Sorghum
For those of you who use sorghum... how do you substitute it in recipes? Do you mix in other flours as well? I have some but haven't really known how to use it (I'm not great at experimenting with that stuff). Thanks, Jane from Madison, WI In a message dated 12/12/00 8:43:51 AM Central Standard Time, GFCFrecipes@egroups.com writes: << I have to agree with you. Sorghum is the main flour in my house!!!!! Many recipes taste just like the wheat version. I purchased the 25lb bucket and have been cooking away. Infact I've got to send some recipes that I use to the Twin Valley Mills. They have a area of recipes on their site. Nice People!!!!
I use 1/2 sorghum, 1/4 potato starch and 1/4 arrowroot to substitue for the standard gluten free mix. I sometimes have to adjust the amount of flour a bit but it produces a great texture. Joanne
I made up a batch of sorghum mix flour using the Bette Hagman Flour sub. I have one large container with the sorghum mix and one large container with the rice mix. I alternate them. My husband loves pancakes made with this mix better than he did with straight sorghum or the rice mix. GF flour mix: 6 cups sorghum flour 2 cups potato starch 1 cup tapioca starch Betty from Central California
Starr I was just thinking while I was doing some research for another group and I wonder if your health food store might be able to get you sorghum if you called Jowar - that's it's Indian name. BL
Thanks everyone for all of your help! I just figured that out the other day that Jowar and Sorghum are one and the same. I'm in New Brunswick, Canada. I love it here, but don't have as good of access to things I see others talking about getting at Asian grocery stores or things they get around Passover. Although I can't complain, I get pretty much everything I need if I look around enough or request it at the store. I just hate to resort to mail-order if I can help it. Most of it comes from the US and by the time you add the difference on the money, the extra shipping to get it to Canada, and duty etc. it really adds up. I had already checked the Yellow Pages and there was nothing as I expected, but you never know what I may discover by word of mouth. I have a friend who's husband was a missionary kid in Iran and they cook Indian foods some, so I'll check with her to see if she knows a source for things here. Thanks again, Starr