How to remove quinoa bitterness (with many restrictions) doing chapatis
I am doing chapatis with quinoa flour. How can I remove or hide the bitterness of the quinoa?
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You are unable to do anything about it. The bitterness in commercially prepared flour is from the fact that they don't thoroughly rinse the saponin from the outside of the seeds. Once it's milled in, there really isn't anything you can do about it, doubly so when making a bread that is basically flour and water.
So you have two ways to fix it. One is grind your own quinoa flour, which is not too hard, after you make sure that it is rinsed all the way off. The second is to use a different type of flour, like tapioca.
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So you have two ways to fix it. One is grind your own quinoa flour, which is not too hard, after you make sure that it is rinsed all the way off. The second is to use a different type of flour, like tapioca.How do you get the bitterness out of quinoa flour?
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If the seeds that were used were poorly washed prior to milling, then there is nothing you can do about it. What was the brand? Now there is a chance that the taste you are getting is from the enzymes, which will disappear when you toaste the quinoa prior to using. Try pre-toasting the flour in a pan and let us know i that helps. I would always pre-toast quinoa flour.
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