奶皮子 (nǎipízi) · milk skin, Mongolian dried clotted cream

Measure Word

一张奶皮子 zhāng

Meanings

1 milk skin
2 Mongolian dried clotted cream

About the ingredient

Thick sheets of cream lifted from milk that is simmered slowly and left to cool, then dried. Rich and faintly sweet, it is a Mongolian dairy food eaten with milk tea, and is also made into yogurt, desserts and candied hawthorn.

Contains milk

Also called 奶皮

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

奶皮子可以就着奶茶吃。

Nǎipízi kěyǐ jiù zhe nǎichá chī.

Milk skin can be eaten together with milk tea.

HSK 7-9

奶皮子是蒙古族的传统食品。

Nǎipízi shì Měnggǔzú de chuántǒng shípǐn.

Milk skin is a traditional Mongolian food.

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culture

Staple of Mongolian and Kazakh dairy cuisine. Whole milk is simmered until a thick cream skin forms, lifted off and dried; close cousin to Central Asian kaymak.