Bang starch is always appeared in the recipe for cakes and also in many types of sweet soup such as Sweet banana with coconut gruel, made from taro...Bang starch is tapioca starch or not? Many people still do not distinguish what is Bang starch, the composition of Bang starch, how to use Bang starch in sweet soup cooking, which is shared by Takyfood below will help you better understand this type of flour.
Bang starch with the effects of creating adhesion to the sweet soup and making the sweet soup more elastic, delicious. Bang starch with solid, small round balls made with opaque white color, when cooked, will turn to transparent white color and expand bigger with flexibility and toughness. The method of cooking sweet soup with Bang starch should also be noted in the preparation of raw materials so that when the Bang starch is added to sweet soup, it is not overcooked, causing loss of appetite, nor for living Bang starch, will not be eaten.
The attractive Bang starch cake attracts many food lovers (Image: Internet)
Bang starch is used quite commonly and intimately, but many people do not understand this material. What are the questions about Bang starch? What are the ingredients of Bang starch, or tapioca starch? To answer these questions, let's find out in the article below.
What is Bang starch?
The Bang starch is small round balls like pearls extracted from the rhizome and tubers of the Cassava (other places are made from wheat). Usually Bang starch is opaque white, solid and when cooked then turn white, eat slightly chewy. People often use semolina to create adhesion to the sweet soup, creating a more delicious mouth.
Ingredients of Bang starch
Bang starch also has many nutritional components found such as: protid, lipid, cellulose, non-protein derivatives, minerals including calcium, phosphorus, in addition to Bang starch there are a number of other minerals.
Bang starch used in cooking extremely attractive sweet soup dishes (Image: Internet)
Uses Bang starch
Bang starch is used to make the dishes more sticky, increasing the strangeness and flavor, toughness for the sweet soup. At the same time, Bang starch in Eastern Medicine is considered a kind of sweet powder, calculated average, has the effect of promoting health and nourishing the body, helping lighten not so heavy.
Bang starch is used to cook sweet soup, previously it was also used instead of rice. However, we should not eat too much Bang starch because of limb and body aches, and Bang starch is not as starchy as rice so it cannot be replaced.
Is Bang starch tapioca starch?
There are some people who often misunderstand the small seeds in sweet soup made from tapioca starch because they have similar toughness. However, such tiny particles are usually Bang starch, if made with tapioca starch, people will make larger pellets. The most noticeable point is Bang starch in blob shape, while tapioca starch is in smooth form.
The way to distinguish Bang starch from other types of flour is quite simple, you can completely distinguish the following:
How to cook sweet soup with Bang starch standard recipe
Pineapple leaves can be added when making Bang starch for a more delicious flavor (Image: Internet)
When making sweet soup, we need to use Bang starch, we need to prepare this ingredient properly. We perform the following steps:
Step 1: Take a sufficient amount of Bang starch, wash it away with cold water to drain.
Step 2: Bring the water to a boil and then put the Bang starch into it, wait for the Bang starch to turn clear white, and feel flexible and soft. In this step you can also add sugar to add sweetness to the dough.
Step 3: After cooking the sweet soup, add the cooked Bang starch to increase the deliciousness of the dish. So we have completed the steps of using Bang starch in cooking sweet soup, but there is a note that this powder has the ability to expand quickly and can thicken hot sweet soup, so when using you should also consider a little.
How to preserve Bang starch
Bang starch if exposed to air and the outside environment is likely to become moldy and will no longer be usable. Therefore, in order to preserve this material, we should put Bang starch in glass jars or sealed containers, zip bags or glossy bags and then use tight ties. The Bang starch should be stored in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, or can be stored in a refrigerator compartment.
Where to buy Bang starch? How much?
Bang starch is commonly sold at markets, supermarkets, bakeries, or you can simply find it at grocery stores. This powder costs about 8,000 - 12,000 VND / 100g.
Above is information about Bang starch and usage of Bang starch in sweet soup cooking. Through this article we have understood what is Bang starch, the composition of Bang starch, Bang starch or tapioca. Hope you will use Bang starch properly and have delicious sweet soup and cakes.