The vermicelli used for preparing falooda is made from wheat, arrowroot, cornstarch, or sago. A common substitute is arrowroot starch, which replaces the same amount of cornstarch. Thickeners like cornstarch or arrowroot may also be used. Such materials include gelatin, agar, maize flour, and arrowroot flour. The starch powder made from the East Asian arrowroot is called kudzu powder. Arrowroot tubers contain about 23% starch. Starch grains from arrowroot were found on grinding tools. "Maranta arundinacea" is cultivated to produce the edible starch arrowroot. They are usually made from arrowroot starch using a traditional technique. Applesauce may be used, as well as arrowroot and banana. In Kenya, chips are made from arrowroot and cassava. Crops recorded as grown in the area were cotton, sugar, maize, potatoes and arrowroot. Kudzu arrowroot ("Pueraria lobata") is used in noodles in Korean and Vietnamese cuisine. Whale blubber, which tastes like arrowroot biscuits, has similar properties. It was also used as a substitute for arrowroot.