maida

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A very fine white wheat flour used in South Asian cooking for breads and sweets

noun

Indian

: maida

Puffed up like a ball when piping hot, luchi is a kind of deep-fried bread made of maida, a form of highly refined wheat flour.

Examples

For the cake, the recipe called for maida to achieve a light and airy texture.
To prepare the sweet dish, she used maida to create a smooth dough.
Maida is often used to make soft and fluffy naan, a popular Indian bread.

Synonyms

wheat flour

vsmaida

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Powder from wheat used for baking and cooking

is more finely milled, refined and mainly used for South Asian breads and sweets

Surface Forms

maida singular

maidas plural

Etymology

Maida comes from Hindi and Urdu maida, meaning 'finely ground white wheat flour' used for breads and sweets. Think of English meal, which means 'ground grain'; maida is the very fine, white kind, so the name simply tells you what type of flour it is.