Cornstarch (Corn Flour)
Cornstarch is, obviously, a starch thickener which means it thickens much the same way wheat flour does: with tangles of long-chain sugars that slow down the flow of the water around them. However there are several important differences between wheat flour and corn starch. One of those is particle size. Cornstarch is milled much finer than wheat flour, which means when those particles come in contact with hot water, they begin to shed starch molecules much faster. So cornstarch thickening happens faster than wheat flour thickening, but then also “un-thickens” that much faster.
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