When people usually watch food programs or read recipes, they often see the word water starch, so what is water starch in the end? What is the difference between what people call water starch and the usual common starch? If you are interested in these issues, you can follow the editor to understand.

What is water starch

1, water starch, as the name implies, is a mixture of starch and water, it is also called wet starch, is a dry starch in a container, add the appropriate amount of water diluted after the liquid, this starch is used to thicken the food or soup soup thicker, but also to allow ingredients to maintain its complete shape, will make the dishes color and flavor.

2, water starch is people cooking dishes thickening the main supplies, but he thickening there are two different ways to use, one is called to the, that is, in the starch juice to add other seasonings, directly put down, stir frying the pan with a quick slip popping and other methods of cooking out of the dishes, the other water starch thickening method is to be adjusted after the starch juice, straight to add to the stir frying of the dishes.

The difference between water starch and starch

1, water starch and starch is the most important difference is that starch is a white powdery substance, and water starch is a white powdery substance, add water to mix the existence of the future, although they are the same ingredient, but the same ingredient exists in two different forms.

2, the use of different methods, but also the main difference between water starch and starch, water starch is mainly used for thickening, can be used for stir-fry, can also be used to modulate the soup, more can be used to pour juice. The starch of this ingredient is used in more ways, it can be made into water starch, but also can be wrapped in a variety of ingredients on the surface, directly into the pot frying, can make the fried food crispy and delicious.

3, whether water starch or starch, are from the flour, sweet potato flour and cornstarch containing starch in the material extracted from the powdered material, these powdered substances are insoluble in water, they can be used directly, and the need to use the water starch, you can put the right amount of dry starch in a bowl, add the right amount of tap water to mix well, put a while later there will be a separation of powder and water. This time the starch is what people call water starch.