Chinese Noodles
Posted by iVi | Filed under Food & Drink
The Chinese noodles have become famous worldwide with different variations in every country to suit the local taste. They are known as mien and fall into 3 main categories. The widely used is the wheat flour noodles that can be prepared with or without eggs.
The other category is rice noodles made of rice flour, water and salt. These can be thick or thin. There are various rice paper wrappers also available that are either in the shape of a triangle or a circle.
The 3rd category is the hand pulled noodles which is an art of stretching the paste and holding them in both hands and making them whirl several times. This paste is then laid on a board and folded continuously which gets transformed into long thin noodles.