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Rice flower carp, S: 禾花鱼; T: 禾花魚 (hé huā yú), Cyprinus carpio is farmed in the rice paddies of southern China and SE Asia.
The fish are not only a crop but act as insecticides by eating the bugs and also fertilise the rice with their waste.
Dong fried rice flower carp
Most of the farmers are from China's ethnic minorities, around here the Miao and Dong peoples and they have developed delicious recipes to utilize them.
Miao steamed rice flower carp fillets.
Rice flower carp, S: 禾花鱼; T: 禾花魚 (hé huā yú), Cyprinus carpio is farmed in the rice paddies of southern China and SE Asia.
The fish are not only a crop but act as insecticides by eating the bugs and also fertilise the rice with their waste.
Dongfried rice flower carp
Most of the farmers are from China's ethnic minorities, around here the Miao and Dong peoples and they have developed delicious recipes to utilize them.
Miao steamed rice flower carp fillets.
