Aatte ke Gol

One event I look forward to every month is Bee & Jai's Click. Being an amateur at cooking and photography, this event remains a constant stimulus to sharpen my skills at either art.

When this month’s click called for Flour, it didn’t take me much to decide on the nature of the flour. But it did get me thinking on the aspects of photography.

Though the term “Flour” technically implies a fine powder made by grinding cereal grains or starchy plant material(courtesy:Wikipedia), for most of us it just means “Wheat Flour”.

I love using organic whole wheat flour for its texture and color. I try ways (wherever possible) to replace any kind of flour that a recipe calls for with this one; my favorite of them all : the béchamel sauce using whole wheat flour.

I was keen to portray this flour in its essence as found in my kitchen on an everyday basis. “What better than the rounds or balls of it just the way I do for Rotis”, I said to myself.

So I made some Aatte ke Gol (Aatta = Flour, Gol = Balls or rounds) and tried capturing them just as they look while I make rotis or parathas.



While they were rolled in flour just before flattening...



A close up of one of them to distinguish the soft dough and the coarse flour....