In Sunday leader What Are Gluten Free Foods And Their Benefits? By Dr Harold Gunatillake Health Writer Gluten from Latin means glue. It is a protein found in wheat and other grains including in barley, rye and a cross between wheat and rye called triticale. It is the gluten composite that makes wheat flour into dough by mixing it with salt, yeast, water and oil. This could be moulded into a ball to make baked food, such as bread, roti and so on because gluten gives elasticity to dough. One cannot mould rice flour into dough because of the absence of gluten in it. Rice and maize too have stored gluten but their proteins differ from true gluten… You could make batter with rice flour to make hoppers, string-hoppers and other Asian treats. The batter is semi-liquid and has no elastic property like dough. Gluten is a composite of two ...
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