Flour

Flour is a finely milled and ground powder made from many varieties of uncooked cereal grains, seeds or roots. It is a major ingredient of baked goods such as bread, cakes, cookies, and pastries. Wheat is the most commonly used grain for flour, has many categories of flour made from the grain being processed differently. Some examples include atta flour, common wheat flour, durum flour, maida flour,… More

Flour is a finely milled and ground powder made from many varieties of uncooked cereal grains, seeds or roots. It is a major ingredient of baked goods such as bread, cakes, cookies, and pastries. Wheat is the most commonly used grain for flour, has many categories of flour made from the grain being processed differently. Some examples include atta flour, common wheat flour, durum flour, maida flour, semolina, and spelt. Other non-wheat varieties include rye flour, corn flour, almond flour, bean flour, rice flour, buckwheat flour, cassava flour, chestnut flour, chickpea flour, coconut flour, glutinous flour, and many other grains, beans, and seeds. Flour can also be processed into unbleached flour, bleached flour, plain flour, cake flour, self-raising flour, and enriched flour. While wheat flour is commonly used in most baked pastries and noodles, rice flour is commonly used in various types of rice noodles and rice based kuehs. Less