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When talking about fried foods with flour, people immediately think of using wheat flour and rice flour.However, there is one other type of flour that is worth looking at, namely
tapioca flour
.Can tapioca flour be used for fried foods?
Tapioca flour is often also called starch or aci.This flour is made from starch extract from cassava tubers.Traditional foods with a chewy texture usually use tapioca flour, such as pempek and cilok.
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Apart from making food chewy, in some soup dishes, tapioca flour makes it thicker.Capcay and seblak have a thick sauce using tapioca flour.
Can tapioca flour be used for fried foods?
Tapioca flour can be used for fried foods.According to various sources, tapioca flour is similar to rice flour which can make the texture of fried foods crispier.
The difference is, tapioca flour is able to keep fried foods crispy longer even after the fried foods have cooled.
However, you cannot use tapioca flour without a mixture of other flours.You need wheat flour and rice flour.
Wheat flour is a multi-purpose flour and is suitable for making various dishes.Meanwhile, rice flour can make fried foods crispy.
Can tapioca flour be used for fried foods?Tapioca flour will make the fritters crispier and stay crispy even though the fritters are cold.
The following is an ideal flour mixture for fried foods:
200 grams of wheat flour
50 grams of rice flour
25 grams tapioca flour
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