Potato Starch V Cornflour. Grain starches and root starches have different characteristics but can be used in many of the same applications. Potato starch can be used in any recipe where cornstarch or cornflour are called for.
Cornflour from corn maize starch and is very low in protein 03 g100 g. This means that you could end up with a runny mess. And like cornstarch it is often used for thickening and in baking.
In other countries corn can mean the locally grown crop confusing the issue even further so it might not be maize.
Its convenient for frying thanks to its high-temperature tolerance. It is a very fine fairly bright white powder. Additionally all of these cornstarch substitutes are gluten free. Whisk it first into a little bit of cold water or broth then pour the resulting slurry into the simmering soup or sauce in a thin steady stream.