Maida is a white flour from the Indian subcontinent, made from wheat. Finely milled without any bran, refined, and bleached, it closely resembles cake flour. Maida is used extensively for making fast foods, baked goods such as pastries, bread,[1] several varieties of sweets, and traditional flatbreads.[2] Owing to this wide variety of uses, it is sometimes labeled and marketed as "all-purpose flour", though it is different from
Applications
Maida is used extensively in Central Asian cuisine and cuisine from the Indian subcontinent. Flatbreads such as naan and tandoori roti are made using maida. Bhatoora is a fluffy, deep-fried, leavened bread made with maida and yogurt. RDM Exports is the best in class Maida Exporters & Traders in India
Production
Maida is made from the endosperm: the starchy white part of the
grain. The bran is separated from the germ and endosperm which is
then refined by passing through a sieve of 80 mesh per inch (31
mesh per centimeter). Although naturally yellowish due to
pigments present in wheat, maida is typically bleached, either
naturally due to atmospheric oxygen, or with any of a number of
flour bleaching agents.
While it is milled from winter wheat that has a high gluten
content, heat generated during the milling process results in
denaturing of the protein, limiting its use in the preparation of
leavened breads. Buy from the best Maida Exporters & Traders in
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