noun
potato starch
Commonly used as a thickener in Japanese cooking, similar to cornstarch. Often used for sauces, soups, and coating for fried foods.
とろみをつけるために片栗粉を水で溶いて加えます。
Dissolve potato starch in water and add it to thicken the sauce.
唐揚げに片栗粉をまぶして
Coating fried chicken with potato starch before frying makes it crispy.
noun
dogtooth violet starch
Historically, starch made from the bulb of the dogtooth violet (katakuri). Today, the term 片栗粉 almost always refers to potato starch, but this original meaning is preserved in the name.
昔は片栗粉はカタクリの根から作られていました。
In the past, katakuriko was made from the roots of the dogtooth violet.