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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]
There are several variations, using some or all of the following ingredients: maida (refined flour), semolina, milk, and yogurt. The batter is left to stand for a few hours before being spooned into a kadhai of hot oil to form a bubbling pancake which should be crisp around the edges. The pancakes are then immersed in a thick sugar syrup.
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.
How to Substitute All-Purpose Flour for Bread Flour Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography/Getty Images For a basically seamless bread flour substitution, just swap in all-purpose flour 1:1.
The asafoetida resin is difficult to grate and is traditionally crushed between stones or with a hammer. Today, the most commonly available form is compounded asafoetida, a fine powder containing 30% asafoetida resin, along with rice flour or maida (white wheat flour) and gum arabic. [citation needed]
Flour names by various Indian languages; Hindi English Botanical name Assamese Bengali Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Oriya Punjabi Sinhala Tamil Telugu Tulu Urdu ...
Made of wheat flour typical of Oriya, Assamese and Bengali cuisine, dough is made by mixing fine maida flour with water and spoonful of ghee, then divided in small balls, flattened by rolling-pin, individually deep-fried in cooking oil or ghee, 4-5 inches diameter, usually served with curries or gravies. Luqmat al-qadi: Middle East
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.