wheats

TIL : suji, rava ( as in thosai ), and semolina ( as in pasta ) are all the same ... white flour, from durum wheat ( 5% of global farmed volume, most widely cultivated, higher protein, harder, less elastic )

Atta ( as in chapati ) is whole grain, common wheat flour ( 95% of global farmed volume, lower protein, finer, more elastic )

Wheat species of lesser farmed volume, typically more nutritious than durum : spelt, emmer, einkorn, khorasan, club