Plantain flour

Ready mix with plantain flour to make fufu

As plantain flour is called unripe plantains , the dried, chaffed and were then ground. It can be used like conventional flours and, depending on the application, can completely replace conventional flour. Its high fiber content makes its use as a functional food interesting. In addition, thanks to its high starch content , it can be used as a starch substitute and for setting sauces or for making puddings .

Individual evidence

^ Charles Sinclair: Dictionary of Food. International Food and Cooking Terms from A to Z. 2nd edition. A & C Black, London 2005, ISBN 978-1-4081-0218-3 , pp. 50 .
↑ Luis A. Bello-Pérez, Edith Agama-Acevedo, Perla Osorio-Díaz, Rubí G. Utrilla-Coello, Francisco J. García-Suárez: Banana and Mango Flours . In: Flour and Breads and their Fortification in Health and Disease Prevention . Elsevier, 2011, ISBN 978-0-12-380886-8 , pp. 235–245 , doi : 10.1016 / b978-0-12-380886-8.10022-4 .
↑ Christine McFadden: Flour: a comprehensive guide . Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018, ISBN 978-1-4729-4596-9 , pp. 25 .

[1] Charles Sinclair: Dictionary of Food. International Food and Cooking Terms from A to Z. 2nd edition. A & C Black, London 2005, ISBN 978-1-4081-0218-3 , pp. 50 .

[2] Luis A. Bello-Pérez, Edith Agama-Acevedo, Perla Osorio-Díaz, Rubí G. Utrilla-Coello, Francisco J. García-Suárez: Banana and Mango Flours . In: Flour and Breads and their Fortification in Health and Disease Prevention . Elsevier, 2011, ISBN 978-0-12-380886-8 , pp. 235–245 , doi : 10.1016 / b978-0-12-380886-8.10022-4 .

[3] Christine McFadden: Flour: a comprehensive guide . Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018, ISBN 978-1-4729-4596-9 , pp. 25 .