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Gluten Free Flours - the Healthy Alternatives
There are many healthy alternatives to gluten free flours. Infact these are known to us from ancient times and have been traditionally been part of our diets. The nine day fasting during navratras, or the quintessential fasting foods were all designed to be detoxing and were all - yes you guessed it right "gluten free". The Buckwheat (kuttu ka atta), Chestnut flour, Amaranth flour, Tapioca were all approved fasting foods.
As we speak of Ancient traditions we will all agree that most of the rural belts in various states of India have been living on non gluten flours. In the southern states the staples is rice and urad daal based dough, Kerala appam has no wheat in it, Gujrat and Maharastra are on bajra rotla and bhakri, Rajasthan loves its jowar and makai ki roti and many more such examples.
Our rich food heritage give us many such alternatives for our gluten free diets. Listing a few here -
The art and science behind creating a gluten free flour blend:
Each of the above is a standalone gluten free flour. But what if we want to have a near perfect bread as normal wheat. The art and science behind creating a gluten free flours is to mimic the three constituents of wheat - the protein, the gluten and the softness.
The protein used can be a mixture of Jowar, Brown Rice, Amaranth or Soya.
For the softness of the bread can be achieved with potato flakes, adding boiled potatoes while kneading the dough or simply using a starchy flour like Tapoica or Arrowroot.
The toughest part of the equation is however the "gluten". Internationally various artificially processed gums or chemicals are used to provide the same effect. Very commonly used in 'Xanthum" which has been found to be not suitable for our health! Indian heritage again comes to our rescue here, in India we grow various naturally found and plant based which are known to mimic the binding of gluten. These are not only 100% natural but each has its own set of nutrients as well.
So if you want to enjoy your stuffed paratha while on a gluten free diet - go for the above variants and indulge in a healthy way!
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2 comments
John
Hi,
I used this flour since 1 Year, the quality of this product is awesome and very tasty compare to others flours…. overall healthy flours, I completely trust in Nutty Yogi..
Balakrishna
Hi, What flour we can use for making samosa’s instead Maida? Do we have any alternatives for making Samosa’s?