Kudzu powder, called géfěn (葛粉) in
Chinese, kuzuko (葛粉; くずこ) in
Japanese, chik-garu (칡가루) or galbun (갈분; 葛粉) in
Korean, and bột sắn dây in
Vietnamese is a
starch powder made from the root of the
kudzu plant. It is used in traditional
East Asian cuisine mainly for thickening sauces and making various types of desserts.