Description

Kuttu is bought in bursts. Nine days of Navratri twice a year, Ekadashi, Mahashivratri, and then the bag sits untouched for months, which is why most packs are small and this one is not.

A kilo makes a lot of kuttu ki puri, and it suits a household where the whole family keeps the fast or where food goes out to others during it. Buckwheat is strongly flavoured and dark, quite different from the milder singhara flour, and the two are often mixed to soften it.

Will a kilo of kuttu keep until the next Navratri? Probably not at its best. Buckwheat has oil in it and turns within a few months, so a kilo bought for spring Navratri will be tired by autumn. Freeze what is left if you want to keep it.

Is kuttu flour actually wheat? No, despite the word atta that usually follows it. Buckwheat is the seed of a plant related to rhubarb and contains no wheat and no gluten, which is exactly why fasting rules allow it.

In a half kilo, the KRG kuttu atta at 500 grams is the safer size, and vrat and fasting flours here carry the singhara and the rock salt. Vegetarian. Store it in a cool, dry place in a sealed container, because flour takes up damp and picks up the smell of whatever sits beside it. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.