Description

Rice flour is one of the few things a South Indian kitchen runs out of without warning, because it goes into so many unrelated dishes. TRS pack it at one and a half kilos for exactly that household.

It crisps a pakora batter, dusts a sticky dough, thickens a curry, and forms the base of chakli, murukku, kozhukattai and neer dosa. Anyone baking gluten free will get through this size faster still, since rice flour is the backbone of almost every mix.

Is 1.5 kilos too much rice flour? Not if you fry snacks at festivals or bake without wheat. Rice flour keeps six months or so sealed and does not go rancid the way millet flours do, so the risk of buying big is low.

Can I grind my own rice flour? You can, but a home grinder rarely gets it fine enough for kozhukattai or neer dosa, and the grit shows. Milled flour is one of the cases where buying beats making.

In a smaller pack, the 500 gram TRS rice flour is easier to keep fresh, and the rest of the flour aisle in stock holds the attas, ravas and besan. 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.