Archive for November, 2005

Ingredients by Pictures: Flours and Starches

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
A pictorial guide to flours and starches available in Australia.

High-Protein (left) and Low-Protein (right) Wheat Flour
High-Protein or High-Gluten Flour a.k.a. Bread Flour (left) - from Taiwan
Low-Protein or Low-Gluten Flour a.k.a. Cake Flour (right) - from Taiwan

Bread Flour
Bread Flour from Taiwan (new packaging 2006)

Cake Flour
Cake Flour from Taiwan (new packaging 2006)

Bread Flour
Bread Flour from Taiwan (Six Fortune brand)

Bread Flour from Indonesia (Photo courtesy of WhItE_PoPlAr)
Bread Flour from Indonesia (Photo courtesy of WhItE_PoPlAr)

Bread Flour (Photo courtesy of Jan)
Bread Flour (Photo courtesy of Jan)

Cake Flour made in Indonesia (Photo courtesy of Jan)
Cake Flour made in Indonesia (Photo courtesy of Jan)

Vietnamese Pau Flour (Photo courtesy of Jan)
Vietnamese Pau Flour (Photo courtesy of Jan)

Yeast and Bread Improver (Photo courtesy of WhItE_PoPlAr)
Yeast and Bread Improver (Photo courtesy of WhItE_PoPlAr)

Bread Improver
Bread Improver

Continental Flour
Continental Flour a.k.a. Roti Flour (Indian-Style)

Atta Flour a.k.a. Chapati Flour
Atta Flour a.k.a. Chapati Flour (Indian Wholemeal Low-Gluten Flour)

Fine Semolina Flour
Fine Semolina Flour

Gluten Flour (Powdered Gluten)
Gluten Flour (Powdered Gluten)

Wheat Starch
Wheat Starch for making Dim Sums

Real Cornflour a.k.a. Corn Starch (left), Wheat-Based Cornflour a.k.a. Wheat Starch (right)
Real Cornflour a.k.a. Corn Starch (left)
Wheaten Cornflour a.k.a. Wheat Starch (right)

Corn Starch
Corn Starch

Custard Powder
Custard Powder: Two brands of Custard Powder readily available in all supermarkets

Mung Bean Starch a.k.a. Hun Kwee Flour (Malaysian/Singaporean/Indonesian-Type)
Mung Bean Starch a.k.a. Hun Kwee Flour
(Malaysian/Singaporean/Indonesian-Type)

Mung Bean Starch: Thai (left), Malaysian/Singaporean/Indonesian (right)
Mung Bean Starch:
Thai (left)
Malaysian/Singaporean/Indonesian (right)

Mung Bean Flour, meal from whole mung bean (not to be confused with Mung Bean Starch)
Mung Bean Flour, meal from whole mung bean (not to be confused with Mung Bean Starch)

Water Chestnut Starch
Water Chestnut Starch

Asian Rice Flour
Rice Flour (Asian-Type)

Western Rice Flour a.k.a. Ground Rice: This is the type to use when making shortbread, as it is not ground as fine as Asian-Type Rice Flour
Rice Flour (Western-Type) a.k.a. Ground Rice: This is the type to use when making shortbread, as it is not ground as fine as Asian-Type Rice Flour

Glutinous Rice Flour
Glutinous Rice Flour

Cooked Glutinous Rice Flour a.k.a. Koh Fun
Cooked Glutinous Rice Flour a.k.a. Koh Fun

Original post by SeaDragon