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Homemade Rice Flour – How to make Rice Flour for Bakshanams at Home
October 24, 2013 By Radhika Leave a Comment
If you are going to ask me why the heck would anyone really have to make rice flour at home when you can just get a pack of it off the shelves in any grocery store, my answer would be, I really do not know. While there is nothing wrong in buying from shop, I, for one have never bought rice flour from shops, yes never. If any of the elderly ladies ever come to know that I indeed have, they would have my scalp. As it is so easy to prepare, I’ve always preferred homemade rice flour not just for making the South Indian bakshanams (savories/snacks) but also for making a lot of other recipes with it.
To make Rice…
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