Tips: Note on thickening with sweet potato flour

Note on thickening with sweet potato flour

by Laura A Collins (Notes) on Monday, November 12, 2012 at 1:33pm

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 Only thing about the sweet potato FLOUR (not starch) is that it thickens ALL AT ONCE.  so, sprinkle some in (or add as a slurry of flour and water) and then stir and WAIT for about 5 minutes before using more.  I botched up the first set of sauce because I was not aware it takes a while for the heat to set it to thickening.  Blob on a spoon is not good for noodles.  :)  seems to be about 1 1/2 to 1 as the thickening ratio compared to flour (1 1/2 times as strong).  So, fairly similar