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Wheat starch
澄麵
The starch left when the gluten is washed out of wheat flour; steamed, it turns translucent and springy, and it is the skin of har gow and fun guo. In this volume it is the two or three spoons beside rice flour in 缽仔糕, turnip cake and taro cake that make the cake stand up and go a little clear. Asian grocers only in Australia, as wheat starch or 澄麵粉, in 500 g bags.
Cautions: read first
- Contains wheat, a mandatory-declaration allergen in Australia; the gluten is washed out but it is not gluten-free.
Preparation
Mix into the slurry with the rice flour; for a wrapper it must be scalded with boiling water.
Origin
Mostly imported. The flour shelf of any Asian grocer; not a supermarket line. Cornflour stands in with less translucency.
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
Australian name · wheat starch
Where · Asian grocer flour shelf
What to ask for · The bag says wheat starch or 澄麵粉
If it is not there · Cornflour, less translucent
Where · Asian grocer flour shelf
What to ask for · The bag says wheat starch or 澄麵粉
If it is not there · Cornflour, less translucent
