What colour is Gram flour?

Question

What is it's purpose?

Answer 1

Gram flour is chickpea flour. The name "gram" is used in India to denote a wide variety of legumes, (black gram, green gram etc) just as the generic word "lentil" used here.
Chickpea flour is is pale yellow. It's used as a batter coating for deep fried veggies Indian style (think tempura) as it's higher in protein than wheat flour. Mix with some hard wheat flour to give it better binding properties.

Answer 2

Graham flour is a form of whole wheat flour. It is named for Sylvester Graham, a forerunner of the health food movement. Graham developed this form of flour in the 1830s in hopes of diverting people away from the less healthy refined white flour. His Graham hotels promoted vegetarian meals and unseasoned foods, being of the belief that condiments would encourage the imbibing of alcohol.

To make graham flour, the endosperm of winter wheat is finely ground.


The bran and germ layers are returned and mixed in, resulting in a coarse, brown flour with a nutty and slightly sweet flavor. Today, some commercial granaries remove much of the wheat germ to prolong the shelf life of the flour. The germ contains oil that accelerates rancidity. Graham flour is unrefined and unbleached.

Although the terms graham flour and whole wheat flour are often used interchangeably, there is a difference. Graham flour is a slightly coarser grind than whole wheat flour.

Graham flour cooking tips and usage
Never sift graham flour.

Graham flour may be substituted for most of the white flour in breads, but it may need longer cooking.

Breads made with graham flour will be coarser and denser.

Turn whole graham crackers into crumbs by whirling in a food processor or place in a heavy-duty plastic bag and roll with a rolling pin.

15 graham cracker squares = 1 cup graham cracker crumbs.

1 pound graham flour = 3-1/3 cups stirred.

Answer 3

Gram flour is pale yellow in colour.
it's ground chana dal.
it can be used to make many receipes, like besan laddoos, mohan thal, son papadi, which are sweets, and pakoras, or bhajiyas, which are spicy,
it dissolves nicely in water, and you can even make a curry out of it, by boiling and adding spices to it.
in case you are interested in more receipes, i can send you some.

Answer 4

yellow.
Also know as Besan flour. Can be used as a thickener in curries. Very popular in India.

Answer 5

I think you mean "garam" flour. It's yellow, made from ground, dried peas (lentils) and is used to make breads and Indian "tortillas" known as "popadoms".