A CLOSER LOOK
How to recognize it
A brownish milled powder. Color and fineness vary; appearance alone cannot identify the plant or establish suitability for food.
In the kitchen
Mixed with buckwheat flour in one steamed form of Beijing pagao. It helps bind dough; other pagao methods omit it.
This entry covers the prepared culinary ingredient, not medicinal slippery-elm supplements or unidentified bark. Use a product intended for food; proportions and grain mixtures vary.
Ask about this ingredient
这道菜里有榆皮面吗？
Does this dish contain Elm-bark flour (yupimian)?
A few dishes to explore
These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.
