糯米粉 (nuòmǐfěn) · glutinous rice flour, sweet rice flour

Measure Word

一袋糯米粉 dài

Meanings

1 glutinous rice flour
2 sweet rice flour

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

Flour ground from glutinous rice. It makes an elastic dough that turns very sticky when cooked, used for 汤圆 (sweet rice balls), 年糕 (rice cake) and mochi. Despite the name it has no gluten.

Used in 9 dishes

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

汤圆是用糯米粉做的。

Tāngyuán shì yòng nuòmǐfěn zuò de.

Tangyuan are made from glutinous rice flour.

HSK 7-9

糯米粉加水揉成团，蒸熟以后又软又黏。

Nuòmǐfěn jiā shuǐ róuchéng tuán, zhēngshú yǐhòu yòu ruǎn yòu nián.

Mixed with water and kneaded into a dough, glutinous rice flour turns soft and sticky once steamed.

Tips

mistakes

"Glutinous" here means sticky, not gluten: 糯米粉 is ground from 糯米 (sticky rice) and contains no gluten. Plain rice flour is 粘米粉, which is not sticky when cooked.