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Except the first reply, I presume others have confused Maida near
either wheat flour or Atta. Maida is an delicious starch extracted from
the pith like center of a type of palm[sagu/cassava/tapioca-a root]. This starch contained by edible form is used within foods like chips,puddings[for thickening], sweetkheer or payasam[in South India]and Arrowroot a choice of biscuit etc. Further it is used as a starching/stiffening agent in textile, like Revive.
It is made from a underground vegetable (belongs to potato family- i dont know the name surrounded by English - it is 'Maravalli kizhangu' in Tamil.)
No, its made of wheat which is finally bleached and grounded.
The wheat grain are grounded very finely to obtain maida; it comprises mainly the inner endosperm of the wheat particle, with a significant part of the bran and germ layer removed during milling.
Wheat finly powdered really really fine
and specially surrounded by large machines
Maida flour is super refined wheat flour used to engineer a wide collection of food items like puri, chappathi, paratha, etc. Maida is sometimes referred to as "All purpose flour". In India maida is used to create pastries and other bakery items like bread, biscuit, toast etc. However, nearby has be a recent debate on the exact constiutents used in preparing maida. Some culture, especially from South India debate that tapioca is also used in preparing maida.
Foods made out of maida are not considered to be pro-healthy and intact wheat based foods are more preferred at present. Still during festive days especially in south India maida is a adjectives ingredient.
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