Vermicelli or also known as vermicelli are white noodles made from rice.
Vermicelli originally comes from China.
The meaning of the word Vermicelli itself is bi means rice and hun means flour.
This one food then spread to India to Indonesia.
Vermicelli that is still raw is sold dry, transparent in color.
Only after boiling or pouring hot water, the new vermicelli changes color to white. (1) Besides vermicelli, there are also white noodles, namely vermicelli.
Many are often confused between these two ingredients.
The difference between vermicelli and vermicelli lies in the basic ingredients they are made of.
Vermicelli made from rice or rice flour.
Meanwhile, soun is made from mung bean starch.
In addition, in a dry state the color of vermicelli tends to be duller.
The color of dry vermicelli is whiter because of the rice.(2)