Sesame ball (Jian dui)

n dui are known as matuan (麻糰) in northern China, ma yuan (麻圆) in northeast China, and jen dai (珍袋) in Hainan. In American Chinese restaurants and pastry shops, they are known as Sesame Seed Balls.

In Hong Kong, it is one of the most standard pastries. It can also be found in most Chinatown bakery shops overseas.

Other names

 * Sesame seed ball
 * Jin deui
 * Jen dai
 * Zin dou
 * Matuan
 * Ma yuan
 * Tae dui