Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Cereals

The word cereal comes from the name of Roman Goddess Ceres, the deity of Grain. Cereals are also called grains.

Most Important Cereals are -
1. Wheat
2. Rice (Paddy)
3. Maize (Corn)
4. Barley (Pot Barley - Jooh)
5. Sorghum (Jawar)

Other minor Cereals are -
6. Millets or Pearl Millet (Bajara)
7. Buckwheat (Kuttu)
8. Oats (Jooh or Jayeh)
9. Ragi (Nachani)
10. Sago, Tapioca, Starch Balls (Sabudana)
11. Rye

Processed Foods from Cereals
1. Semolina (Suji /Rava)
2. Lapsi
3. Muesli
4. Noodles
5. Pasta
6. Vermicelli
7. Puffed Rice (Rice Bubbles)
8. Beaten Rice (Flaked Rice) , Pressed Rice
9. Barley Groats (Jooh Dalia)
10. Wheat Flakes
11. Wheat Puffs
12. Crackled /Broken Wheat (Dalia)
13. Corn Flakes
14. Corn Puffs (Popcorns)
15. Broken Corn (Corn Dalia)
16. Starch
17. Malt
18. Syrup (Corn Syrup - Sweetener)

Natural Variants of Cereals
1. Spelt (German's Wheat)
2. Brown Rice
3. Durum Wheat (Macaroni Wheat)
4. Arbrio Rice
5. Wild rice
6. Canada rice

Others
Chia Seeds (Ajawain Seeds)
Water chestnut flour Job's Tears
Pawas
Triticale Teff,
Taff
Fonio 
Spelt 
Canary Grass
Quinoa
Amaranth or Grain amaranth
Kañiwa
Pitseed goosefoot

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