Homemade Wheat Flour | Chapati Flour

Last Updated On: Jun 5, 2024 by Sharmilee J

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Wheat Flour is an essential flour for making Indian flat breads like Chapathi, Phulka, Roti, Kulcha, and also for making whole wheat bread varieties. Learn how to make wheat flour with step by step pictures and video.

Wheat Flour made at home is much healthier than the store bought ones as it is minus preservatives and yes its wheat Flour with full goodness of whole wheat. Also with Homemade Atta – the ratio and variety of wheat used to make wheat flour can be customized according to our preference and needs.

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About Wheat Flour
Homemade Wheat Flour Video
Wheat Flour – Ratio
Homemade Wheat Flour Ingredients
How to make Wheat Flour Step by Step
Expert Tips
FAQS
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About Wheat Flour

Wheat Flour is the flour made by milling / dry grinding wheat. Wheat flour as we all know is the base for lot of recipes – roti, paratha, phulka, wheat dosa, chakli and lot more. So good the flour be – so be the dish & food.

Wheat flour has to be brown, soft & smooth in texture. Coarse powder might make the roti slightly hard & tough – so when you grind wheat at flour mill ask them to grind it to fine powder.

Though store bought atta claims to be whole wheat I am really not sure what variety whole wheat they use or do they mix white or plain flour with it. So its always good to make homemade wheat flour for daily use.

Why Wheat Flour at home is healthier?

Wheat grain has bran – the outer cover of the wheat which is rich in fiber, endosperm – the meatier portion of the wheat & germ – the vitamin, protein rich part of the wheat. Wheat Flour is the product of grinding all these parts together making it to be called Whole Wheat Flour. The presence of bran reduces the gluten development and the presence of germ make the flour retain wheat protein, vitamins & minerals.

Commercialization of the wheat flour might have separated bran from wheat for oil production which results in white wheat flour with higher gluten content. Wheat flour homemade ensures whole of the wheat is ground and therefore healthier than refined versions available at the stores which is ground without bran.

I usually grind 5 kgs of wheat flour which last us for about 45 days. These days I am using a lot of wheat flour in my baking too so it lasts only for a month. Baked goodies with wheat flour is no less and tastes so good and my kids love them so much either whole wheat breads or muffins or cakes they just love it.

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Wheat Flour – Ratio

Wheat is available in lot of varieties – Punjab, Samba, Sharbati and lot more. Sharbati is the meatier & best wheat variety while Samba Wheat is the basmati equivalent of wheat and Punjab wheat is the regular & common variety. I normally mix them and grind so that it is tastier & at the same time affordable.

Wheat mix in the wheat flour I grind is in the proportion of 3 kg of Punjab Wheat and 2 Kg of Samba Wheat. My family is used to this proportion now and whenever we get flour from stores it makes us realize how tasty & good the home made wheat flour is. You can try different mix ratios based on the availability, accessibility & affordability.

Homemade Wheat Flour Ingredients

Punjab Wheat – Punjab wheat is the most common variety available at all stores.
Samba Wheat – Samba wheat is the basmati equivalent of wheat.

Wheat Flour – Variations

Wheat flour, Atta, Chakki Flour, Chapati flour, Chakki Atta, Whole Wheat Flour all mean one and the same Wheat Flour. Wheat Flour production has been industrialized to suit the varying needs at kitchen – roti which uses whole wheat flour, naan / parotta which uses refined wheat flour, baking which uses white all-purpose flour (grinding without bran).

Be cautious to select whole wheat flour or multigrain flour for making roti & wheat flat breads and refined wheat flour/all-purpose flour/maida for baking & white flat breads. This recipe is for whole wheat flour and check out the homemade multigrain wheat flour and homemade maida / all-purpose flour already posted here.

How to make Wheat Flour Step by Step

1.I always use a combination of Punjab Wheat and Sambar wheat while grinding as it gives soft chapathi / phulka. The ratio I am using is 3 kgs Punjab Wheat with 2 kgs Samba Wheat.

Left side Yellow Bowl : Samba Wheat

Right Side Purple Bowl : Punjab Wheat

Just showing the sample fo both for easy identification.

2.Now mix 3 kgs Punjab Wheat with 2 kgs Samba Wheat. Remove any speck or dirt and check if any and remove it.

mix samba wheat and punjab wheat together

3.Rinse it well.

4.Sun dry for a day or 2 until completely dry and crisp.

5.It took 1 complete day for me to dry.

6.Now all ready to go for grinding in mill.

7.While giving for grinding make sure to tell them the flour needs to be very fine.

8.After grinding open and keep for sometime as it will be very hot. If closed and kept moisture may develop due to the heat and will wet the flour.

9.My flour is very fine so I did not sieve it. If it is coarse then you may need to sieve it once before storing.

10.Store in a clean dry airtight container to be stored in kitchen. I usually keep in a jar for regular use and store the bulk in the big thooku itself(the steel container shown).

Homemade Atta is ready!

Expert Tips

Sieving is optional. But if your flour is coarse then sieve once at least and store.
You can even use just punjab wheat.But when samba is added it gives more softer phulka/chapati.
You can get whole wheat in any supermarket, its easily available.
This measure had been passed on to me from amma and I am following it for the past 10+ years.
If you get sharbati wheat then you can replace punjab wheat with it and grind it along with samba wheat.

FAQS

1.What is Wheat Flour?

Wheat Flour is the flour made by milling / dry grinding wheat. Wheat flour is used for making Indian flatbreads like chapathi, phulka, roti, wheat dosa etc.

2.Is whole wheat flour, atta and chapathi flour same?

Yes whole wheat flour, atta flour and chapathi flour are the same just the name differs.

3.Is multigrain atta and regular atta same?

Multigrain atta includes whole wheat along with multigrains like oats, maize, ragi, chana, millets etc. Regular atta is grinding whole wheat kernels along to yield wheat flour.

4.Is wheat flour same as refined wheat flour?

No they are different. Wheat flour is just grinding whole wheat to yield wheat flour / chapathi flour. Refined wheat flour is maida or white flour is obtained by a process which removes the most nutrient parts the bran and germ.

5.What are the benefits of wheat flour?

Wheat flour is achieved by grinding whole wheat kernels with bran and endosperm making it one of the most healthy flour for everyday use. The presence of bran reduces the gluten development and the presence of germ make the flour retain wheat protein, vitamins & minerals.

6.Can I grind wheat flour at home?

I have tried with mixer which even grinds turmeric. However for wheat it is a bit coarse so I prefer giving it to flour mill for bulk storage. You can check my trial here.

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