Potato starch used in cooking, commonly used as a thickener or coating for frying; nowadays usually refers to starch derived from potatoes.
から揚げを作る前に鶏肉に片栗粉をまぶすとカリッと仕上がる。
If you coat the chicken with potato starch before making karaage, it will finish crispy.
あんかけに片栗粉でとろみを付ける。
Thicken the sauce (ankake) using potato starch.
片栗粉は小麦粉の代わりに揚げ物の衣にも使える。
Potato starch can be used instead of flour for battering fried foods.
Starch originally made from the roots of the katakuri (Erythronium) plant. Historically produced from that plant, though today potato starch is commonly sold under the same name.
昔は片栗粉と言えばカタクリの根から作った澱粉を指した。
In the past, 'katakuriko' referred to starch made from the roots of the katakuri plant.