Bot Nang (Tapioca Starch)
お菓子から麺まで！強烈な弾力を生み出すキャッサバ芋の粉
Description
Tapioca starch extracted from cassava roots. Used to thicken soups or mixed with rice flour to give noodles and rice paper an 'unbreakable chewiness'.
Classification: Flour
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How to use
Ingredients
- Cassava starch
Instructions
- (For Bot Loc) Gradually add boiling water and knead vigorously until a translucent dough forms.
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Key spices
None
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Potato starch (for thickening)
Pairing
(As translucent dumplings or thick soup)
Trivia
Rice paper doesn't tear when heavily stuffed precisely because this starch is perfectly blended into the rice flour.
Eating tips & etiquette
Sweets made 100% with this have a rubbery, extreme chewiness that surpasses Japanese Mochi.
Allergen
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