FLOUR and various types of flours used in Bakery and cooking
Flour and various types of flour used in Bakery What is flour ??? Flour is obtained from mill grains and pulses. Milling can be of various degree to give a particular structure to the product and the usage of each milled product will be different from other. Wheat is among the most extensively cultivated cereals crops in the world. Let's discuss about the type of flour obtained from Wheat ???? Wholemeal flour - Also called atta in India, it is the whole milled wheat kernel. The flour is cream to brown in colour as it has the bran grounded with it. It is not advisable to sift the wholewheat flour as most of the bran, an important dietary component, will be lost. Graham flour It is usually found in the USA and the milling concept of this flour is very interesting. The wheat kernel is separated into its various components such as endosperm, germ, and bran. The endosperm is ground finely to produce white flour with gluten, whereas germ and bran are ground till coarse....