Home Milling

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1. Take wheat grain in a bowl, make sure those are clean without any stones and sand particles
2. Whole grain kernels will keep at room temperature indefinitely
3. 1 cup of wheat berries produces a scant 1 3/4 cups flour.
4. Pour the wheat grains into the hopper of Haystar Automatic Flour Mill
5. Slide the required net type like No:1 for very fine flour No:2 for little thicker flour in the grinding chamber refer our manual How to Use? page to know more in details
6. Also make sure the cloth filter is proper attached to the grinding chamber check video here 
7. Turn on the machine a siren will start, once you pour the grain in hopper machine will start grinding automatically.
8. Let the grain get finished from the hopper and wait for machine to stop on its own.
9. Open the main door and slide the container outside to get fresh flour.
10. Here was your quick guide on How to grind whole wheat flour at home?

 In today's life we all have become so busy that we often forget to supplement our body with right nutrients and vitamins.

In India our staple food includes chapati a flat bread that is made of wheat flour. Chapati is included in all daily meals like in breakfast in the form of paratha whether in lunch or dinner. Its like a human brain is programmed to fill our stomach with bite of chapati. Therefore it is very important that flour which we are having every time is right one and includes all the vital nutrients in it.

In early days wheat grains were grind crushing between the stones with one stone fixed at the bottom and the other one rotating manually . A rotating wheel has to be feed with grain at regular intervals to keep getting flour from side parts. This was called as atta chakki. Now in this the best part was grain used to get it grind in low temperature without loosing the barn oil from the grain and at the same time preserving the vital nutrients. This hasn't remain as the ideal choice to grind the flour due to some of its disadvantages. First is it is time consuming second it is an cumbersome process which takes lot of human efforts and third is it not an proper hygienic way. So what are the alternatives we currently have. Yes there are ready made flour available in every other store packed in all the attractive ways highlighting multi grain, vitamins, hygienic and what not we see on this.

So What are our alternatives and best suited choice to get fresh flour at home in an easy way. Now you can rejoice with all new automatic flour mill at home in an affordable way and easy to use.You can visit their website at https://haystar.in to know more about the product and features. This machine will help you grind all types of flour and all different sizes with interchangeable nets which comes with the product. 

What is atta chakki ?

It is an home based grinding machine used extensively for getting  homemade flour of all types of grain. There are various types of atta  chakki (flour mill)used at home, one is manual and the other one is automatic 

How atta chakki (gharghanti) is used ?

Manual atta chakki is based of two circular shaped stones kept on one  another (see pic). It has a hole in center to pour grain at regular  intervals during the rotation of the stone.Grinding is done by rotating upper stone with the help of wooden rod in  clock wise directions.In the process crushed grain in the form of flour keeps spreading from the other circular edges. 

Automatic atta chakki is an box type machine fitted into an wooden  like cabinet which has small grinder chamber for crushing of grain(see  pic). This chamber is attached with electric motor at the back.It has an  hopper to pour the grain as required which keeps feeding into the  grinder chamber at regular intervals automatically. This machine has automatic sensors and controller to detect grain and adjust the speed of  grain input. This machine starts and stops on its own with inbuilt  smart mechanism to handle this operation. 

Pros and Cons of Manual and Automatic type flour mill? 

Manual Flour Mill or atta chakki

Pros :

1) It is readily available when and where required.

2) It is cheap and involves no wear and tear of parts over the time.

3) No running operation cost involves 

Cons:

1) Due to manual operation it is an cumbersome process which involves human efforts in all working.

2) It is unhygienic as flour is made in the open air and needs collection from the side parts.

3) There are chances that flour might get wasted.

4) Possibility of some stone particles could also get grind in the process.

5) Cannot grind large quantity at once.

Automatic Flour Mill or atta chakki

Pros :

1) Machine is automatic no human involvement in the process and operation is fast

2) Flour get collected in the container and can be easily removed once done.

3) Cleaning is not required as auto clean mode does it all.

4) Large quantity can be done easily

5) Flour is hygienic and retains all the natural barn and vital vitamins in the grain. 

Cons :

1) Machine is expensive around (10k-20k INR)

2) Due to electric and electronic parts chances of wear and tear of this parts over the time. 

Choosing best atta chakki for home ?

When selecting atta chakki for home always go for automatic one.  Although it is little pricey but considering all the advantages of  having a automatic machine which does your work in minutes is best choice. (Also check our article on Why you should have homemade flour at home ?)

There are many different models available in the market and you can by online also thorough https://haystar.in or through amazon.in.

See above for all your answers to 

How to make homemade flour?

how to grind whole wheat flour at home?