A CLOSER LOOK
How to recognize it
An alkaline culinary ingredient added to dough or starch slurry; traditional penghui in Dunhuang is a crystalline solid derived from burned plant material.
In the kitchen
Lanzhou niangpi and Dunhuang yellow noodles.
Purchased culinary alkali and traditional plant-ash alkali are distinct forms.
Ask about this ingredient
这道菜里有食用碱吗？
Does this dish contain Culinary alkali?
A few dishes to explore
These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.
