What is Khai Powder? Uses and Prices

If you are a cake lover, you probably do not know it when you hear the names of flour. This is a material with relative properties similar to baking powder and has a quite specific flavor. The application is so widespread, but there are still many people who still don't know where to buy and how to use it and how to use it?

Most of the flour used in baking is white, smooth and very difficult to distinguish. If you do not know how to use it, the appropriate dosage will not, but damage the batch of bread, but can also cause unannounced dangers. Khai flour is such powder.

What is Khai powder?

The flour in French is called Bicarbonate d’ammonium, the scientific name is Baking Ammonia. Its main ingredient is NH4HCO3 (Ammonium bicarbonate) and is used as a food additive in the baking industry, in the manufacture of candies to expand and float foods.

The white declaration powder has a very characteristic stench (Image: Internet)

In the market, Khai powder is sold in the form of white fine dry powder. We can easily distinguish flour from other types of flour to characteristic taste. They are a chemical compound that decomposes completely at air, at normal temperatures and produces substances such as carbonique gas, water as well as ammonia. When meeting the high temperature environment, the decomposition capacity of the extraction powder takes place twice as fast and the odor of the extract is also much less intense.

Knowing the typical properties of flour, many bakers have abused this material to increase the crunchiness of the food, so you will still smell its appetizer quite clearly. Powder when encountered heat will dissolve into NH3 gas is quite toxic, not good for health if smelling a lot.

Khai powder is used quite a lot in food processing and baking. In particular, they are often used for fried foods because when exposed to high temperatures, when NH3 flies up to meet grease will reduce the odor. At the same time, it is also used as a baking material in cakes to help the cake soft, soft and even. Most easily encountered is the use of flour to process all kinds of dumplings, stir fried, ...

How to use flour in baking

Khai powder will cause harm and create toxic gas to the body if you do not know how to measure the correct dose. So if you don't overdo the flour while baking, you won't have to worry about it. For example, in 1kg of flour used for baking, you only need to use about 5 - 50 grams of flour diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 5 (1 part khia flour: 5 parts liquid).

The flour helps make the cake crispy and spread evenly (Image: Internet)

It can be seen that the disadvantage of this powder is its characteristic smell. However, in the process of making dumplings, because it has to be constantly dough for a long time to be flexible, a part of NH3 gas will fly out and help the smell less. To help this gas escape, you should steam the dumplings many times to make them fluffy and bigger. Compared to baking soda and baking powder, flour has a better rating of the cake.

Where to buy Khai powder?

Thanks to his practical application, Khai powder is sold quite a lot in markets and raw material stores. But the fact shows that this powder is much fake and counterfeited so if you know how to buy and choose standard flour, it will cause a lot of consequences. Therefore, many experts recommend buying pure flour extract at reputable and quality addresses to ensure safety.

In Ho Chi Minh City, you can buy flour for baking at Dai Van Phat Supermarket at 259B Hai Ba Trung, Ward 6, District 3. This is the address specializing in supplying food ingredients, culinary tools. # 2.good, eating very reliable. Khai powder is sold to ensure safety, with clear origin, does not contain dangerous toxic substances.

Thanks to the flour, dumplings become softer after steaming hot (Image: Internet)

Dough made in many different weight packages, the price is quite cheap and soft is a prestigious choice if you want to make dumplings and dumplings safely at home. When buying powder is left over, it should be stored in a period or sealed glass jar with lid, to a dry, cool place, avoid hot and humid places, where insects easily penetrate.

Hopefully, with information on where to buy flour and how to use this material, you will make a delicious, crunchy and attractive cake. And always keep in mind the right dosage to make the cake delicious and safe.