Mala sauce oily, and the tastes more complex. Common sauces include sesame oil with garlic, oyster oil, or doufu ru. The sauce is used in a variety of ways, from stir-fry, stews, and soup, to being used in hot pot or as a dipping sauce. In the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces mala powder (麻辣粉; pinyin: málàfĕn) is used on snacks and street foods, such as stinky tofu, fried potatoes, and barbecued meat and vegetables. The sauce is made primarily of dried chili peppers, chili powder, douban paste, Sichuan peppercorns, clove, garlic, star anise, black cardamom, fennel, ginger, cinnamon, salt and sugar. These
Chinese regional cuisine and Facing heaven pepper (). Peanuts, sesame paste and ginger are also prominent ingredients in this style. Anhui cuisine ( or ) is derived from the native cooking styles of the Huangshan Mountains region in China and is similar to Jiangsu cuisine, but with less emphasis on seafood and more on a wide variety of local herbs and vegetables. Anhui province is particularly endowed with fresh bamboo and mushroom crops. Shandong Cuisine () is commonly known as Lu cuisine. Shandong Cuisine made one of the most important parts of imperial cuisine with wide distribution across North China. Lu cuisine dishes