Description

KRG Kuttu Ka Atta Buckwheat Flour 500 GR has the word atta in its name and no wheat in the bag. Buckwheat is not a cereal at all but the seed of a plant related to rhubarb, and that is precisely why fasting rules permit it.

During Navratri and on Ekadashi it becomes the flour of the house, made into kuttu ki puri, into pakoras with potato, and into a thick paratha. The taste is strong, dark and earthy, quite unlike singhara flour, and households tend to have a firm preference between the two.

Kuttu or singhara flour for a fast? Both are permitted and both are used. Kuttu is buckwheat, darker and much stronger tasting. Singhara is water chestnut, paler and milder. Many people mix them, and recipes usually accept either.

Why do kuttu puris fall apart? No gluten, again. Bind the dough with boiled mashed potato or a spoon of curd, keep it soft, and roll between two sheets of plastic. Fry them hot so they set quickly rather than soaking up oil.

The milder fasting flour, Nawab singhara flour, is the other option, and vrat flour carry the sabudana and rock salt that go with them. 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.