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The word "Manchurian" means native or inhabitant of Manchuria (in northeast China); the dish, however, is a creation of Chinese restaurants in India, and bears little resemblance to traditional Manchu cuisine or Northeastern Chinese cuisine. [4]
Manchu cuisine or Manchurian cuisine is the cuisine of Manchuria (Northeast China) and Outer Manchuria (also known as Russian Manchuria). It uses the traditional Manchu staple foods of millet , soybean , peas , corn and broomcorn .
Zizania latifolia, known as Manchurian wild rice [5] (Chinese: 菰; pinyin: gū), is the only member of the wild rice genus Zizania native to Asia. It is used as a food plant. Both the stem and grain are edible. Gathered in the wild, Manchurian wild rice was an important grain in ancient China.
Manchurian may refer to: Manchuria, a region in Northeast Asia Manchurian people, a Tungusic people who originated in Manchuria (today's Northeastern China) Manchurian language, a Tungusic language spoken in Northeast China; Manchurian (dish), a style of food dishes such as chicken Manchurian, vegetable Manchurian, etc. in Indian Chinese cuisine
Chicken Manchurian served at a restaurant in Hyderabad. Wang came to Mumbai in 1974, with just ₹27 in his pocket. [6] His first job there was in a small restaurant in Colaba. [5] He also worked a variety of other odd jobs, including being a limbo dancer, at which he claims to be skilled. [3]
Kombucha (also tea mushroom, tea fungus, or Manchurian mushroom when referring to the culture; Latin name Medusomyces gisevii) [1] is a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black tea drink. Sometimes the beverage is called kombucha tea to distinguish it from the culture of bacteria and yeast . [ 2 ]
The alternative term Manchu–Tungus is also in use (Тунгусо-маньчжурские 'Tunguso-Manchurian'). The name Tunguska, a region of eastern Siberia bounded on the west by the Tunguska rivers and on the east by the Pacific Ocean, has its origin from the Tungus people (Evenks). [1]
John Keay states in A History of China, shaman is the single loan-word from Manchurian into the English language. [ citation needed ] After the conquest of China in the 17th century, although Manchus officially adopted Buddhism and widely adopted Chinese folk religion, Shamanic traditions can still be found in the aspects of soul worship, totem ...