Rice noodles are most commonly used in the cuisines of East and Southeast Asia, and are available fresh, frozen, or dried, in various shapes and thicknesses. In Tamil Nadu and parts of Kerala, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Idiappam, a type of rice noodle, is usually freshly made at home and tends to be far more tender with distinctive texture, as opposed to the dried form of Chinese noodles. A variation of Idiappam, known as sevai in Tamil Nadu, is used as the base in savoury preparations; it is also called santhakai or sandhavai in the Coimbatore region of Tamil Nadu. A similar mode of preparation called savige is popular in Karnataka.
Pasta made from brown rice flour is also available in health food stores in Western nations, as an alternative to wheat flour-based noodles for individuals who are allergic to wheat or gluten.
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During this time he taught Italian cooking lessons at weekends to supplement his college fees. This led him on to teach Chinese cookery classes. In 1977 he was invited to join San Francisco's new California Culinary Academy as an instructor.
The BBC then commissioned him to star in a new TV series on Chinese cooking named Ken Hom’s Chinese Cookery. The series was a success. The companion book became one of the best-selling cookbooks ever published by BBC Books, selling more than 1.2 million copies. As of 2008, the book remains in print.
Hom is an author of more than 20 cookbooks. Alongside his best known work on Chinese cuisine, his works also include topics on Cambodian, Malaysian, Thai, Singaporean, and Vietnamese cooking. He has worked as a consultant for hotels and restaurants and cooked personally for presidents, celebrities and royalty.
Hom also has his own range of cooking sauces, noodles and rice. These are available only in the UK.
Despite semi-retirement, he travels extensively worldwide and divides his time between France and Bangkok. In 2005, Hom was a contestant on a special Chef's edition of the BBC's The Weakest Link. He continues to make occasional radio and television appearances worldwide.
On 12 September 2007, Hom received an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University, England in recognition of his "outstanding success within the international food world".
Hom was recently diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and has been receiving Radiation therapy in Japan.
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