At the table
Gently mix the strips with dressing and lift small portions with chopsticks or a spoon. Ask for less chili and mustard before the bowl is dressed.
Confirm the grain, chili oil and full sauce ingredients. Buckwheat, sesame, soy and mustard are present; soy sauce may contain wheat.
Pea and lentil jellies are other versions. Peanut or scallion toppings also occur; these are separate from the selected sesame-mustard dressing.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Pea and lentil jellies are other versions. Peanut or scallion toppings also occur; these are separate from the selected sesame-mustard dressing.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Tangy vinegar, nutty sesame, garlic and chili-mustard heat.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Cool smooth slippery jelly strips with a gentle spring.
- How it’s made
- Soak and grind hulled buckwheat, rinse and filter out the starchy liquid. Simmer while stirring, pour into a basin and cool until set; cut or shave and add the dressing. No toasted pot crust is formed.
Pea and lentil jellies are other versions. Peanut or scallion toppings also occur; these are separate from the selected sesame-mustard dressing.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Gansu.
About this regional connection
Gansu: Local culinary association; not a claim of exclusive origin.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有天水凉粉吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Tianshui buckwheat jelly strips
Liangfen belongs to Tianshui’s breakfast and snack tradition. Its smooth, cool-set strips contrast with guagua, whose cooking forms a pot crust and which is broken into pieces.