How To Make Quinoa Flour
Making your own flour at home is really easy and only requires a few simple ingredients and tools. All you need is quinoa, a food processor or high-powered blender, and a fine-mesh strainer.
Servings: 252 grams
Calories: 200kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup dry pre washed quinoa (it makes approximately 1 ¾ cup flour)
Instructions
- I used prewashed quinoa from Costco so need to wash and rinse the quinoa.
- Place a pan over medium heat and dry roast the quinoa for about 12 minutes until it's fragrant. This helps in reducing the moisture content in the grains and keeps the flour fresh longer. Allow the quinoa to cool completely.
- Once cooled to room temperature, blend the roasted whole quinoa in a food processor or a high speed blender. Blend until it forms a fine powder.
- Then, sift the quinoa flour through a fine-mesh strainer or cheesecloth to remove any large pieces and quinoa flakes.
Air fryer method
- Place the quinoa in the air fryer and cook at 350F for 6 minutes until it's fragrant. Allow the quinoa to cool completely before grinding it into a powder.
- Once cooled, add the roasted quinoa into a food processor or high-powered blender and blend until it forms a fine powder. Sift the quinoa flour through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any large pieces.
- Now you have quinoa flour that can be used in all sorts of recipes. Enjoy!
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Notes
- If you don't have a food processor or blender, you can also grind the quinoa in a coffee grinder. Just add ¼ cup of quinoa at a time and grind until it forms a fine powder. Again, sift the quinoa flour through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any large pieces.
- If you want to make a larger batch of quinoa flour, simply double or triple the recipe.
- Use prewashed quinoa to save time from washing and rinsing the quinoa.
- Roast the grains until they are fragrant. That's a good sign that the moisture content has reduced enough to prepare flour.
- Store the quinoa flour in an airtight container and keep it in a cool, dark place. It will last for up to three months.
- You could use the same procedure to prepare oat flour or chickpea flour.
- The procedure is the same for brown and white quinoa.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g