Chow Mei or Chow Mein is a dish of Chinese stir-fried noodles with vegetables and sometimes meat or tofu.
The Chow Mein dish is popular throughout the Chinese diaspora and appears on the menus of most Chinese restaurants abroad.
It is particularly popular in India, Nepal, the UK, and the US.
In English, chow mein means fried noodles and lo mein translates to tossed or stirred noodles.
Because both dishes are variations of noodles, the main difference in chow mein and lo mein lies in how the noodles are prepared.
Instead of getting stir-fried, the lo mein ingredients are lightly mixed and tossed.
The main difference between noodles and chow mein is that noodles are thin and long strips made from flour, while chow-mein is a dish made using noodles.
Therefore, chow mein refers to a dish made with fried noodles. In brief, all chow mein dishes are noodles, but all noodles are not chow mein.
Doctors say the vegetables used in chowmein, specially cabbage, leads to cyst in humans.
This happens when uncleaned vegetables are used in the chowmein.
It also affects the brain leading to fits (epilepsy).