Eating in China
Glutinous proso millet flour

Glutinous proso millet flour

黏黄米面(黍米粉)Nián huángmǐ miàn

Pale yellow flour milled from sticky proso millet, used for chewy cakes and fried rings.

Type
Grains

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

This is flour from glutinous shu millet, not foxtail millet flour or glutinous rice flour.

In the kitchen

Used in northern Chinese steamed and fried millet cakes, including Togtoh millet rings.

Fineness and stickiness vary by grain and milling. Mixed flour products need their ingredient labels checked.

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这道菜里有黏黄米面(黍米粉)吗?

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