Ox tongue pastry

Ox-tongue pastry (Chinese: 牛脷酥; Jyutping: ngau⁴ lei ⁶ sou¹) or horse-ear pastry (Chinese: 马耳; pinyin: mǎěr) and may be referred to as a Chinese Doughnut is a Chinese cuisines that is popular in south China in the Canton or Fujian province. It is a fried dough food that is elliptical in shape and resembles an ox tongue or a horse ear. The pastry texture is chewy, with a soft interior and a crunchy crust. Ox-tongue pastry is lightly sweetened, and eaten as part of breakfast with soy milk. The pastry is made in a similar way as Youtiao, however, sugar is added to the flour.