cornflours
Fine maize starches
Cornflours is the plural of cornflour, a fine starch powder made from corn (maize), used as a thickening agent in cooking.
In British English, cornflour is what Americans call cornstarch.
The plural appears when distinguishing varieties or brands: Different cornflours have slightly different thickening properties.
Substance adding viscosity
- starchComplex plant carbohydrate
- slurrySemifluid mixture of solids
- rouxCooked fat-flour paste
- coatingApplied surface covering
batter · dusting · dredging · binding · gravy · sauce · custard · pudding
thickener
Substance adding viscosity
coating · batter · dusting · dredging · binding · gravy · sauce · custard · pudding · soup
maize
Cob-bearing cereal crop
- fineAcceptable in quality
- powderyReduced to fine particles
- gluten-freeContaining no wheat protein
shortbread · cookies · sponge · tender · crumb · lightness · muffins · cakes · scones · pastry
masa
Nixtamalized corn dough
terminology · milling · endosperm · refined · processing · white · yellow · tortillas · arepas · fufu
cornflourswhole grains
Kernels with bran, germ, endosperm
whole wheat · brown rice · steel-cut oats · cracked wheat · groats