海胆粽是南澳疍家人独创的美食,也是其“靠海吃海”的智慧结晶,至今已有超200年的历史。旧时疍家人缺鸡蛋,因此当地也流传着一句俗语——“无钱买鸡蛋,餐餐食海胆”。他们就地取材,将新鲜海胆融入粽子中,硬是“吃”出了一道非遗美味。海胆粽多精选大鹏湾紫海胆,配上本地芒叶和各色鲜料手工古法包成独特的长条形粽子。2021年,这份手艺正式入选深圳市级非物质文化遗产,同年,海胆粽也登顶“深圳伴手礼”榜单。
Sea urchin zongzi is a unique delicacy of the Tanka people in Nan'ao and has a history of over 200 years. As Nan'ao is surrounded by mountains and the sea, sea urchins abound. Therefore, one of its local proverb goes continuously——No money to buy eggs but have sea urchins for every meal. Usually, residents utilize purple sea urchins to make zongzi, along with glutinous rice, pork belly, shrimp, dried scallops, abalone and some fresh fillings, wrapped with Thysanolaena latifolia leaves to make a rectangle-like zongzi. As time goes by, sea urchin zongzi became the specialty of Nan’ao and it was elevated from a district-level to a city-level intangible cultural heritage in 2021. In the same year, the specialty ranked in the No.1 spot on the “Shenzhen companion gifts” list.