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12th February 2006, 10:47 PM
#551
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Hello all.... can some one tell me what exactly is maida? Stranger tells me it is not plain flour, I live in Europe and what is the equivalent that I will get in the shops here?
Thanks
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12th February 2006 10:47 PM
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13th February 2006, 07:29 AM
#552
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Hi all,
Can anyone pls let me know where I can find raw rice(for making appam) in Singapore... Or is there any other substitute for it(like Shoba suggested thai rice for pongal instead of raw rice & it turned out great)...
Thanks in adv...
“The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.” - Geoffrey Gaberino
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13th February 2006, 07:50 AM
#553
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Originally Posted by
Anoushka
Hello all.... can some one tell me what exactly is maida? Stranger tells me it is not plain flour, I live in Europe and what is the equivalent that I will get in the shops here?
Thanks
I always thought that maida and plain flour/all purpouse flour are the same.
Atleast I substitue one for the other without any change in texture or taste(well nither of them have any taste or flavour
). Only diff I noticed is that the 'maida' that I by from Indian stores is not as white as the the plain flours from the supermarket. But neither maida nor palin flour have much nutritional value in them, so I use them sparingly........
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13th February 2006, 08:00 AM
#554
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Originally Posted by
dev
Hi all,
Can anyone pls let me know where I can find raw rice(for making appam) in Singapore... Or is there any other substitute for it(like Shoba suggested thai rice for pongal instead of raw rice & it turned out great)...
Thanks in adv...

You could try 'Karthik stores' - Buffalo street, for raw rice. They do have a good variety of Indian rice and other groceries as well! Ofcourse 'Mustafa' as u know is another place to try.
BUT I use 'house brand' broken rice to make appam as well as neer dosa. This ie Broken rice, resembles closely to 'dosay akki' we get in B'lore. I'm quite satisfied with the result.
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13th February 2006, 08:06 AM
#555
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I couldn't find raw rice in Mustafa ... I've seen appam in most kerala restaurents(& other restau's too)... so was wondering where they get the rice from... broken rice- will give it a try... Thanks, tomato...
“The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.” - Geoffrey Gaberino
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13th February 2006, 07:21 PM
#556
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hi Tomato, thanks for the reply. I have been using plain flour so far for all maida recipes as well, but since stranger pointed out that they are not the same I wanted to give that a try!
The moment will arrive when you are comfortable with who you are, and what you are--when you don't feel the need to apologize for anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the beginning of strength.
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15th February 2006, 02:58 AM
#557
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what goes well with aappam? other than coconut milk and vadai curry. can any one help?
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15th February 2006, 03:06 AM
#558
kavitha
appam and egg roast or appam and chicken/mutton/potato stew is the regular combination what we have. i have heard of appam and kadala curry, but have never tried that
Anju
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15th February 2006, 07:11 AM
#559
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Appam with egg korma is an xcellent combi... Had it at one of our friends place... She said appam goes well with most curries that uses coconut milk as the base...
“The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.” - Geoffrey Gaberino
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16th February 2006, 06:16 AM
#560
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Thanks anju and dev. We don't eat meat but eat egg. so try egg kurma and egg roast. by the way what is egg roast? is it omlette? also whats stew?
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