Grains & Millets articles from COWBERRY

Bajra for diabetes: the tested GI of 57 across three India-tested flatbreads, carbohydrate per roti and per katori, what the 2021 millets meta-analysis found, and how to plan portions.

Is ragi gluten free? Yes: finger millet is a millet, not a type of wheat, so plain ragi grain and flour contain no gluten. The botany, cross-contamination in mills, who it matters for (coeliac disease, wheat allergy), which COWBERRY millets qualify and how to cook without gluten.

How to store atta, whole grains, millet flours, dals and poha through the Indian monsoon: airtight, dry, cool, small batches, the freezer for millet flours, what neem and bay leaves can and cannot do, and how long each keeps.

What is difference between sharbati wheat and normal wheat? Sharbati is the named premium variety of Madhya Pradesh, golden and sweet-tasting; normal wheat is wheat sold without a variety name. IFCT 2017 gives no separate figures for sharbati. The side-by-side and which to buy for rotis.

Difference between sharbati atta and chakki atta: sharbati names the wheat variety from Madhya Pradesh, chakki names the stone mill, and the sharbati flour in this catalogue is chakki-ground. What each word means, the fibre numbers, which to buy.

Gehu atta (wheat flour): what sharbati wheat is, its 13 Indian language names, 322 kcal, 10.59 g protein and 11.23 g fibre per 100 g, whole wheat's GI of 47, the benefits and side effects, roti basics, storage, and every wheat recipe on this site.

Rajgira is amaranth: names in ten Indian languages, nutrition per 100 g, benefits, side effects, storage, and how to cook rajgira flour, whole seed and popped.

What is millet? Meet the Indian millet family — ragi, jowar, bajra and the small grains — with names, per-100g nutrition, GI, cooking and storage.

Sajjalu, sajje, kambu, bajri and bajra are all pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoideum). Every name by Indian language from IFCT 2017 and ICAR-IIMR, the grains it is confused with, and where bajra grows in India.

Ten bajra benefits, each tied to an IFCT 2017 number or a cited source: iron, fibre, protein, magnesium, a GI of 57, gluten-free and more, plus the side effects, how much bajra per day and how to eat it.

What makki (maize) is, its names across India, IFCT 2017 nutrition per 100 g, benefits and side effects, how to cook and store makki atta, recipes and what to check when buying.

Ragi (finger millet, nachni) explained: what it is, its names across India, IFCT 2017 nutrition per 100 g, benefits, who should limit it, how to cook and store it, six recipes and what to check when buying.