡麻油吗?

Does this dish contain Flaxseed oil?

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