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| WHEAT FLOUR |
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Wheat flour is high in nutrients. Because of its fiber properties, wheat flour is the first choice of the health conscious people. Wheat flour is obtained by milling wheat. There are various types of wheat. The differences between the flours comes down to the type of wheat, the parts of wheat included, the processing of the wheat. We utilize best type and quality of wheat to make wheat flour. Wheat flour is used daily in most of the states in north as well as western states of India. Wheat flour is used to make rotis, parathas etc. for daily meal. There are various other uses such as in bread and other bakery products as well as in many other recipes in which wheat flour is used as main ingredient. |
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| Wheat is the only grain with sufficient gluten content to make raised or leavened loaf of bread. Wheat flour is undoubtedly one of the most important foods in our diet, not because of its nutrition but because of our habit and we cannot eliminate wheat flour from our diet. In India, a meal is not complete with rotis and in western countries, one cannot imagine a meal without bread. No matter how badly a person would like to lose weight but he/she cannot remove wheat flour from the diet. |
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The whole wheat flour is dark brown in color and is used in making rotis and parathas whereas the white wheat flour which is also called as enriched wheat flour is used in bread, cookies, cakes etc. The whole wheat flour has more nutritional values than the enriched wheat flour because of that only, people nowadays are opting to use whole wheat flour in their diet.
An excellent source of complex carbohydrates is wheat flour. Wheat flour contains B-vitamins, calcium, folacin, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, minimal amounts of sodium and other trace elements. Other than gluten flour, all types of wheat flour contains 9 to 15 percent of calories derived from protein. Not more than 5 percent calories are derived from fat. Because of its excellent nutritional value, the wheat flour has become the most consumed flour in this world. |
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| MAIDA FLOUR - General Purpose Flour |
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Maida Flour is nothing but highly refined wheat flour. Maida is extracted from the inner white portion of the wheat after the outer brownish layer is removed. After the grinding of the flour in a flour mill, it is passed through a fine 600 mesh per square inch to obtain maida. It is used to make various Indian bread items like puri, paratha, chappathi, Naan, Kulcha etc. Various pastries and other bakery items like bread, biscuits, toast etc. are also made from maida. Maida is also known as General Purpose Flour by Indian chefs as it is widely used in festival season for preparing varieties of snacks and bakeries for making biscuits. |
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Maida is widely used not only in Indian cuisine but also used in central Asian and south Asian cuisine.
Maida is the refined flour of wheat flour which makes it less nutritious. The whole wheat flour contains the outer brown layer which Maida doesn’t contain. |
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That is the reason, wheat flour is considered more nutritious than Maida flour. But there are some recipes which cannot made without Maida like pastries, Naan, Kulcha and other Indian snacks.
In these food items, wheat flour cannot be used as it will not give that crisp taste which Maida flour can give. Maida flour is superior in taste and quality which is also affordable and can be stored for longer durations. Maida flour is popular amongst confectionery shops, hotels, bakeries etc. |
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