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Dishes made with maida flour

5 dishes from around the world that list maida flour as a main ingredient.

ModakVegetarian 🇮🇳 India and 5 moreA sweet dumpling with coconut and jaggery, offered in Hindu and Buddhist rituals Sweet or dessert, Snacks

Parotta 🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLayered flatbread from South India, soft and flakey, made with refined flour Bread, Breakfast, Lunch

Puran PoliVegetarian 🇮🇳 IndiaSweet stuffed flatbread enjoyed at festivals and special occasions in India Bread, Lunch, Dinner

SheermalVegetarianشیرمال‎ 🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreA sweet, saffron-scented flatbread made with milk and cardamom Bread, Breakfast, Lunch

ShankarpaliVegetarian 🇮🇳 India and 5 moreDiamond-shaped sweet snack made from flour, sugar, ghee and semolina Sweet or dessert, Snacks

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Parotta: Amanbedi1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Sheermal: Pranaykuma12, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Modak: MAHESH MUTTA, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Puran Poli: No machine-readable author provided. Pamri assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, source
Shankarpali: Vijay Sonar, CC BY 2.0, source

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