Bean threads

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Name Variations

 * cellophane noodles
 * mung bean threads
 * bai fun
 * translucent noodles
 * shining noodles
 * slippery noodles
 * peastarch noodles
 * powdered silk noodles
 * saifun
 * sai fun
 * silver noodles
 * Chinese vermicelli
 * transparent noodles
 * fen szu
 * fen si
 * fan si
 * fun see
 * glass noodles
 * crystal noodles
 * transparent vermicelli
 * jelly noodles

About Bean threads
Wikipedia Article About Bean threads on Wikipedia

It is also known as golden gram, green soy and mung bean(s). In the Philippines, it is called munggo or monggo.

The mung bean is one of many species recently moved from the genus Phaseolus to Vigna and is still often seen cited as Phaseolus aureus or Phaseolus radiatus. These are all the same plant.

Made from the starch of mung beans. They are translucent in color, light and slippery in texture, and bland in flavor.