I always get whole wheat while shopping for our monthly groceries and make my own batch of chapati four. I buy Ashirwad / Annapoorna chapati flour very rarely may be when our homemade chapati flour gets over in the month end.When I posted multigrain atta there were many requests for posting homemade wheat flour(chapati flour) but every time I forget to click the wheat before giving to grind and this time finally clicked the pictures with stepwise and here I am with the post 🙂
Homemade chapati flour is anytime better than store bought ones with no preservatives added and even taste,texturewise there is difference.Also you can make your own wheat ratio combination according to your preference.This is ammas samba-punjab wheat ratio as through the days she has tried many combination/variations and finally she found this one to be good so now I am sticking to this one.
Homemade Chapati Flour Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 24 hrs mins | Processing Time : 20 mins
Recipe Category: Main | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Recipe Category: Main | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Punjab Wheat – 2 kg
Samba Wheat – 1 kg
Method:
- Get samba and punjab wheat according to the mentioned ratio.Clean it if you have any speck.
- Mix both the wheat and give a quick mix.Rinse it well with water and then allow it to dry in scorching sun so that it dries up fast.It should be completely dry,no moisture should be there.Then transfer to a container and send it to the mill for grinding.While grinding make sure its powdered fine.
- Once you get the atta flour from the mill,first spread it in a plate to cool down.Then sieve it once to remove the scrap(coarse mixture that is retained while sieving).Then transfer the sieved flour to an airtight container.Sieving is optional, please read my notes.
- In a wide bowl add wheat flour salt and required water , mix well and knead it form a soft dough as chapathi dough.Rest the dough for atleast 15-20mins. Now your chapati / phulka dough is ready.Just roll them and make phulkas.
Picture showing Punjab Wheat and Samba Wheat
My Notes:
- I wash wheat only if I see any dirt else just dry it for a while then give to mill for grinding.
- Sieving is optional but we always sieve it once and discard only the very coarse mixture that is retained while sieving.
- You can even use just punjab wheat.But when samba is added it gives more softer phulka/chapati.
- You can make chapati flour by grinding just samba wheat or just punjab wheat alone its your preference.
- You can get whole wheat in any supermarket, its easily available.
wow I always thought chapathi flour is made with whole Punjab godumai only… interesting to see that samba is also added… thanks for the information..
nice back to basic post.. my mum always does this.. I love the smell of fresh grinded wheat flour
Where could I buy Punjab & Samba wheat? I live in California. I love Indian chapathi specially when it gets puffed. Please let me know what store. Thank you.
Check out in any indian groceries stores
I will. Thank you, Sharmilee J.
Very interesting…
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Great going.
Yes you are very correct to declare and also prepare homemade Aata.This is how my mother used to do always for years and we never ever bought Aata in bags as it is done mostly for everything.My mother even used to get 'kadalumaavu' done after washing the kadaluparuppu at home.
Just one point -if you sieve this Aata maavu then the fibre is lost.My moth did not remove the bran from the Aata but of course it is personal preference.
You are indeed very health conscious which is great but you also practice methods to help towards maintaining good health.Excellent !
That sounds great to make kadalamaavu at home…will have to try that once
Though I have heard sieving is optional…I have also read that its not advisable to use the flour without sieving…so we always sieve it once before storing.But yes as you say its purely our preference.
Wow! You and Jeyashri ( food blogger from SG) have the same bottle ?? She put her garam masala in the same one!! :):) What a coincidence!
P.S: I love both your blogs and Raji's too! I constantly hop between the three ! 🙂
Very useful post. Great clicks as always.
Sharmilee,
I will grind wheat flour as you prepared and i will add some soy beans and sundal before grinding.
Also i prepare gram flour – kadalamavu from kadala paruppu.
Ragi flour from ragi millet, red chilli powder from dried red chillies, Dhaniya powder from Dhaniya seeds.
I add multigrains too but only occasionally while grinding…have already posted mulitgrain atta recipe.Yes we too make our own homemade red chilli,turmeric and coriander powders.
Thats good to hear about ragi and gram flour being homemade….will have to try it sometime.
is it possible to grind wheat at home… i mean home
grinder
No way…
Hi sharmi,
Thanks for all your recipes. Since i didnt get samba wheat anywhere around. i grinded whole wheat 2kg + soya 250 gms. While making dough it was sticky and difficult to knead,.and chapati getting hard soon. Tried using milk, warm water, oil and 10 mins of kneading.
Will chapathi/roti be soft if i grind whole wheat alone? or less amount of soya or anything else need to be added?
may be our teeths are used to soft phulkas of pillsbury 😛
Need advise on soft chapathi / roti on grinded whole wheat.
The proportion for grinding is very important…If you want to make multigrain atta then check my other post for measures.If you don't get get sambar wheat then you can grind it with fully punjab wheat, am sure homemade atta will yield more softer rotis
Can we make poori with this flour
Yes!
Hi how to prepare ragi flour at home and ragi grind like vermicelli in mill….tell the steps please…..
HI,is samba (long wheat)available in regular stores,can you please suggest some places where i can get them in andhra pradesh
What is punjabi wheat?in kerala where I get punjab wheat?is samba wheat is soojI Gothambe?
There are varieties of wheat available in supermarkets, check them out
Hi sharmi,
No terrace to dry in sunlight, instead of that shall try for fry, in this method any change in taste or problem of storing such long time.
I am really not sure…roasting will change the texture I guess sorry cant guide you in this regard
Why mix any specific reason as I bought jus 2 kg punjab wheat… Is is ok or should I buy sambha wheat also
It is ok to go ahead with just punjab wheat alone…when samba wheat is mixed up it gives nice softness to the rotis
what is the difference between samba wheat and punjab wheat?
Sharmilee sister i am a big fan of your recipes. Your pictorial rep attracts me. Now to grind wheat can i dry roast wheat as i couldn’t dry them in direct sunlight. I live in a place where i couldn’t get enough sunlight and its not possible to sun dry. Plz give your suggestions sister & then only i will make my home made wheat flour.
Thanks a lot! You can fan dry it too
Sis!!! Thanks a lot!!!
Hi shamilee, in the place I stay (US) I haven’t seen whole wheat in the Indian stores near by.. but i always get broken wheat (Dalia) and ofcos no mill. My question is can I grind the broken wheat in my mixie and make the flour in batches? Also, will I even get atta if I grind broken wheat?
TIA..
You can use whole wheat itself…Yes you can grind broken wheat in mixie thats what I have done too.No you will not get atta grinding broken wheat
I don’t get whole wheat here.. so, it’s ok to grind broken wheat to get the flour right?
yes you can try with broken wheat
Mam, Is Samba wheat same as Kapli wheat? Can you please clarify.
Can we make soft rotis with Samba wheat alone?
Thank you
I dont think both are same..and if you make chapathi with just samba wheat the chapathis break apart easily so a proper measure of wheat varieties is a must for making a good chapathi flour