What is the seasoning recipe for Xi'an Liangpi?

In summer, cold noodles are similar to cold dishes. The cool feeling they taste is a favorite of many people. The reason why cold noodles are delicious is not the cold noodles inside, but the seasoning. The same kind of cold noodles can be made into cold noodles with different flavors by adding different seasonings. This is why Shaanxi Liangpi is famous all over the world. How can you make the most authentic Shaanxi Liangpi? It’s actually very simple, just combine the following ingredients together.

How to make cold noodle seasoning water: prepare 1 pound of water, add a little pepper and 10g of aniseed powder, and a few fennel seeds and cumin seeds according to personal taste. Boil these ingredients until they are tasty, then pour out and let cool for later use. There are 14 kinds of spices used to make the seasoning for Shaanxi cold noodles, including nutmeg, galangal, sannai, amomum, angelica, cloves, cumin, aniseed, cinnamon, white button, licorice, hawthorn, bay leaf, and magnolia.

How to make sesame paste for Shaanxi cold noodles: You can buy ready-made sesame paste or make it yourself. Fry the sesame seeds over medium-low heat until they turn brown. After the sesame seeds have cooled slightly, crush them. Soon the sesame seeds will become a little sticky and stick to the wall, affecting further crushing. At this time, you need to stop and move the sesame seeds to the middle and continue grinding. This way, the oil in it will quickly increase and it will become a paste in no time.

To cook gluten, after washing the noodles, steam the remaining noodles directly in the pot for about 20 minutes. At this time, cool the steamed gluten in cold water and then take it out to cut. Some places cut it into blocks, and some places cut it into strips, according to local habits.

Garlic water is made by smashing the garlic into small pieces and adding it to cold boiled water. For vinegar water, the ratio of vinegar to cold boiled water is 1:1. Boil the mung bean sprouts in water for about 1 minute until they are 70% cooked.