Ingredients

1086 articles on substrates, cultures and additives.

All produce2Roots and tubers1Seaweeds1

Fruit, vegetables and seaweeds

A whole brown konjac corm with knobbly skin, small buds and a circular crown scar rests on a warm ivory tabletop.
Coagulants

Konjac corm / konnyaku flour

The toxic corm of Amorphophallus konjac and the glucomannan flour milled from it, which sets into a firm, heat-stable konnyaku gel when cooked with limewater.

Fine pale cream agar powder in a shallow white ceramic bowl on a warm ivory tabletop, with a few scattered grains beside it.
Coagulants

Agar / kanten

A gelling polysaccharide extracted from red seaweeds, sold as kanten strips or powder; it sets firm at a low concentration and stays solid until about 85 °C.