Gluten is actually starch, which is used in food processing, but there are many kinds of starch, such as corn starch and mung bean starch. Adding it to some foods is beneficial to keep the nutritional value of food from being destroyed at high temperature, and the taste is very tender and smooth.
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Corn starch has strong hygroscopicity. Unique skill: hanging paste and sizing. Corn starch is the most widely used starch in cooking. After frying, it tastes crisp. Therefore, corn starch can be added to all dishes that need to be fried and crispy.
Potato starch is very sticky. Unique skills: curing meat, making sauce and thickening. Potato starch has enough viscosity, fine texture and low gelatinization temperature, which can reduce the loss of nutrition and flavor caused by high temperature and ensure the original flavor of ingredients to the greatest extent when used for thickening. Potato starch is a kind of modified starch and a good thickener, which is widely used in sauce foods.
Sweet potato starch has strong water absorption capacity. Unique skills: making snacks, vermicelli, vermicelli, etc. Sweet potato starch is dark in color and coarse in grain, and its viscosity is difficult to control after gelatinization, so it is often used to make Chinese snacks, such as mountain dumplings. Because of its smooth and tough taste, it is also very suitable for making vermicelli and vermicelli. Sweet potato powder, which is often used when eating hot pot, is made of it.
Cassava starch has good elasticity. Unique skills: making pudding, dessert, etc. Cassava starch is transparent and elastic when cooked in hot water. It is generally used to make desserts, such as cake pudding, and sago in sago dew is also made of it.
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