Plenty of local contestants attended a youmian (hulless oat flour) culinary challenge with an assortment of cooking methods, in Wuchuan county, Hohhot on Aug 16.

Youmian (hulless oat flour), a  Hohhot speciality, can be cooked using more than 40 methods including steaming, frying, baking, boiling, and stir-frying.

Steaming is the most common way of cooking raw oat flour foods, making delicacies such as rolls, pancakes, dumplings and pastries.

A contestant rolls raw oat flour dough to make noodles during the culinary challenge held in Wuchuan county, Hohhot on Aug 16, 2017. [Photo/nmgnews.com.cn]