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Arrow Root

Geographic Source: Arrowroot is grown in Brazil and Thailand

Description:
Arrowroot is a white powder extracted from the root of a West Indian plant, Marantha arundinacea. It looks and feels like cornstarch.

Taste and Aroma: Arrowroot has no flavor.

History:
Arrowroot is indigenous to the West Indies, where native people, the Arawaks, used the powder. The Arawaks used the substance to draw out toxins from people wounded by poison arrows. Its name is thought to be derived from that practice.

Ethnic Uses:
Arrowroot is used as a thickening agent for sauces, fruit pie fillings and glazes, and puddings.

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