Full video

0:00

[Music]

0:02

these are pounded potatoes

0:06

and yes

0:07

they stretch

0:09

but not just any potato can make this

0:10

dish to find these potatoes you have to

0:13

go to yunnan china

0:19

[Music]

0:27

yang learned to cook classic yunnan

0:29

dishes when he was 16 years old

0:31

[Music]

0:41

in 2010 yang brought yunnan cuisine to

0:43

beijing

0:52

[Music]

1:01

the secret ingredient to this dish is a

1:02

very special kind of small potato that

1:04

grows in yunnan

1:06

unlike the starchy yukon gold spuds that

1:08

are used in classic mashed potato dishes

1:10

the yunnan potatoes are waxy

1:13

and that's what gives this dish its eye

1:15

appealing stretch

1:24

your

1:30

[Music]

1:36

[Music]

1:46

[Music]

1:56

[Music]

2:12

[Music]

2:15

sure

2:21

[Music]

2:24

often called grandma's mashed potatoes

2:26

in yunnan province yang likes to enjoy

2:28

this dish at home

2:30

[Music]

2:46

[Music]

3:00

you