noodle

What is noodle ??
a noodle is made from unleavened dough that has been shaped into thin flat strips or round cylinders and cooked in a boiling liquid. Depending upon the type, noodles may be dried or refrigerated before cooking.

made from many different types of ingredients and includes a variety of shapes

The first written account of noodles is from the East Han Dynasty between AD 25 and 220. In October 2005, the oldest noodles yet discovered were found at the Lajia site (Qijia culture) along the Yellow River in Qinghai, China. The 4,000-year-old noodles appear to have been made from foxtail millet and broomcorn millet

The word noodle derives from the German Nudel (noodle) and may be related to the Latin word nodus (knot).

Primary ingredient of noodle

Egg
Wheat
Rice
Mung bean
Potato or canna starch
Buckwheat
Acorn noodle



Types of noodles by primary ingredient

Egg
Egg noodles are usually made of a mixture of egg and flour
Asian egg noodles (known as mie telor in Indonesian or ba mee (บะหมี่) in Thai) are common throughout China and Southeast Asia.
Lochshen: wide egg noodles used in Eastern European Jewish cuisine
Reshteh: Middle Eastern egg noodles
Spätzle: Egg noodle generally associated with the southern German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria
Romanian egg noodles
Tagliatelle: Italy Made either fresh with eggs or pasta-like with heavy grain.



Wheat
Udon
Ramen

Rice
Rice vermicelli -thin noodles made from rice, sometimes also known as rice noodles or rice sticks. They should not be confused with Cellophane noodles, which is another type of vermicelli.
Rice vermicelli has a white color when cooked. It is generally much shorter than Chinese vermicelli

MungBean
Cellophane noodles, also known as glass noodles, or bean vermicelli. fěnsī (粉絲) in Chinese.
Cellophane noodles have a clear see-through color when cooked. It is generally much longer than rice vermicelli

Potato or canna starch
Cellophane noodles can also be made from potato starch or canna starch or various starches of the same genre

Buckwheat
Naengmyeon
Korean noodles made of buckwheat and sweet potato starch. Slightly more chewy than soba

Acorn noodle
Naengmyeon
also known as dotori gooksoo are made of acorn meal, wheat flour, wheat germ, and salt




refrence
wikipedia