1. Starch is used as an ingredient to increase the viscosity of soup and is used to collect juice or make thick soup. But it cannot be used as the main ingredient because the powder is too fine.

2. You can mix starch and ordinary flour at a ratio of 1:1 to make homemade low-gluten flour for baking pastries.

3. When frying the meat, wrap a layer of starch on the meat to make the fried meat tenderer.

4. When frying something, wrap a layer of starch on the food. The fried thing will be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, very delicious.

Cooked flour is not starch:

There are many kinds of starches, including corn starch, sweet potato starch, potato starch, chestnut starch, mung bean starch, etc., all of which can be refined

Cornstarch does not specifically refer to any kind of starch. Cornstarch is a term that often appears in mainland recipes and Hong Kong-style recipes, and is mostly used to make cornstarch. The corn flour used in mainland China and Hong Kong is corn flour, while the corn starch commonly used in Taiwan is Taibai flour. In Chinese cooking, cornstarch not only adds a smooth texture to the food, but is also commonly used as a marinade to soften the meat.