Eating in China
Barley malt

Barley malt

大麦芽Dàmàiyá

Sprouted barley grain, often dried. Its enzymes help turn cooked grain starch into sugars for traditional grain candy. It is a grain ingredient, not maltose syrup. Contains barley gluten.

Type

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How to recognize it

Sprouted barley (Hordeum vulgare), whole or crushed, fresh or dried. This packet illustrates dried grains with rootlets.

In the kitchen

A source of saccharifying enzymes in traditional grain candy, including Liuqu Qiongguotang.

Fresh, dried and milled forms differ. Do not substitute maltose syrup, ordinary barley grain or wheat malt by identity. Contains gluten.

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