Eating in China
Mung bean flour ingredient on a plain plate.

Mung bean flour

绿豆面Lǜdòumiàn

Flour used for the pancake batter in jianbing guozi.

Type
Flour & starch noodles

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Milled mung beans for pancake batter.

In the kitchen

Forms the Tianjin jianbing guozi wrapper.

Different from whole beans or isolated mung-bean starch.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有绿豆面吗?

Does this dish contain Mung bean flour?

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