Mung Tofu is truly food of common people for its special ingredients are the remains of mung and this local snack witnesses the living changes in Beijing.It got popular in ancient China when the poor had no better food. But surprisingly, the rich also fell in love with it for its special taste. Most major restaurants in Beijing now offer Mung Tofu, but the taste is different with the original for the oil used has been changed from caproic oil to vegetable oil.
Mung Tofu is a favorable snack of local people in Beijing. It is reported that it was a food for people as early as in the Ming Dynasty. Its ingredient is the remains of materials making of green bean starch and starch noodle. Ma Tofu is grey and green in between. It is used to be fried with salt preserved vegetable and string bean.
