Called the Sichuan Mala Hot Pot Fragrant Mix, the 108-gram bag consists of fried fish skin, beancurd skin and a medley of mushrooms including straw, oyster and shiitake mushrooms. The snack is made from up to 19 ingredients including Sichuan peppercorns, chillies, and fennel. This new creation, according to The Golden Duck, required the team to go through a “meticulous process”. In order to understand the origins of mala, the team spent half a year visiting several cities in China to study the Sichuan cuisine as well as how to make mala in its traditional form.