High protein flour in India
Hi.. Just joined TheFreshLoaf.
Im a homebaker, from Bangalore,India.
Im on a journey to perfect my Croissants.. but in vain.. Ive made it so many times and have even become good with hand lamination
But fail to get a good honeycomb.
Ive tried youtube recipes from bruno albouse , weissman, anna olson, yuval, also read posts from Txbaker, have tried hamelman recipe, tuscan bakers recipe,
Dominique ansel, Read several blogs.. but I never get an open crumb.
Why? My guess is d flour.
Almost all recipes call for bread flour high in protein (11.5 - 13%)
Which is not easily accessible.
I add gluten to increase the %.
2.5gms for (11%) 100 gms flour
I use Vivatta premium maida.
Swissbake does only bulk sale, jose n twF are way too expensive!
I use president / elle & vire Butter for lamination.
Can someone help me with d best flour for Croissants in India!!
Highly appreciated!!
Thank you.
This post may not have a direct answer, but it mentions a baker and a supplier that you could investigate for your solution: www.thefreshloaf.com/node/64683/flour-india
Thanks for reaching out, have already read this post.hasnt helped much though
Hi
I am Neelima. I am a Sourdough baker and I work with TWF as a Product Evangelist.
The laminated dough requires a strong high protein flour and yes what you are facing is most probably a flour-related roadblock. Flour 8318 from the C-series bread flours by TWF flours is most recommended for croissants.
We also have a range of strong bread flours including a whole wheat bread flour - Flour X. These are purpose crafted for different kinds of bread - starting from the soft sandwich, brioche, artisan, pizza but not limited to these.
The results and working experience with the flours are exceptional. They are at par with their International equivalent flours but healthier and more fresh at the same time!
You can find more information on the range of flours at https://twfflours.com/
https://twfflours.com/ is the best place to buy our products but they are also available on Amazon India and PayTM.
I am happy to help in case you have any queries regarding our products or baking breads!
Thanks
Hey Jbaker,
I live in India. Over the past year, I've tried many flours (maida) here. TWF and other flours available on amazon are quite expensive. After several tries, I've found a couple of maida brands that have a good protein percentage (12.2 %). I've tried those and have got good results. I now bake with those flours.
If you have Star Bazar or Reliance Smart near your place, try getting these brands of maida.
Wheatkart Maida - Star Bazar
Madam Maida - Reliance Smart
Hope you find at least one of them.
Do you bake with 100% maida only, or is there some atta in your breads too?
JonJ - I am a newbie so I don't use any atta. I have tried using a little atta a couple of times in my bread dough; the results were not very good - I got flat and gummy bread.