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Wheat atta blended with other grains, and in many blends some pulses as well. The word describes the approach rather than a fixed recipe: which grains go in, and in what proportion, is decided by the manufacturer and printed on the pack. Two bags both labelled multigrain can be quite different from each other.

The blend is printed on the packaging. This listing does not publish the grain list, so read the pack — for a multigrain flour that list is the main thing separating one bag from another, and it is not something to guess at.

Yes. It is built on wheat flour, and wheat contains gluten — "multigrain" means other grains have been added, not that wheat has been taken away. If you are avoiding gluten or wheat for any reason, this is not the flour, and the ingredient and allergen statement on the pack is the one that counts.

It takes more water and it wants a longer rest. The bran and the added grains absorb liquid more slowly than plain wheat flour, so a dough that feels stiff when you mix it will be much softer twenty minutes later. There is also less gluten at work, so knead briefly rather than at length, and roll slightly thicker — a blended dough tears at the edges more readily than a straight wheat one.

Usually one of three things. The dough was too dry — multigrain blends drink more water than people expect. It did not rest, so the bran never hydrated. Or the pan was not hot enough, so the roti dried out slowly instead of puffing quickly. Covering them straight off the pan matters too; steam is what keeps them soft, and an uncovered roti goes leathery in minutes.

For roti, chapati and paratha, yes, allowing for the water and the rest. For anything that needs stretch and lift — naan, bhatura, puri — the result will be denser than you are used to, because there is less gluten in the mix. Many people split the difference and blend it half and half with plain atta while they get used to it.

No, and the two words answer different questions. Multigrain describes what is in the bag; chakki describes how it was milled, referring to stone grinding rather than roller milling. A flour can be both, one, or neither.

Atta is wholemeal — the whole wheat grain, bran and germ included. Maida is refined white wheat flour with the bran and germ removed, which is why it is pale, soft and stretchy. Maida goes into naan, bhatura and pastry; it does not make a roti anyone would recognise.

Decant it into sealed airtight containers straight away — the sack is transport packaging and no barrier to pantry insects — and keep it somewhere cool, dry and dark, away from the stove and the kettle. Wholemeal flours keep less well than white ones because the germ is still in them and the germ contains oil, so buy the size you will actually get through. The freezer is a reasonable option if you bake slowly; let the container come back to room temperature before opening it so condensation does not form inside.

Smell it. Fresh atta smells mildly sweet and of very little else. Flour that has turned smells sharp, musty or faintly like old paint, and the taste carries through into everything you make with it.

Per kilogram, usually — 10kg and 20kg bags are stocked alongside this one. Whether it is better value for you is a different question, because a bag that goes stale before you finish it is not a saving. Divide price by weight for each size, then be honest about how much roti your household actually eats.

Taking a medium roti as about 45g of flour, roughly 111 of them. At the current price of $18.50 that is about 16.7 cents each, and $3.70 a kilogram. Rough figures — nobody weighs their dough.

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