Eating in China
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Rice flour

大米粉Dàmǐfěn

Milled rice used to form small steamed cakes.

Type
Flour & starch noodles

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Rice milled into flour.

In the kitchen

Forms shuligao; cooked rice flour also dusts aiwowo.

Distinct from whole rice and separately named glutinous-rice flour.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有大米粉吗?

Does this dish contain Rice flour?

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