Atta Boy!!!

Since being diagnosed with diabetes, I’ve looked for foods that are flavorful and healthy. This lead me to explore Indian food.

One of the food types that intrigued me were flat breads, in particular chapati. When I originally made chapati I used my old stand-by King Arthur’s Whole Wheat Flour - this made for a flatbread that was flavorful but stiff.

Since then I discovered cookbooks by Chetna Makan. Chetna who became known the Great British Bakeoff Series 5 (I’m using the BBC/Channel 4 listing numbers). She has a recipe for chapati that uses Atta which is a very finely ground whole wheat flour - it made a very pliant flatbread that was just as tasty. There’s also a variation on this bread that includes chick pea flour and fenugreek leaves (which is good for fighting diabetes). Here’s a pic of that bread:

The burn marks make for some tasty bread!

All in all, this flour is a revelation and I look forward to using it in other recipes.