Grains & Millets articles from COWBERRY

Is sharbati atta gluten free? No: sharbati atta is wheat flour, and wheat is one of the three gluten cereals, so coeliac readers must avoid it. What gluten is, where it hides, and five gluten-free attas that can replace it.

Ragi in Hindi is ragi or mandua, in English finger millet (Eleusine coracana), in Marathi nachni, in Gujarati nagli or bavato, in Tamil kelvaragu, in Odia mandia. All 12 Indian languages plus the botanical name, from IFCT 2017 and ICAR-IIMR.

Is ragi good for weight loss? Yes, as a measured swap for rice, maida or refined wheat, not as an extra. IFCT 2017 numbers per 100 g and per roti, how much to eat, the best time, better and worse ragi recipes, and what to avoid.

Is ragi good for diabetes? It can be, as a measured portion in place of white rice or refined wheat. The tested GI of ragi (68, medium), the carbohydrate in one roti, what the 2021 millets meta-analysis found, portion sizes, better and worse ways to eat it, and what to avoid.

Is buckwheat gluten free? Yes: buckwheat (kuttu) is a gluten-free pseudocereal of the Polygonaceae family, not one of the gluten cereals wheat, barley and rye. Covers kuttu nutrition numbers, pack checks, coeliac basics and the buckwheat allergy.

Ragi for babies: start at six months on the paediatrician's advice, with a thin but not watery porridge. Calcium and iron per 100 g (IFCT 2017), the 10 g ragi portion in ICMR-NIN's infant diet charts, how to sprout and cook it, when to give it, and what to watch for.

How much ragi per day: there is no daily allowance set for ragi on its own; the ICMR-NIN pyramid allows 250 g of cereals and nutricereals a day, and ragi fits inside it. What one roti, mudde and malt glass give, timing, and who should limit ragi.

Ragi benefits one nutrient at a time: 364 mg calcium, 11.2 g fibre and 4.6 mg iron per 100 g (IFCT 2017), a medium GI of 68, no gluten. Then the side effects, who should limit ragi, how much to eat a day and the best ways to cook it.

Sharbati wheat in English is wheat, whole wheat (Triticum aestivum), and sharbati is a variety name, not a translation. In Hindi it is gehun, and 13 Indian languages each have their own word for the grain. Every name below, with where sharbati wheat grows and what the name means.

Glycemic index of wheat: 47 for whole wheat, the mean of two India-tested GI entries, and 45.1 for a Chennai whole wheat flour roti. Plus atta nutrition per 100 g and per roti from IFCT 2017: calories, protein, fibre, iron and magnesium.

Is sharbati atta good for weight loss? It can fit, as the counted whole-grain roti: 97 kcal and 3.4 g of fibre a roti, 193 kcal for two. The calorie arithmetic, what fibre does, where the calories sneak in and how to build the plate.

Millets vs rice on fibre, protein, iron, calcium and glycemic index, with IFCT 2017 numbers per 100 g, how each grain cooks and tastes, what each costs in relative terms, and which one suits which meal.