Yes
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The part of the potato that we eat is a root, in which the potato plant has stored nutrients for its own use. Starch is a convenient nutrient with which to store calories that the plant can use to grow. We, of course, can also use starch for our own purposes.
No, it won't work. potato starch is just shredded potato, so the potato would just dissapear in the water and the water would be sticky.
You should just leave it out... or use corn starch. I think it would be best to use corn starch considering that's the closest thing to it! Actually, something even better would potato flour!!! Use this and it will be 99.9% the same. (Potato flour is, as well as potato starch, gluten free!)-Melissa
You can use flour, it won't be exactly the same but it will be close
Use concentrated Iodine, If parts of the potato turn blue-black, there is starch present.=Be careful - iodine is an irritant.==OBVIOUSLY, Don't eat the potato afterwards!=
You would use potato starch and water
tapioca starch
Starch is a way of storing chemical energy for laster use; like freezing fuel into solid pieces which can be thawed and burnt or used in vehicles later on.
If you're baking, cornstarch is mainly a thickener, so you could try adding other thickeners: depending on what you're making, you could try potato starch, tapioca starch, etc.
Potato flour in a bread recipe is used to keep the loaf moist. First, never substitute potato starch for potato flour. Potato flour is made from a whole dried potato and potato starch is starch just like corn starch, etc. Easiest is to use dehydrated or instant potatoes as a substitute. Grind the flakes to a powder if you wish. Another is to bake a russet potato, allow to cool and scoop out the amount you need. It's best not to used mashed potatoes unless they were made without added ingredients like milk, butter, salt, etc. With a baked potato you may have to reduce the water or liquid a bit. Potato flour can be left out of a recipe and replaced with additional flour since it is used to keep a loaf of bread moist.
You can use 4 teaspoons of quick cooking tapioca OR 1 tablespoon corn starch in place of 2 tablespoons flour for thickening.