Kudzu powder

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Kudzu powder, called géfěn (葛粉) in Chinese, kuzuko (葛粉; くずこ) in Japanese, chik-garu (칡가루) or galbun (Korean: 갈분; Hanja: 葛粉) in Korean, and bột sắn dây in Vietnamese is a starch powder made from the root of the kudzu plant. It is used in traditional East Asian cuisine mainly for thickening sauces and making various types of desserts.[1]

Alternative namesGéfěn, kuzuko, chik-garu, galbun, bột sắn dây
Place of originChina, Korea, Japan
Region or stateEast Asia
Main ingredientsKudzu starch
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Kudzu powder
Kudzu powder in blocks
Alternative namesGéfěn, kuzuko, chik-garu, galbun, bột sắn dây
Place of originChina, Korea, Japan
Region or stateEast Asia
Main ingredientsKudzu starch
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Dishes

Examples of dishes that use kuzuko:[2]

  • Ankake (liquid stock thickened with kuzuko)
  • Goma-dofu (kuzuko pudding with sesame paste)

Examples of wagashi (Japanese desserts) with kuzuko:

  • Kuzumochi cakes
  • Kuzukiri (clear cake of boiled kuzuko cut into noodle-like strips and eaten with kuromitsu)
  • Kuzuzakura (a.k.a. kuzu-dama, a cake of bean paste covered with kuzuko)
  • Mizu manjū (red bean paste is coated with translucent kuzuko paste that is then allowed to set into a jelly-like consistency)

Examples of Tong sui (Chinese desserts usually in soup form)

  • Got Fan soup


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