Description

TRS Rice Flour 500G is raw rice milled fine, in the half kilo pack. TRS is the default brand in Indian shops across northern Europe, which for a single-ingredient product like this mostly means it is reliably in stock.

Rice flour turns up in more places than people expect. It crisps a pakora batter when a spoonful goes in with the besan, dusts a sticky dough, thickens a curry, and forms the base of chakli, kozhukattai and neer dosa. It is also the starting point for most gluten free mixes.

Why add rice flour to a besan batter? For crispness. Besan alone gives a soft coating that goes limp quickly; a couple of spoons of rice flour in the mix makes pakoras crisp and keeps them that way for longer on the plate.

Is rice flour gluten free? Rice itself contains no gluten. Whether a given pack is safe for someone with coeliac disease depends on how it was milled and handled, and this pack makes no such claim, so check with the shop if it matters medically.

The Nawab equivalent, Nawab rice flour at the same size, is the other choice, and rice flours and rice mixes here hold the idiyappam and idly grades. 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.