Recipe: Perfect Whole Wheat & Gram Flour (Besan) Bread

Whole Wheat & Gram Flour (Besan) Bread. Whole-wheat flour (in the US) or wholemeal flour (in the UK) is a powdery substance, a basic food ingredient, derived by grinding or mashing the whole grain of wheat, also known as the wheatberry. Whole-wheat flour is used in baking of breads and other baked goods. Durum wheat and whole wheat are two of the most popular species of wheat and often used in foods like bread, pasta, noodles, couscous, and baked goods.

Kids Definition of whole wheat. : made from or containing wheat kernels that were ground in their entirety. whole wheat translations: сделанный из цельной пшеницы. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Russian Dictionary. Add whole wheat to one of your lists below, or create a new one. Easy to have Whole Wheat & Gram Flour (Besan) Bread just using 12 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

1. 1.5 Cup of Whole Wheat Flour.
2. 1 Cup of Gram Flour (Besan).
3. 1/2 Cup of Vital Wheat Gluten Flour (optional but recommended, if not using, then replace with whole wheat flour).
4. 1/2 Cup of Milk Powder.
5. 2 tsp of Instant Dry Yeast.
6. 2 tbsp of Oil.
7. 1/2-1 Cup of Milk.
8. 1 tbsp of linseed (optional).
9. 1 tbsp of chia seed (optional).
10. 2 tsp of Sugar.
11. of Salt.
12. of Oil to brush the dough.

Our food ranking qualified whole wheat (in its original non-enriched form) as a very good source of The many benefits of whole wheat products are being recognized more and more by consumers. In todays video we are taking a look at how to make whole wheat bread! Its very easy and simple to make. When buying whole-wheat or whole-grain bread, "beware of buzzwords and manufacturer claims on the bread label," says Rachel Lustgarten, a registered dietitian at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Whole Wheat & Gram Flour (Besan) Bread Step by step

1. Mix all the flour and milk powder. Add salt as per your taste (I added about 1 tsp).
2. Add oil and mix it in the flour with hands..
3. Add linseed if you are using it..
4. Soak chia seeds in 1/4 cup of water and leave it for 5 min. Once seeds are puffed up, add them (along with water) to the flour and mix lightly..
5. For yeast activation take 1/2 cup warm water. Make sure the water is just warm and not hot (to test that, dip your finger in the water. If it is comfortable and does not feel burning, then it's optimum temperature). Mix sugar and yeast in the water and keep it for 5-10 min, till it begins to foam. If it does not, then your yeast is expired and won't work..
6. Add yeast mixture to flour mixture and mix it..
7. Warm the milk to room temperature..
8. Start kneading the dough by adding milk in little quantity at a time and only as much as needed. You can knead by hand or use an electric mixer. It will take about 10 min of kneading..
9. Keep dough in a container and apply a layer of oil and cover it with a tea/kitchen towel. Now keep the container at a slightly warm place for yeast to rise. As an alternative, you can heat water in a bowl in microwave for 2 min and then keep the container there..
10. It should take about 45 - 60 min for dough to rise to double of it's size..
11. Punch down the dough and knead for a few minutes by hands..
12. Take a bread tin and brush it with oil.
13. Roll the dough to flatten it to about 1/2 inch thickness..
14. Fold it on both the sides with narrow edge on top and wide edge at the bottom with bottom edge being slightly narrow than the length of bread tin. Pinch down the edges of the fold..
15. Start folding it from top and after every single roll pinch all the edges making sure to leave no air pocket (This is a very important step to get the bread shape correct.).
16. Keep folding it till you reach the end. Pinch down all the edges and give it a nice cylindrical shape..
17. Place it in the bread tin with the seamed side down and smooth side up, apply a layer of oil, cover the dough and leave it to rise for another 45-60 min at a slightly warm place. It should double up in its size..
18. Pre heat the over to 180C (fan assisted), place the tin on middle rack. If you have a bread tin with lid, then keep the lid on for first 20 min and then take it off..
19. After 30 min, take the tin out of the oven. After 5 min, take the bread out of the tin and let it cool down on a wire rack for about an hour..
20. Once cooled down, slice it or use any other way you want..
21. Enjoy the wholesome goodness :).

Whole-wheat flour can be used interchangeably for white whole-wheat flour called for in a recipe, or it can be substituted for half the amount of all-purpose flour in a recipe. Whole wheat refers to the flour obtained when the wheat grain (including bran, germ and endosperm) is ground or mashed to make bread or roti. Whole-grain kernels contain three parts: the bran, germ and endosperm. The bran is the fiber-rich Durum wheat in its natural state is a whole grain. But when you purchase products that contain.