How to make starch

Commonly, starch is used to thicken food, or wrap food for frying, steaming and so on. Starch is transparent when heated, so the cooked food is not only delicious but also very beautiful.

Common starch:

Common starch is potato starch and sweet potato starch, no matter what starch, their production method steps are similar, only its raw materials are different. Choose different raw materials, stir it, filter, and still precipitation can get the corresponding starch.

How to make potato starch:

The first step Prepare pots and scrubbers, and then prepare the right amount of potatoes, here to 500 grams as an example.

Step 2 Wash and peel the potatoes and soak them in water to prevent them from being oxidized after peeling.

Step 3 Rub all the potatoes with a scrubber.

Step 4 Add water to the mashed potatoes and soak, making sure the water is not over the surface of the mashed potatoes.

Step 5 Scrub the mashed potatoes repeatedly with your hands until the water turns into cloudy, starchy water.

Step 6 Strain out the potato scraps through a strainer, add water again to scrub and strain.

Step 7 Let the strained starchy water sit and settle, then pour off the surface.

Step 8 The starch is then formed by drying the slurry in the basin.