Thread: Ingredients not found in South Africa

Instant flour is also known as granular flour. As Liss said it is used for lump free sauces but, it is also used in baking.
You can just use all purpose flour as a substitute for Instant flour, however, instant flour is a low- Protein flour so (for baking) it would be closer to substitute cake or pastry flour than all purpose. Tip: In a recipe calling for Instant Flour you will need to add 2 level Tablespoons of regular flour per cup called for in a recipe. Alternately, if using Instant flour in a recipe calling for regular flour you need to subtract 2 level Tablespoons per cup of flour called for.

For gravies and sauces I have used this substitute for Instant Flour:

1 cup all purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon Corn Starch

Whisk the ingredients together well and then sift 3 times to aerate the mixture. If you do not have a sifter, use a sieve to do the same thing. You can make this ahead and store in a air tight container for use as needed. Makes equivalent of 1 cup.

If you were to use this recipe in place of instant flour in a baking recipe you would need to subtract 3 tablespoons per cup of the mix to get an equal weight measure to instant flour.

Hope this helps. Thanks; Virginia

Thanks, Liss and Virginia!

What about this Dawn liquid dish soap that seems to be a staple ingredient in many of the home laundry and other detergent recipes? We don't have that brand and I'm wondering what makes Dawn so special (and whether I can substitute a local brand).

Originally Posted by gillespieZA

What about this Dawn liquid dish soap that seems to be a staple ingredient in many of the home laundry and other detergent recipes? We don't have that brand and I'm wondering what makes Dawn so special (and whether I can substitute a local brand).

I meant to also say the "best"/most popular dish soap here is Sunlight Lemon Liquid dish soap - a Unilever/Lever Brothers product which I believe is available worldwide.... Ingredients are SDS, SLS, anionic surfactants, etc

Originally Posted by gillespieZA

Thanks, Liss and Virginia!

What about this Dawn liquid dish soap that seems to be a staple ingredient in many of the home laundry and other detergent recipes? We don't have that brand and I'm wondering what makes Dawn so special (and whether I can substitute a local brand).

Hmm.. that's a tough one, there really isn't a known substitute for dawn. It's used to clean wildlife during oil spills, used in multiple recipes and I've yet to find anything at all that works nearly as well.

Maybe you could get it on Amazon?

Amazon Link for Dawn

Originally Posted by FreebieQueen

Maybe you could get it on Amazon?

Amazon Link for Dawn

With shipping and the exchange rate, that would cost almost a week's worth of groceries.... Is it good enough to justify that?

Well, I suppose the only way is to try my local brand (Sunlight Liquid) and see if it works out I'll post a new thread with yay or nay