Essentials of a gluten free kitchen

Natur Pro
Nov 9, 2022
3 min read

Look I know that it’s difficult for you because once diagnosed with gluten sensitivity it feels like the world becomes upside down. You have to learn a lot of baking and eating skills, as most of the snacks and daily meals are full of gluten, at home and in the local markets.

But believe me, gluten-free recipes are much better than the usual wheat recipes from a health point of view, even a non-gluten-sensitive person can reveal the tremendous benefits of a gluten-free diet. North Indians usually consume wheat flour for chapatti/ roti (Indian flatbread) and almost every kitchen has utensils to prepare them.

Now, with gluten sensitivity you have to bit smarter and a keen learner so that your life can be easy and full of awesome gluten-free delicacies. Some of the tools and utensils which I experienced will help you to prepare different recipes, especially baked products, not easily available in the market and are priced high.

See if you have this equipment in your gluten-free kitchen.

Oven: This versatile kitchen equipment can solve a lot of baking problems. You can prepare cakes, pizza, bread, and many other baked items which are not available in the market and sometimes, could be stale. The oven will resolve your 80% of problems and you can enjoy the freshly baked items at home. New generation microwaves are also available with keep warm/ or proofing options, where your proofing time can be reduced to 1/3 and their conventional mode can be used to bake the items, but the oven gives much better results compared to microwaves.
Hand Mixer with blenders: Usually available in all kitchens, plays a vital role in making cakes and bread. Cakes and breads need precise mixing, unidirectional and opposite directions so better to have a variant speed hand mixer with a blender, which comes with different types of blender attachments. Different kinds of hand blenders are available in the market, but I feel you should choose to have a twin-blade double-action blender that will fulfill all your kneading and mixing requirements.
Weighing Balance: These tools will help you to measure the correct volume of the flour and other ingredients for baking. Baking is a complex process that needs the precise and accurate measure of the ingredients, a slight change in the ingredients plays a vital role. 0 to 2 kg weighing balance can opt for gluten-free kitchen use.
Measuring Cups Set: Measuring the liquids items is equally important, cakes and bread need the precise quantity of the different liquid ingredients. A less or higher quantity can ruin your whole recipe. Dual-graded measuring cups which measure in gms/ ml are also available.
Digital Temperature Gauge/ Thermometer: This is a very important tool to measure the correct temperature of the oven and even to identify the room temperature. Many baking recipes need to keep in a warm area for a certain time for proofing or aging. Proofing or raising process is very essential for bread making and temperature gauges can also be used to ascertain the water temperature. So many digital temperature meters are available in the market or you can find them at online markets places also, but they should be with a probe so that you can easily measure the temperatures in liquids and solids.
Baking Utensils: Different shapes and sizes of cake molds, baking trays, and bread loaf tins will help to bake different recipes. You can also keep some special kinds of knives, spatulas, brushes (for oiling), and other utensils.