Name: Indian Arrow-root
Ingredients: 1 ounce arrow-root powder; 1 quart water; 2 pounds flour; 2 ounces yeast; ¼ teaspoon coarse sea salt

Indian Arrow-root

Ingredients

Directions

Dissolve the arrow-root powder in water.
Mix the mucilage with flour, yeast, and salt.
Bake the mixture to create a loaf.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Arrow-root powder: Forms a thickening mucilage that adds moisture and a soft, tender crumb.
Flour: Provides the main structure that holds the loaf together as it bakes.
Yeast: Produces gas that makes the dough rise and gives the loaf an airy texture.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.