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    How to make rice flour at home | Homemade rice flour

    March 14, 2021 by Raks Anand 6 Comments /

    Homemade rice flour

    Homemade rice flour for Indian snacks like murukku, seedai and other snacks. Learn how to make rice flour at home with full video, detailed step by step photos.

    Ever since I started cooking and started attempting making snacks, I used idiyappam flour. Many of you must be knowing this if you are following my posts from beginning. It's because raw rice was not available those days in Mustafa. I was not sure about little India, but I visit only Mustafa those days. So it was just basmati and ponni parboiled rice.

    Idiyappam flour (Baba brand) was a saviour for me as everything turned out perfect with it. It was good in quality, finest ground flour as well. Be it thenkuzhal, or kozhukattai, everything was turning out too good with it. Then why bother about homemade rice flour?

    Prepare snacks with homemade rice flour

    Years passed and all of a sudden craved for Kai murukku and seedai. Will I spare both from trying with idiyappam flour? No, I did try but in vain. So it became a compulsion for me to make fresh homemade rice flour. I made it for first time and both seedai and kai murukku turned out perfect with the prepared rice flour at home.

    Later I started making many snacks using fresh flour like achu murukku etc. Every year I make for Gokulashtami, but I am always in hurry (or I never wanted to make it complicated on the festival day). Roughly managed sometime back and have it as a page in my site.

    Are videos more your thing?

    Check out my short video on how to make rice flour at home

    Today also I made for Karadaiyan nombu adai and suddenly thought I will have a separate post with video for this.

    Which rice is best for making flour?

    I get Sona masuri and find it good for making flour. I have not much options. In South Indian small local shops, you can ask for maavu arisi, which is apparently rich in starch and perfect for making rice flour.

    Before you ask, no Basmati rice wont be good for this. I have not tried any other rice variety when it comes to homemade rice flour. If you have any other good suggestions for people abroad (for those who don't have access to maavu arisi) please leave your suggestions in comments section.

    Below is by roasting method. But for bulk options, you can give it to mill after drying the rice (step 5).

    Also if you are in a sunny region, instead of roasting, you can spread and dry in shade (by covering with another cloth over the flour) for 3 days.

    Video:

    Yeilds 1 cup rice flour

    How to make rice flour at home for Indian snacks

    Time needed: 3 hours.

    Learn how to make homemade rice flour for snacks like murukku, seedai, kozhukattai and others.

    1. Clean

      Wash the rice well 2-3 times in water. I took 1 cup of raw rice (Sona masuri)step1-wash

    2. Soak

      Add enough water and soak for 2 hours.step2-soak

    3. Drain

      Once done, drain water completely using a metal strainer.step3-drain

    4. Spread

      In a clean kitchen towel or cotton cloth preferably white, spread the soaked rice.step4-spread

    5. Dry

      Set aside for 15 minutes minimum.step5-dry

    6. Grind

      Place the rice in a mixer
      step6-grind

    7. Powder

      Grind to a fine powder
      step7-powder

    8. Sieve

      Place the flour in a sieve and get rid of the unground rice. Ystep8-sieve

    9. Rice rava

      You can add it to the next batch and powder again.step9-sieved

    10. Roast

      Dry roast in medium flame without changing it's colour. Only until steam rises.
      step10-roast

    11. Check

      It should be free flowing, able to draw a line if you try.
      step11-line

    12. Cool

      Cool down by spreading in a wide plate.
      step12-roasted

    13. Sieve again

      Again sieve to get rid of small lumps.step13-sieve

    14. Ready

      Use it in any snack, as needed. Store in an air tight container and use upto a month.step14-ready

    Make sure no moisture is there in the rice flour, especially if you are storing for later.

    I have not stored this homemade rice flour before, but if the quality of the rice is good and properly dried before storing, it should stay good for about a month fresh. My mom passes me a lot of flour for my use though different method. It turns out to be good. Depending on the quality of rice, the shelf life varies.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Athi

      March 15, 2021 at 7:24 pm

      Hello Raji,
      Whether the same flour can be used for making puttu and idiyappam?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        March 15, 2021 at 7:53 pm

        For puttu, slightly coarse ground will work better. Idiyappam yes you can.

        Reply
    2. Rajani

      March 25, 2021 at 11:42 pm

      Which mixer grinder do u use for grinding flours like ragi, jowar, etc

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        March 27, 2021 at 8:29 am

        I have not prepared on my own, I buy store bought ones so far. My mom has been using Panasonic for years. It's good.

        Reply
    3. latha

      August 23, 2021 at 9:40 am

      Could you let me know brand for maavu arisi? I have been searching for same in little india shops too and couldnt find one

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        August 23, 2021 at 6:48 pm

        I have not found here, I just use Sona masuri.

        Reply

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