Starch can be used instead. Because the characteristics of starch are similar to glutinous rice flour, it will become sticky after heating. This is also the viscosity needed to make pumpkin pie, otherwise it will fall apart. However, the taste of starch is not as good as that of fermented rice, so use starch as little as possible. Northerners generally use sticky rice noodles to make pumpkin pie, but for many Northeasters, sticky rice noodles are not very common. Sweet potato vermicelli is more common, so people in Northeast China generally use sweet potato vermicelli instead of sticky rice flour to make pumpkin pie. Corn steamed bread made of sweet potato vermicelli tastes sweeter than sticky rice noodles and is very easy to make. During the National Day holiday, a man made corn steamed bread with sweet potato vermicelli at home. Delicious, soft and sweet.

Recipe: 250g of wax gourd, 250g of glutinous rice flour, 25g of baby milk powder, 40g of sugar and 50g of red bean stuffing. Peel pumpkin, clean and cut into pieces, steam in a cage, add sticky rice flour, baby milk powder, white sugar and animal oil, stir and rub into corn steamed bread skin. Pixian bean paste is kneaded into a round filling, and the corn steamed bread blank is taken, rubbed flat, wrapped and rolled into a cake shape. Add vegetable oil into the pot, when the water temperature rises to 120℃, put the corn steamed bread into a colander, dip it in oil and fry it with low fire until the corn steamed bread expands, then take it out and fry it until the temperature rises to 160℃.

Seasoning: white gourd, pure honey, flour, sticky rice flour, bread crumbs and vegetable oil. Slicing wax gourd, removing pulp, cooking, peeling, mashing, adding pure honey, flour and glutinous rice flour to make soft wax gourd dough. Make a dose first, then grind it into a small round cake and dip the bread crumbs evenly. Add oil to the pan and fry the pumpkin pie until golden brown. The benefits of eating pumpkin to protect gastric mucosa: promoting bile secretion, preventing rough food stimulation, improving gastrointestinal peristalsis and assisting food digestion. Lowering blood fat, lowering blood fat: It can regulate the balance of insulin and maintain normal blood pressure and blood sugar. It is the most ideal diet food for obese people.

Starch, alias "Poria cocos", is a milky white and tasteless powder, which is mainly extracted from starch-containing substances such as corn and sweet potato. Can be taken directly, can also be used to make wine, or often used as a cooking aid for banquets, and plays an irreplaceable role in cooking. However, there is a lot of knowledge in using starch. In China cooking, there are about three ways to use starch, namely melting, desizing and thickening. Paste is to add dry starch to raw materials before cooking; Desizing is to add starch to raw materials before steaming; Thickening: starch should be added before cooking to thicken the juice of delicious food.