Maida Atta | Refined Flour | Simply Flour - 5Kg

Description

Maida is a white flour from the Indian subcontinent, made from wheat. Finely milled without any bran, refined, and bleached, it closely resembles cake flour. Maida is used extensively for making fast foods, baked goods such as pastries, bread, several varieties of sweets, and traditional flatbreads. Maida is used in Indian cooking to make: Sweets, Pastries, Flatbreads, Snacks, Baking items. Maida is also used in the food industry to make: Bread, Cakes, Cookies, Pastries, Noodles. Maida is low in protein (gluten), which is good for making soft, tender cakes with a fine grain. It's also highly extensible and stretchable, which is good for Indian pastries and baked goods. Maida is made from the endosperm, the starchy white part of the grain. The bran is separated from the germ and endosperm, which is then refined by passing through a sieve. Maida is a source of many nutrients, including fiber, vitamins, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese, and selenium. However, some say that refined flour like maida doesn't have any nutritional value, but does have plenty of calories.