Chinese Braised Shaanxi Pasta Recipe

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Chinese name: (hu m sh)

Style: Shaanxi Cuisine

Characteristics: It is characterized by rich ingredients and its

colorful appearance. The pasta is soft yet firm while the

sauce has a deep and fresh flavor.

Braised Shaanxi Pasta, a traditional food in Shaanxi people's

reservations, is a combination of a variety of vegetables. The

pasta(called Mashi in Chinese) for this dish is in the form of

hollow date-stone-shaped flour rolls, formed with the thumb

or made with a special machine. All of the ingredients arestir-fried first and then braised with Mashi, so the soup has a

satisfying flavor.

Making Shaanxi Pasta

A. Take 2 bowls of flour and pour into a small basin. Make a hole in the middle and gradually add small

quantities of water until it forms into small pieces. Sprinkle some more water on the flour pieces and stir

by hand to form a paste on a board and smooth it out. Put it into the basin to be fermented for 15-20

minutes.

B. Take out of the flour paste and place on the board. Sprinkle some corn starch on it. Rub it into a big,

round pancake by hand. Roll it flat and thin with a rolling pin until it is about 0.5cm thick. Then cut it into

0.5cm wide strips which are then rubbed into columns.

C. Cut the columns into even dices, but do not cut too many at one time in case of sticking together.

Sprinkle some corn starch on the board (It will be easier to make Mashi on the bottom of a basket with

patterns on or on other kitchen tools with rough surface. Furthermore, the Mashi made on them will have

patterns on). Press your thumb on the dice and rub it until it rolls up like a cats ear. Repeat to make

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Ingredients:

pasta (mashi), 100 g

green vegetables, 50 g

carrot & chili pepper, 50 g

tofu, 50 g

mushrooms, 25 g

black fugus, 10 g

potato, 25 g

1 tomato

green onion

soy sauce

powdered peppersalt

Note: the amount of the

ingredients especially the

seasonings listed above can be

appropriately used according to

one's personal taste.

Preparation:

A. Wash the mushrooms, tomato,

potato, carrot, tofu, chili pepper,

dice them, and put into separate

plates;

B. Wash the green vegetables,

tear them into halves;

C. Wash the black fungus, and cut

them into small slices;

D. Wash the green onion, and cut

into short sections.

Methods:

Step 1: Half fill a wok with water, turn on the heat and pour in the pasta when the water is boiling. Stir

and boil for 2-3 minutes until 50% cooked, and then turn off the heat. Remove and drain off the waterthrough a colander. Put them in a basin or a bowl.


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Step 2: Empty the wok and dry it. Place it over high heat until hot. Add some cooking oil, and add the

green onion sections, chili pepper, carrot, potato and tomato dices one by one when the oil is sizzling. Stir-

fry for 1 minute.

Step 3: Add the salt, powdered pepper, and soy sauce, and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add the tofu dices,

black fungus slices, and mushroom dices, and stir-fry for 1 minute more.


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Step 4: Add in some water until all of the materials are immersed. Stir it well, and add in the

boiled Mashi when it boils. Turn to medium heat, cover and stew it for 3-6 minutes more. Remove the

cover, and add the green vegetable halves. Stir it well and turn off the heat.

Spoon it out of the wok and serve in a bowl. A bowl of tasty Braised Shaanxi Pasta is now ready.

Our Guests Attending Cooking Class

Our Guest Learn to Make Chinese Dumplings

On July 23, 2012, Ms. Helen & Ms. Sovanlouri from

USA had an opportunity to learn to cook some local

food - Pan Fried Dumplings & Braised Shaanxi

Pasta from a typical housewife in Xian when they

took part in our family tour. They enjoyed the

special cooking class so much that they said they

would recommend this to their relatives and friends

who planned to travel China.
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Christopher & Kerrie in a Local Family

On Jun.13, 2012, Mr. Christopher & Ms. Kerrie

from Australia joined a visit to a local family open

with cooking class in Xian. This home visit was

above exceptional with the friendly hostess. They

learnt to make dumplings and cook Braised

Shaanxi Pasta under the step-by-step guidance of

the hostess. They had a great home-made lunch,

which in their view was very different from thatoffered by restaurants.

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visited a typical family in Xian and had a hand-by-

hand Chinese food cooking class from the hostess.

With great favor to Chinese food, they didn't only

learned to cook Braised Shaanxi Pasta, Chinese

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helped to prepare all the other dishes the hostess

cooked for them.

1. Jun. 12, 2012 00:34Asked by Caroline Chee from AUSTRALIA

what type of flour do you used to make shaanxi pasta?

Reply

Jun. 12, 2012 21:46

Answered by Nina

Actually, all kinds of Shaanxi pasta are made of wheat flour as wheat is one of the main farm

products in Shaanxi.

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