That plate of suji gol gappas is not exactly a healthy diet snack. "Suji (semolina or rava) is the granular form of maida (flour) Its nutritional content is same as any other refined grain like polished rice or refined wheat flour. Whole grain is composed of four major components -husk (inedible portion), outer tough bran (fibre rich), endosperm (starch rich part basically providing complex carbohydrates and energy) and germ (nutrient rich part, a good source of proteins, fat, vitamin E, B, iron, magnesium and chromium). During milling, the fibrerich bran layer is removed and germ also gets ripped off, thereby , abandoning the grain of fibre and nutrition, leaving behind only the starch-rich component, the endosperm. The broken endosperm is called suji and its ground form is flour.
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