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What is the difference between tapioca flour and starch?
Uses of tapioca flour
1. Make gluten-free cakes and bread
2. Make boba balls
3. Paleo diet
4. Fried dough mixture
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On the market there are various types of flour.Different flours have different uses.So, what’s the difference?
tapioca flour
and starch?
When it is made into fried food or other food menus, it may be difficult for you to recognize what flour is used.
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Tapioca flour is a flour that is often used as a mixture for traditional snacks, various snacks, and mixtures of soupy dishes.Then there is flour called starch.
What is the difference between tapioca flour and starch?
The terms are different, but actually tapioca flour and starch are the same flour.Both are produced from cassava starch.
In Indonesia, tapioca flour is more popularly known as kanji flour.
Then, is tapioca flour the same as cassava flour?It turns out the two are different.
Even though they both have cassava as the main ingredient, tapioca flour and cassava flour are different in the manufacturing process.
Tapioca flour, aka starch, is made by taking cassava extract or cassava starch.First peel the cassava, grate it, mix it with water, then squeeze it.This juice is then settled until the cassava starch is collected.
Meanwhile, cassava flour is made from whole cassava which is dried and then ground.
Uses of tapioca flour
What is the difference between tapioca flour and starch?Both are the same and can be dig
Use it for various kinds of dishes and cakes.
Here are some uses for tapioca flour.
1. Make gluten-free cakes and bread
For gluten-free cake and bread recipes, wheat flour is usually replaced with tapioca flour.
Baking gluten-free bread often fails because the texture is less chewy and crumbles easily.Using tapioca flour in the dough mixture makes the bread softer and doesn’t crumble easily.
2. Make boba balls
Milk tea drinks are even more delicious with chewy balls, aka boba.Boba is made from tapioca flour.
3. Paleo diet
The paleo diet is a diet that focuses on whole foods.If you are on a paleo diet, tapioca flour can be an alternative to wheat flour.
4. Fried dough mixture
Tapioca flour is good to use as a mixture for fried food.Tapioca flour makes fried food crispier and even stays crispy for longer even if the fried food is cold.
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