I have your cookbook Cooking with Kurma. Congratulations! What a fabulous book. I wanted to make the Macadamia and Blueberry Muffins but noticed one of the ingredients you list is 'self-raising flour'. I don't know what that is, and after asking around I have figured that it is not available in the United States. What can I do? I really want to cook those muffins!
Julie Hahn, Fort Howard, Wisconsin, USA

Thanks for the letter Julie. Your point is valid; self-raising flour is not available in the USA, nor in most of Europe. It is a British, Australian and New Zealand tradition, and maybe it is available in South Africa and Canada.

Any recipe in my books that call for it can easily be adjusted as follows:

To make your own self-raising flour, combine 1 cup/4oz/100g soft, all purpose, plain flour with 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/8 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda.

It's that simple!

So for the muffins recipe you are refering to, replace the 2 cups self-raising flour with:

2 cups soft all-purpose plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Happy baking!

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