I made chicken corn soup today, same way we always make it but somehow this time it didn’t get it’s ‘thickness’. I mean it was just regualr ‘patla’ soup! I checked the cornflour and there was nothing wrong with it (date waghera was fine)
Anyone knows what went wrong?
Btw, I made a paste with cold water+corn flour and added that to the chickenstock (that’s how I always do it)
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U forgot to add one thing, and I have forgotten what its called.
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Maybe the quantity wasnt enough, or maybe you added too much water to dissolve it.
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^, yep, agree with sadaf. Just heat it up and add more corn flour mixed dissolved in cold water.
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Is this a cream based soup. Whenever I've had chicken corn chowder it's creamy and thick? Sounds like this is stock based.
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Just add up mor corn-flour-mixture girl. No need to be worryin.
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The problem that I encounter is that it gets thinner with time. When fresh, thickness is ok but it thins out??? 
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i luv that soup
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forget the corn flour all together. add cornstarch instead...trust me It works. let me know how it goes next time :)
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yess. corn starch
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Errr.......i thought corn starch and corn flour were the same thing?:( please dont take it literally when i say corn flour. They look the same to me so I think they are the same, no?
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not they arent. they are 2 different things. i dont know what the differences are but if you go to the grocery store you will see that some are labelled corn flour and others say corn starch. corn starch always works best...u only need about 1-2 tsps for about 3-4 cups of water...depending on how thick u like it.
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^ is this the same as we get in Pakistan by the name of "ararot" or "arrowroot"? Cuz once I saw a chinese recipe in a cookbook using arrowroot.
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^^Nope. Arrowroot is similar to cornflour, but not the same.
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It's a stock based soup, but you add creamed corn to it. (Creamed corn is mushed up corn, and doesn't have any cream in it).
To get the soup thick, you have to use a roux of cornstarch and water. Also, once the soup is ready to be served, drop a beaten egg in it to get those "ribbons."
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yeah same thing happend with me too yesterday ..its soo patla this time just like water ...