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arrowroot

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It's a variety of arrowroot which has a lot of uses in east asian food traditions.

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Other plants with similar appearance or properties, such as common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)|

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of arrowroot gathered in one view.

noun

Other plants with similar appearance or properties, such as common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)|

noun

(uncountable) A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.

noun

(countable, uncountable) Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for arrowroot.

noun

(countable, uncountable) Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant whose rhizomes are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).

See also: achira, indian-shot, canna-indica, canna-edulis, american-arrowroot

Example sentences

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It's a variety of arrowroot which has a lot of uses in east asian food traditions.

2

The arrowroot and tapioca might be called flour, starch, or powder - all the same thing.

3

My shelves currently hold Vital Wheat Gluten, Arrowroot flour, Tapioca flour, Powered milk, and Xantham gum all from Bob's Red mill.

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Thanks, good to know about the Arrowroot flour being Tapioca flour.

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Things I've used: arrowroot powder, cornstarch, flour, potato starch, agar.

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I use cornstarch, arrowroot, or even white flour as bulking and thickening agents when I make real, good food the proper way, and I often use milk, mustard, or egg as stabilizers.

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A lot of chef skills I appreciate is the ability to improvise and combine what's around into an incredible dish and I think that something that let my data side push usage and expiration as inputs to that decisioning (arrowroot flour been in there for a year, I should make those fried shrimp we had when we were on whole30).

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I mix up 2 kilograms at a time: 500 grams sweet rice flour, 400 grams brown rice flour & potato starch, 200 grams ivory teff & arrowroot starch, 100 grams white rice flour, potato flour, & tapioca starch.

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It's a mix of way too many flours and starches (white rice, brown rice, sweet rice, potato starch, potato flour, ivory teff, tapioca starch, arrowroot flour) that I got from a blog many years ago, and haven't tried to slim down because it works great for me.

Quote examples

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Wait, perhaps I'm confusing it with "arrowroot," which has two "r"s.

Proper noun examples

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Arrowroot can disperse at lower temperature but it's kind of obscure (around $3–5/lb but lasts a while).

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So does a small quantity of Arrowroot, I used to add that when making my own ice cream.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use arrowroot in a sentence?

It's a variety of arrowroot which has a lot of uses in east asian food traditions.

What does arrowroot mean?

Other plants with similar appearance or properties, such as common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)|

What part of speech is arrowroot?

arrowroot is commonly used as noun.