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A fortnightly chat about techniques and dishes from a professional Chinese kitchen, their history and their cultural setting
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Rice flour is the key ingredient that makes hundreds of different types of dim sum possible. Is it still as important in the Chinese kitchen as it was 2,000 years ago? What happened when wheat flour arrived? What does rice flour do that wheat flour doesn’t? What is the difference between glutinous and non-glutinous rice flour? Find out how to use this ingredient to create a variety of dishes with many different finishes, from crispy outer textures for pastries to a squidgy chewiness for cakes.
Andrew’s uses glutinous rice flour along with other starches to create his dim sum puff ball, served with a plum sauce.