Description

Aashirvaad Atta 1 KG is whole wheat chapati flour in the smallest bag the shop stocks. Chakki refers to the stone mill, which grinds slowly and keeps the bran and germ in rather than sifting them out.

This is the pack to buy when you are testing a brand, cooking for one, or want fresh atta rather than the last of a 10 kilo sack. Atta is at its best in the first weeks after opening, and a household making a few rotis a week gets better bread from small bags bought often than from one big one.

What does chakki atta actually mean? It is flour from a stone mill rather than a steel roller mill. The stones grind slower and cooler and the whole grain goes through, so the bran and the germ stay in the flour. It is why chakki atta is darker and makes a softer roti.

Is a 1 kilo bag worth it when 10 kilos costs less per kilo? If you make rotis daily, no, buy the sack. If you make them twice a week, yes, because the last third of a 10 kilo bag will be stale by the time you reach it and stale atta makes hard rotis.

Another 1 kilo option, Uncle Punjabi atta in a kilo, sits beside it, and the chapati atta range at Panjab Supermarket runs from 1 kilo bags up to 10 kilo sacks. 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.