https://www.chinesefoodwiki.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=SachimaSachima - Revision history2026-10-23T12:14:50ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.37.1https://www.chinesefoodwiki.org/index.php?title=Sachima&diff=2219&oldid=prevAdmin: [CFWK] Create dish page (Infobox + Commons)2026-09-24T13:30:18Z<p>[CFWK] Create dish page (Infobox + Commons)</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{#seo:<br />
|title=Sachima (萨其马) - Chinese Food Wiki<br />
|keywords=Sachima,萨其马,薩其馬,沙琪玛,Shaqima,Manchu pastry,ma zai<br />
|description=Sachima (萨其马) is a Manchu-origin Chinese sweet of fried dough strands bound with sugar syrup and cut into soft squares.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Infobox chinese food<br />
| image = Sachima.jpg<br />
| caption = Sachima<br />
| alternate_name = Shaqima; Saqima; Sa Qi Ma; Manchu sachima; Hong Kong ma zai; 沙琪玛; 马仔<br />
| pinyin = Sà qí mǎ<br />
| type = Sweet fried-dough pastry pressed with syrup<br />
| course = Snack / tea pastry / packaged sweet<br />
| country = China<br />
| region = Manchu origin; Beijing and northern pastry shops; nationwide Chinese bakeries; Chinese diaspora (Hong Kong ma zai)<br />
| other = Manchu fried dough-strand sweet — not nian gao, not peanut brittle alone<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Sachima''' (Simplified Chinese: 萨其马; Traditional Chinese: 薩其馬; Pinyin: ''Sà qí mǎ''; also '''Shaqima''' / 沙琪玛, Saqima; Hong Kong '''ma zai''' / 马仔) is a soft, sweet Chinese pastry of thin fried dough strands mixed with sugar syrup (often with honey or maltose), pressed, and cut into rectangles or squares. The name is a transcription of Manchu ''sacima''; Qing dictionaries glossed related forms as a sugar-bound confection. Soft folk stories that invent the name from "killing a horse" or credit a single emperor as sole inventor are folklore. It is a named pastry category, not sticky New Year [[Nian Gao]], not plain fried dough sticks ([[Youtiao]]), and not peanut candy alone.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachima Source]</ref><br />
<br />
== Characteristics ==<br />
<br />
Golden to pale yellow blocks; strands visible inside; soft, sticky-sweet, melt-in-mouth crumb; toppings may include sesame, raisins, candied fruit, or coconut in modern packs.<br />
<br />
== Ingredients (overview) ==<br />
<br />
Wheat flour dough (often egg-enriched), oil for frying, sugar syrup or maltose/honey binder; optional sesame, dried fruit, coconut. Overview only—not a recipe card.<br />
<br />
== History and culture ==<br />
<br />
Associated with Manchu pastry culture and Qing-era Beijing snack writing (including notes in seasonal Beijing miscellanies); later became a nationwide packaged bakery sweet and a common Hong Kong/Cantonese tea snack under the name ma zai. Soft exclusive inventorship claims are folk. English usually says "sachima" or "shaqima." See [[Beijing Food]] and [[Mahua]].<br />
<br />
== Serving and variations ==<br />
<br />
Tea snack, travel sweet, gift tin, or packaged everyday treat. See [[Beijing Food]], [[Mahua]], and [[Tanghulu]].<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
* [[Beijing Food]]<br />
* [[Mahua]]<br />
* [[Tanghulu]]<br />
* [[Nian Gao]]<br />
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}</div>Admin