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Sichuan liang fen 川味涼粉 (Starch jelly noodles)

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Liang fen 涼粉 is a jelly noodles made amongst starch together with water. Starch together with H2O is cooked to a thick custard, laid together with chilled.  It is thence cutting into whatever sort together with size you lot similar thence dressed inward a Sichaun spicy sauce amongst but about leap onion, coriander together with few sesame seeds etc...





If you lot similar rice noodles you lot volition honey liang fen. This jelly noodles is much springier together with meliorate texture than rice noodle.

Liang fen tin live made amongst diverse starch. The best is mung edible bean starch together with minute I would recommend wheat starch (tang mien 澄麵 or tang fen 澄粉 inward Cantonese). Tapioca starch is likewise chewy together with conflour (cornstarch) is likewise soft. There are liang fen made amongst terra firma peas/beans, such every bit xanthous or light-green separate peas together with fresh mung beans.

Mung edible bean starch 綠豆澱粉 is non slow to discovery inward UK. I bought mine from a Thai supermarket bundle looks similar this below. Do non confuse mung edible bean flour (ground whole bean) together with mung edible bean starch. The starch is white similar cornflour, the terra firma flour is calorie-free olive green. If you lot store online inward UK, you lot tin run this starch from Raan Thai. You may also discovery mung edible bean starch inward but about Korean supermarkets. Other refer is light-green edible bean starch. In Malaysia together with Republic of Indonesia you lot may come upwards across Hun Kwee flour which is also mung edible bean starch but create await for ane without added colour together with fragrance.



To brand the liang fen it is real easy. All you lot ask is starch, H2O together with pocket-size pinch of salt. Starch to H2O ratio is 1 : five for a firmer texture which tin live easily cutting into fine noodles. If you lot similar a softer to a greater extent than jelly similar texture increase the H2O to half-dozen parts. Always usage the same loving cup to mensurate the starch together with water. Put starch into the loving cup loosely. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 footling starch volition brand quite a lot of this jelly noodles.

For this recipe I used 1/2 loving cup starch to 2.5 cups H2O together with pocket-size pinch of salt. 1/2 loving cup of starch volition brand plenty liang fen for 2 - iii people. The texture is draw solid together with tin live easily cutting into real fine noodles.

Mix starch amongst equal qty of H2O i.e. 1:1 laid aside.
Boil but about H2O inward a kettle. When boiling mensurate iv parts of H2O (i.e. 2 cups H2O for 1/2 loving cup of starch).  If you lot similar a softer jelly noodles add together but about other 1/2 loving cup boiling H2O to a full of half-dozen parts including the 1 purpose mixed amongst starch. Put boiling H2O inward a saucepan, add together salt. Bring this H2O to a boil.
Stir inward the premixed starch liquid piece stirring. Simmer gently
The mixture volition thicken real quickly. When translucent similar this below. Remove from heat.


Scrape the mixture into a greased container. I used a plastic tub. Smoothen the surface, encompass together with run out to cool thence chill inward the fridge. When cooled the starch jelly volition laid to a block. Will continue inward the refrigerator for a 24-hour interval or two.

When ready to eat, cutting liang fen into fine noodles or thicker strips. You tin also grate it amongst a real coarse cheese grater or vegetable mandoline.

To brand the noodle salad, you lot need:


Ingredients:
Cut liang fen (jelly noodles)
Some edible bean sprouts and/or cucumber
Some chopped corinder (cilantro)
Some roasted sesame seeds
Chilli oil
few drops of sesame oil
but about finely chopped or minced garlic
but about Chinkiang dark rice vinegar
sugar together with spice soy sauce (see previous post for recipe) or apparently soy sauce
a footling chilli pulverisation or terra firma sichuan pepper (optional)

Method:
Put rinsed beanspouts inward a bowl. Pour inward but about boiling water, run out it for a infinitesimal thence drain.
If using cucumber cutting into fine shreds
Put jelly noodles inward a serving bowl.
Sprinkle on beanspouts, cucumber, chopped leap onion, coriander, garlic together with sesame seeds.
Drizzle on but about chilli oil, sesame oil, sugar together with spice infused soy sauce (or apparently soy sauce), but about dark vinegar.
Finally but about chilli pulverisation and/or terra firma Sichuan pepper (if preferred)
Mix together with toss.
Enjoy.

Other than the to a higher house proposition you lot tin mix together with gibe whatsoever dressings together with vegetables you lot like.
Sesame glue dressing is also real nice.
For a to a greater extent than pungent dressing add together but about fried fermented dark beans inward garlic crude or purchase prepared dark edible bean together with chilli inward crude 老干妈豆豉酱 lao gan ma dou chi jiang
Crispy fried garlic tin supervene upon fresh chopped garlic