How Do I Make Bean And Rice Flours?

[Rhesa]

Have other folks tried making bean flour or rice flour at home? I wanted to try it so if anyone has done this please let me know what you use to grind it. Should I use a coffee grinder or something else. I imagine the coffee grinder jsut doesn't have enough capacity to do very much at once so it would take a long time to make a substantial amount. Also, what can be used to make grind it really fine enough to be used as flour. Thank you!!

[Green12]

I haven't tried it, but I know my Champion Juicer had a grain/flour mill attachment option. If I am not mistaken you need something with a pretty powerful motor, like the heavy duty juicers that have the flour mill attachments or a grain mill itself. I just don't know about them.

Hopefully someone else will chime in

[sickchick]

Hmm the only thing I can think of is coffee grinder because it could get it fine enough... LOL!

Good luck!

[missy'smom]

If you're looking for inexpensive alternative to the healthfood store brands, rice flour can be purchased from asian markets for a fraction of the price and are usually more finely ground.

[betty6333]

if you are looking to make them for a family and say for a lifetime, you can invest in a mill. you make sure your beans , peas or rice is not wet at all or oily and pour them in the top and it will make flour for you. I have a nutrimill b/c i am feeding a family of 6 a gluten free diet. it cost 269 dollars plus tax, but will make flour quite well and you cannot tell the difference between it and the store bought stuff. it is quite noisy but i can't afford to pay 2+dollars a lb for flours when i can make them for 50 cents a lb by investing in a mill..... if it was for a few weeks i would not have bought it but over a lifetime it will add up.

[Rhesa]

Thanks for your help. I will look into a nutrimill. It is just for myself but the cost is adding up because I try to eat organic and the organic flours are either not available or very expensive. I have never seen organic stuff at teh asian markets but they do have cheap non organic stuff. Even though it is just for mysel I think I will recoup the savings over a lifetime!

[munchkinette]

I've tried coffee grinders and the food processor, but they don't get things as fine as flour.