Wet grinder for wheat berries?
Hi all,
My brother recently got a dal / lentil grinder for dosas. For those not familiar, apparently the technique for making dosas is to soak the dal, and then grind the wet dal into a paste of sorts, which is then fermented…well that recipe is a whole other cool story. But what really caught my attention was the wet grinder — I looked inside and it was basically a flour grinder (to my untrained eye).
Could this grinder all grind dry wheat berries into flour? I’ll check the manufacturer’s specs, but given its label as a dal grinder, perhaps not.
Could I grind wet wheat berries, and make small batches of flour paste for bread?
It’s this latter question that I’d love to know if anyone has experience with.
Looking around online, I see a couple references that indicate how many cultures in the world use wet grinding instead of dry. And others that point out the obvious benefits of dry grinding (larger batch prep, and perhaps some specifics of the wheat berry that are better as a dry grind).
Any other thoughts you have would be much appreciated. Thanks!