Bread Flour a.k.a. High-Protein or High-Gluten Flour
Cake Flour a.k.a. Low-Protein or Low-Gluten 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 from Taiwan (new packaging 2006)
Cake Flour from Taiwan (new packaging 2006)
Bread Flour from Taiwan (Six Fortune brand)
Bread Flour from Indonesia (Photo courtesy of WhItE_PoPlAr)
Bread Flour (Photo courtesy of Jan)
Cake Flour made in Indonesia (Photo courtesy of Jan)
Special White Flour used for making Chinese steamed buns.
Vietnamese Pau Flour (Photo courtesy of Jan)
Yeast and Bread Improver (Photo courtesy of WhItE_PoPlAr)
Bread Improver
Continental Flour a.k.a. Roti Flour (Indian-Style)
Atta Flour a.k.a. Chapati Flour (Indian Wholemeal Low-Gluten Flour)
Fine Semolina Flour
Gluten Flour (Powdered Gluten)
Wheat Starch for making Dim Sums
Real Cornflour a.k.a. Corn Starch (left)
Wheaten Cornflour a.k.a. Wheat Starch (right)
Corn Starch
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:
Thai (left)
Malaysian/Singaporean/Indonesian (right)
Mung Bean Flour, meal from whole mung bean (not to be confused with Mung Bean Starch)
Water Chestnut Starch
Rice Flour (Asian-Type)
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
Cooked Glutinous Rice Flour a.k.a. Koh Fun
Hi, SeaDragon, thank you so much for sharing all your tips and recipes.
I have a recipe that called for cooked glutinous rice flour(koh fun).
I live in Toronto and we have lots of Asian markets here, but I can`t
find this flour. Is there a substitute for this particular flour.
Regards
Sue
Comment by sue — April 5, 2009 @ 2:47 am |
sue,
Unfortunately there is no substitution for koh fun. What is the recipe you want to make, sometimes there is an alternative method of making using the (raw) glutinous rice flour.
Comment by SeaDragon — April 5, 2009 @ 11:51 am |
Thank you so much for your prompt reply, SeaDragon. I was learning how to make the
Wife Cake (Lao Por Bing), recipe from Florence of the Do What I Like blog. Her recipe
for the cake filling calls for 70gm. of commercialized cooked glutinous rice flour,
which is koh fun. I hope you can help and advise me. I am still searching high and
low here in Toronto for the flour in the meantime and keeping my fingers crossed.
Thanks,
Sue.
Comment by Sue — April 5, 2009 @ 3:57 pm |
Sue,
Maybe the Asian stores are out of stock?
Since the koh fun you want is only a small amount, you may want to try making your own koh fun (I have not tested this myself, so not sure how good the result is):
Line a steamer basket with holes at the base with a double or triple-layer of muslin, spread a thin layer of raw glutinous rice flour evenly on the muslin. Steam over high heat for about 10-15 minutes. Remove the flour, sift the flour to get rid of lumps. Tip the sifted flour into a dry wok, stir-fry over low heat for about another 10-15 minutes. Try not to brown the flour, but you want to thoroughly cook the flour evenly through. Let cool, and sift again if necessary to get rid of any lumps. Use as per recipe.
Comment by SeaDragon — April 7, 2009 @ 8:26 pm |
Oh, guess what, SeaDragon, I finally found my koh fun flour! You should have heard me squeal
in delight when I saw the product, I was going thru each shelf of the flour aisle. Everyone
turned and looked at me when they heard my squeal, thinking I’ve hurt myself…I told them, I’m
fine, just very happy and excited that I’ve finally found what I was looking for. Some turned
away disgusted, some smile with me knowingly…:-)
Thank you so much for teaching me how to make my own koh fun, I will keep your recipe, you never
know, thank you again, you are very kind and helpful.
I am going to try out the Lo Por Ping recipe and will let you know how it turn out and Florence
as well, cos’ this is her recipe. I may start to blog too, for it’s so interesting to read
everyone’s blog.
Sue.
Comment by Sue — April 8, 2009 @ 2:44 pm |
Haha, I know the feeling, after trying to find an ingredient for so long and finally found it
Comment by SeaDragon — April 10, 2009 @ 7:33 pm |
hi seadragon,
im currently in melb but cant seem to find koh fun in any of the asian marts around ><
do u happen to know of any shop that will have it?? thanks!!
Comment by clara — July 6, 2009 @ 3:26 pm |
Have a look at this list I compiled previously: Where to Find that Ingredient or Bakeware. Try KFL or Minh Phat which usually stock Koh Fun, but sometimes they do run out of stocks occasionally.
Comment by SeaDragon — July 6, 2009 @ 8:56 pm |
Hi, I was wondering if you could help me find the place in Toronto that sells Koh Fun. I’ve looked desperately for it but cannot find it. Thanks so much!
Comment by Chris — August 22, 2009 @ 3:34 am |
Hi, Chris, sorry for the late reply..I noticed that all Asian supermarket up here in Markham, Ont. now have koh fun…I was desperately looking for it too, earlier. If you are living in Toronto downtown, try the T&T supermarket, I’m sure they have it too. Hope this will help you and good luck…if you still can’t find it let me know and I’ll see if I can get it for you, okay…
Comment by Sue — August 26, 2009 @ 12:20 am |
Hi Sue,
Thank you so much for helping answered the question
Comment by SeaDragon — October 4, 2009 @ 9:41 am |
Hi Sue- Thanks so much for the info….I will make sure to look for it when we make the drive from Detroit to Toronto. Thanks again!
Comment by Chris — September 2, 2009 @ 10:50 pm |
Hi, I’m from Melbourne, I’ve seen the above brands of cake flour (Six fortune, DIY, Yi Feng)in the grocery stores and I’m just wondering is there one that you recommend? I want to bake a chiffon cake and I don’t know which brand of cake flour I should get. Please let me know. Thanks!
Comment by Lily — October 26, 2009 @ 6:16 pm |
I have used different brands, they all seemed OK. I usually buy the DIY (Sunlight brand) or Six fortune, as they are the ones usually stocked by my local Chinese supermarket. Sometimes these brands are out of stock, so I tried different brands, so far, no problems at all.
Comment by SeaDragon — October 31, 2009 @ 7:21 am |
^ Thanks for your reply!
Comment by Lily — November 4, 2009 @ 1:19 am |