Description

Twenty five kilos of flour is a commercial quantity, and this is the bag a takeaway or a gurdwara langar buys rather than a family. Medium refers to the grind, between fine and coarse.

For a restaurant it is the obvious economy, since a busy tandoor gets through it in weeks. For a home kitchen it is a trap, because atta is at its best in the first month after opening and no household of four will see the bottom of this sack before summer.

Who should actually buy a 25 kilo sack? A restaurant, a caterer, a temple or community kitchen, or a household cooking for a large family daily. If four people are eating rotis at home, a 5 or 10 kilo bag will give you better bread.

How should a sack this size be stored? Off the floor, somewhere cool and dry, with the top rolled and clipped rather than left open. Decant into airtight bins in the kitchen and refill from the sack, so the bulk of it is disturbed as little as possible.

For a household instead, the Pillsbury 10 kilo chakki atta is the sensible size, and the rest of the atta shelf here runs from 1 kilo up. Vegetarian. Decant a few days’ worth into a smaller airtight tin and keep the sack rolled shut, because a big bag left open goes stale and draws weevils. 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.