bingfen

{{Short description|Chinese dessert}}

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Bingfen ({{zh|c=冰粉|p=bīngfěn}}), also called ice jelly, is a Chinese dessert native to Southwest China in provinces such as Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan. It is served as a bowl of iced transparent jelly, made from the seeds of the Nicandra physalodes plant, along with toppings like haw flakes and wolfberries.{{Cite book|last=Fuchsia Dunlop|title=The Food of Sichuan|date=2019-10-15|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-1-324-00484-4|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=How about a bowl of Bingfen (ice jelly) in the hot summer?|url=http://english.cqnews.net/html/2018-05/15/content_44309045.htm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Chongqing News}} It is commonly sold in the summertime as a street food.{{Cite web |last=Endicott |first=Arianna |date=2023-06-24 |title=Bingfen: The Chinese Ice Jelly That's Delightfully Thirst-Quenching |url=https://www.thedailymeal.com/1319930/bingfen-chinese-ice-jelly-delightfully-thirst-quenching/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=The Daily Meal |language=en-US}}