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    Homemade Rice Flour | Making Rice Flour at home ~ Indian Basics for Cooking

    Published: Sep 14, 2009 · Modified: Sep 23, 2020 by Srivalli · 28 Comments

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    Unlike years before, these days my Mondays are coloured by the satisfaction I get over the quality of work done over the weekends! It's been many weeks since I had a Saturday off, even otherwise nothing much gets done. So naturally, I am prone to Monday blues. Well, I am no in school or college, to get that kind of trepidation and butterflies running around in the tummy on the reach of the date! To be frank I used to get that feeling on Sunday nights during scholar days. It's utterly ridiculous to expect the same to happen now.

    I panic when I don't see such feelings expressed by Konda. She is least bothered that today is Monday. Maybe she gets upset that her holiday was over. Talking about holidays, Peddu on getting up on Sunday morning exclaimed and proclaimed that it was a holiday to them and we ought to go to "Ooru". Hubby dear sorely regrets ever taking them out every other weekend. The result was, though he managed an escape for a while, back home he ended up taking us for a tour around the city. In the end, Peddu wasn't happy that he wasn't taken for a tour. Well, we can't have everything to our liking or so we told. Not that a soon to be 3 kid will understand that!

    Coming back to my satisfied state, I was happy getting more than a couple of dishes ready this weekend. It's far better than what work had progressed during the past months. Naturally, it really got me happy. Not only was I able to get to make a dish that I ate as a child, but it was also liked by Konda. What more can I ask for? Yes, that's for the book. So naturally, the positive response from her made me extremely happy.

    Over the weekend I have reminded again of the fact that I have been lagging in the post on Indian Basics. I actually planned on doing one per week. Not sure where all those weeks have gone. Can you believe today gets us to the middle of the month!

    And what's more, I totally forgot that my Spice your Life completed 1 year this month! Though I haven't been able to spend or write so much as I did in this blog, I really love the quality information that I was able to get from my Dad. The posts may be less, but it packs more value than I can think.

    As it seems customary to celebrate the occasion with something worth remembering, I have announced an event. Please do check it out and join in!

    Coming back to our post for today, it's all making Rice flour at home. I know getting ready-made flour makes life much simpler, but I am all for making it at home. One thing is you get really fresh flour. The second is you get more and of course, third is the satisfaction that you ground it at home. I know all these because I was really thrilled knowing I was making it at home. I always remember Amma making it at home. And I always thought that way wasn't mine. But guess what I simply loved to feel that damp rice flour as it got ground in the mixer!

    Rice flour is used in many dishes in Indian Cuisine. We make Biyam Roti (Rice Roti), Murukus, Puttu, Ariselu, and much more.

    4 cups Raw Rice yields 6 cups of rice flour.
    Wash the rice and soak it for 15 - 20 minutes. Drain the rice and spread it on a cloth for shade drying.

    After 30 minutes, grind to a smooth powder in your mixer. Take 1 cup at a time and run it and stop in intervals. Else your jar can get very hot.

    Pass it through a sieve to get the fine powder. And grind again until you get the most of your rice into a fine powder.

    If you are not going to make a dish out of it right away, store it in an airtight container after it's cooled enough.

    Another way of making this is by lightly roasting the rice over the hot pan for few minutes, grinding it to a fine flour once it's cooled. This way you can store for longer days.

    Making flour at home is so convenient as it only takes about 15 mins to soak and another 15 mins to dry. And your dish is bound to come out tasty.

    Homemade Rice Flour
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    Making Rice Flour at home ~ Indian Basics for Cooking

    Cuisine South Indian
    By Cook Method Stovetop
    Dish Type Basics for Cooking
    Author Srivalli
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    1. Mythreyi Dilip says

      September 14, 2009 at 6:32 pm

      Only home made rice flour gives great taste to murukku and other snacks!

      Reply
    2. jeyashrisuresh says

      September 15, 2009 at 1:12 am

      absolutely useful post. and i know how delicious the outcome ie., when we make muuruku,puttu ,kolakattai from this flour.
      Nice post.

      Reply
    3. A_and_N says

      September 15, 2009 at 1:15 am

      You know I've never thought about making rice flour, but my granny used to make them and all those pics bring her to my mind 🙂

      Reply
    4. Mriganayani says

      September 15, 2009 at 2:20 am

      My mother in law is here with us - and she made this last week to make murukku, seedai and vella seedai - I agree - the taste really stands out!

      Reply
    5. Divya Kudua says

      September 15, 2009 at 5:03 am

      Thank you so much for this post Valli.I have never made rice flour at home and was raking my brain for it*you know why*.Wonderfully explained..thanks again:)

      Reply
    6. Uma says

      September 15, 2009 at 5:18 am

      Nice post on homemade rice flour. So useful to many of us 🙂

      Reply
    7. Lebouffe says

      September 15, 2009 at 5:47 am

      Wow.. thats so nice 🙂 Must try.. -Naina

      Reply
    8. rekhas kitchen says

      September 15, 2009 at 7:28 am

      nice post and very use full valli. thanks for posting.

      Reply
    9. Sanghi says

      September 15, 2009 at 7:49 am

      Good tips !

      Reply
    10. Priya says

      September 15, 2009 at 8:12 am

      Very interesting post Sri..helpful for many of us..

      Reply
    11. Chitra says

      September 15, 2009 at 9:32 am

      I too follow the same procedure for making kozhukkatai base, murukku etc.Useful post.

      Reply
    12. my kitchen says

      September 15, 2009 at 7:27 am

      Every Time i will Bring Puttu powder from shops,Really useful for me to make it at home.you can visit my blog,view recipes and post ur comments

      Reply
    13. Jhanani says

      September 15, 2009 at 8:26 pm

      Very useful post. Home made is always special.

      Reply
    14. Sandhya says

      September 15, 2009 at 11:47 pm

      heyy srivalli,
      first time here...
      Rice flour kindled my memories .. this is exactly how my mum does way back in india...
      drying , grinding ,sieving.. wow 🙂

      do sneek - a peek in my blog when time permits.. & do give me ur valuable comments,

      Reply
    15. Shri says

      September 15, 2009 at 8:41 pm

      Cool,Valli!

      Reply
    16. Cynthia says

      September 16, 2009 at 1:56 am

      You mentioned using a grinder, can you suggest any?

      Reply
    17. Srivalli says

      September 16, 2009 at 5:09 pm

      Thank you everybody for your lovely comments, glad you find this useful.

      Cynthia, I use Premium Tilting wet grinder

      I am happy with the results I get with this.

      Reply
    18. Rupa says

      September 17, 2009 at 3:43 pm

      This is a timely post for me! I have been thinking of buying a home mill (it's called that I think in India, Rs. 7000 approx) on my next trip to India. It's heavey and wasn't sure how to bring it to US. I am intrigued that you say you use wet grinder for grinding flour! I have one of those table top wet grinders (used for idli/dosa) with heavey stones. Would that work for dry grinding like flour? Hope you can help me save money and hassle, thanks!!!!

      Reply
    19. Srivalli says

      September 17, 2009 at 3:51 pm

      Rupa, I haven't mentioned wet grinder anywhere, so not sure how this confusion has arisen! I meant the mixie, using the mixie jar. This flour comes pretty well in your regular food processor or like the indian sumeet or preeti brands.

      Reply
    20. Sashi says

      September 19, 2009 at 4:46 am

      Very helpful to so many of us Srivalli, well explained. 🙂

      Reply
    21. Rupa says

      September 21, 2009 at 4:15 pm

      Srivalli, your response to Cynthia said you used "Premium Tilting wet grinder". That's why I was confused and checked with you...txs.

      Reply
    22. Srivalli says

      September 21, 2009 at 4:49 pm

      Rupa, sorry for the confusion..:)

      Reply
    23. Anonymous says

      August 01, 2010 at 2:23 pm

      Hi

      In basic essentials when I click on Cooking with onions-different ways Making rice flour at home comes up. Could you please correct this.
      Thanks
      Neville
      Toronto

      Reply
    24. Srivalli says

      August 11, 2010 at 5:50 pm

      Thank you Neville for alerting me!..sorry I took so long to update!

      Reply
    25. Nikki says

      March 18, 2011 at 5:43 pm

      im so excited to have found this page! every week i grind my own flour, and its my LEAST favorite part of the week, cause i always scorch it, and my blender is one of those "as seen on tv" ones. but your technique makes much more sense. thanks!! you are helping me more than I can say 🙂

      Reply
    26. Anonymous says

      June 25, 2011 at 10:06 am

      Thanks for this been looking for home made rice flour and you gave us a very easy way to make it. -Riz

      Reply
    27. alphy says

      February 04, 2012 at 2:27 pm

      Hi thanks for the post. I am new to cooking thats why thought of asking this. Can I use any type of rice for making the flour, parboiled and basmati rice for example.
      Thanks in advance

      Reply
    28. Srivalli says

      February 05, 2012 at 5:13 am

      Alphy Thanks for dropping by. Rice flour is normally made from regular rice. I am not sure if flour is not made from parboiled or basmati rice.

      Reply

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