Halal Cuisine

Introduction

Dishes that follow Islamic dietary rules, a food practice that spans regions rather than belonging to one.

Halal cuisine means dishes that follow Islamic dietary rules, a food practice followed by the Hui and other Muslims by tradition and found in many regions rather than tied to one. In the halal practice of the Hui, pork is not used, and cattle, sheep, camels and poultry are slaughtered after an imam or another worshipper recites the name of God. Youxiang, fried cakes of dough, are a must at festivals and the new year. The Yin Shan Zheng Yao of the Yuan has a section of assembled delicacies with many mutton dishes made with huihui douzi (chickpeas), and some dishes are labelled as of the western regions or of the Uyghur. Halal cuisine is defined by dietary rules and regional cuisines such as Xinjiang cuisine by place, so the two can overlap.