Eating in China
Generated guide illustration of sago.

Sago pearls

西米Xīmǐ

Small starch pearls that become soft and translucent when cooked.

Type
Flour & starch noodles

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Small starch pearls that become soft and translucent when cooked.

In the kitchen

Boiled separately for qingbuliang dessert soup.

True sago uses palm starch; similar pearls use cassava starch. The name ximi does not distinguish these starch sources.

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这道菜里有西米吗?

Does this dish contain Sago pearls?

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