Raw flour is starch, which can be of many kinds and generally refers to corn starch. Raw flour is a relatively fine powder with a white glossy color, and its main purpose is to add tenderness and consistency to food.

Flour is an edible starch commonly used to thicken food in Chinese cuisine. The flour used in mainland China and Taiwan is potato starch, while the flour used in Hong Kong is corn starch. It is used in Chinese cooking not only for thickening food to create a smooth texture, but also as a marinade to soften meat.

Special Uses of Vermicelli

Vermicelli has a wide range of uses, including seasoning for stir-frying, cold noodles, and pancakes, but it is mainly used for basting and thickening meat ingredients.

"Powder" is also the most suitable for thickening dishes, because the powder is referred to as corn and potato starch, these two starches yield large, white and delicate texture, thickening gravy thick and bright, can be very good for the dishes to increase the color of the potato starch than corn starch performance is a little bit better, but there are shortcomings, potato starch thickening dishes, the potato starch thickening dishes. Potato starch thickened dishes in the cooling easy to "return to the water" thin, and corn starch does not have this disadvantage, but corn starch is slightly worse than potato starch on the degree of brightness.