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Maida flour. Maida, maida flour, or maida mavu is a type of wheat flour originated from the Indian subcontinent. [1] [2] It is a super-refined [citation needed] wheat flour used in Indian cuisine to make pastries and other bakery items like breads and biscuits. Some maida may have tapioca starch added. [citation needed]
A dough conditioner, flour treatment agent, improving agent or bread improver is any ingredient or chemical added to bread dough to strengthen its texture or otherwise improve it in some way. Dough conditioners may include enzymes , yeast nutrients, mineral salts, oxidants and reductants , bleaching agents and emulsifiers . [ 1 ]
Maida flour is a finely milled wheat flour used to make a wide variety of Indian breads such as paratha and naan. Maida is widely used not only in Indian cuisine but also in Central Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. Though sometimes referred to as "all-purpose flour" by Indian chefs, it more closely resembles cake flour or even pure starch.
If you’re looking for an egg substitute for scrambled eggs, tofu is your best bet. Slice well-drained firm tofu into ½-inch cubes, then cook in a skillet like eggs, gently mashing the tofu into ...
Cake flour is a finely milled white flour made from soft wheat. It has very low protein content, between 8% and 10%, making it suitable for soft-textured cakes and cookies. The higher protein content of other flours would make the cakes tough. Related to cake flour are masa harina (from maize), maida flour (from wheat or tapioca), and pure ...
Whether you’re a beginner or an expert in the kitchen, you’ve probably used an egg wash in a recipe. It is used for everything from getting a shiny, crackly pie crust to adhering breadcrumbs ...
Kulcha – leavened bread eaten in India and Pakistan, made from maida flour (wheat flour) Luchi – deep-fried flatbread from Bengal similar to Puri but made with maida flour instead of atta. Manda roti (Rumali roti): Traditional Indian flatbread which thin like handkerchief and cooked on upturned pot. It was known as Mandaka in ancient India. [5]
Made of maida flour dough, mashed potatoes, onion (optional), many spices, rolled into flat round shape, baked until golden brown, usually rubbed with butter, eaten with spicy chickpea curry. Lagana: Crispy bread Greece: Special kind of azyme bread, baked only on Clean Monday, the first day of Lent. Not to be confused with lasagna. Lahoh ...