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 Katakuri - definition of Katakuri in Encyclopedia
Katakuri is used in a variety of food to add the distinctive sticky thickening to the sauce.
Katakuri or Katakuriko (片栗粉) is a name of starch originally processed from the root of Erythronium japonicum or katakuri (片栗).
It may also be used to make tempura especially when a need to quickly fry ingredients arises because of damage the heat could do to them might be too much by the normal cooking process.
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Katakuri   (216 words)

  
 Articles - Japanese cuisine
Katakuri flour, kudzu flour, rice powder, soba flour, wheat flour
It is not generally thought possible to make authentic Japanese food without shō-yu (soy sauce), miso and dashi.
http://www.fruit-center.com/articles/Japanese_cuisine   (2636 words)

  
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To prepare the hari-hari nabe, we use red whale meat that we have coated with katakuri [water chestnut] powder, then dipped quickly into boiling water.
At Tokuya, we have four important elements that contribute to the good taste of Hari-Hari Nabe.
http://www.tokuya.jp/English/e_top.html   (421 words)

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