Eating in China
Pea jelly ingredient on a plain plate.

Pea jelly

豌豆凉粉Wāndòu liángfěn

A smooth, springy set jelly from a pea preparation, cut or portioned for dressing.

Type
Flour & starch noodles

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A smooth, springy set jelly from a pea preparation, cut or portioned for dressing.

In the kitchen

The pea-based version of Tibetan dressed liangfen.

One Tibetan preparation soaks and grinds peas, separates a starch-rich fraction, then heats and cools it to set. Packaged and freshly dressed forms differ; vendor recipes and added seasonings are not fixed.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有豌豆凉粉吗?

Does this dish contain Pea jelly?

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