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Sharadiya navratri 2025: During Navratri, Buckwheat Flour is an important part of the fast. But nowadays its purity in the market is being questioned because the incidents of adulteration have become common in it. Fake or adulterated kuttu flour can cause serious harm to your health – such as stomach pain, vomiting, food poisoning, and allergies. Therefore, here we are telling you some easy domestic ways to identify real and fake kuttu flour.

Ways to check the purity of kuttu flour

See color and texture

The real kuttu dough is light brown or gray color, and its texture is a little coarse.

Fake flour is usually uniform fine and the color can be dark or white, as rice or maida can be added to cheap flour.

Try dissolve in water

Dissolve a little bit of kuttu flour in water. When the mixed flour dissolves, the water will sit down in a while and the water will remain clean.

Identify the smell

The real kuttu flour has a natural fragrance like light soil. If there is a strong or strange smell from the flour, then there is a possibility of adulteration or old goods.

Taste and check

Put a little flour on the tongue.

Fry and check

Fry a teaspoon of flour lightly on the pan. When the essential kuttu is roasted, gives a pleasant, a little nut -like fragrance. The new flour does not cause any significant fragrance or can smell like burning.

How to avoid adulterated kuttu flour?

1-buy packed flour of branded and trusted company.

2-Fassai mark and manufacturing date must be checked.

3-Avoid buying unpacked or loose flour, especially from unknown shops.