Flour refers to starch. Small flour is a kind of starch, which is very soluble, and it can also be made into a lot of delicious food. For example, add eggs and water into small flour to make dough, then leave it for a while to make the dough into a cake shape, then sprinkle red beans on a steamer and steam it slowly, then sprinkle white sugar and stir it evenly, so that a delicious sugar cake can be made.

the function and characteristics of starch

after gelatinization, starch has the characteristics of water absorption, adhesion and softness. Generally speaking, the proportion of water and starch is the most appropriate when cooking. Usually, the proportion of water and starch is about 5 times that of starch, which is not thick or thin. Cross-linked starch, the ratio of water to starch is not fixed, but also depends on whether the dish requires thin or thick juice, and the ratio will be different, and it can be adjusted according to the situation of the dish to achieve perfect consistency.