Nawab Singhara Flour 1KG

Description

Nawab Singhara Flour 1KG is ground water chestnut, singhara, in a kilo pack. It is botanically not a grain at all, and that is the reason it is eaten on fasting days when cereals are set aside.

During Navratri, Ekadashi and Mahashivratri it becomes the flour of the house, made into puris and parathas, used to bind aloo tikki, and stirred into a halwa with ghee and sugar. The dough is sticky and has no stretch, so it is patted or rolled between two sheets rather than dusted and rolled on a board.

What is the difference between singhara and kuttu flour? Both are permitted on fasts and neither is a cereal. Singhara is water chestnut, milder and paler. Kuttu is buckwheat, darker and stronger tasting. Many households mix the two, and recipes usually accept either.

Why does the dough fall apart? Because there is no gluten in it. Use boiled mashed potato or a little curd to bind it, keep the dough on the soft side, and roll it between two sheets of plastic rather than on a floured board.

A gentler flour for the same fasting cooking, Nawab rice flour in a kilo, is stocked here too, and fasting and speciality flours carries the rest of the range. 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.