Traditional Punjabi Atta Chakki | Desi Flour Mill | دیسی آٹا چکی

Desi Atta Chakki was used to get flour from wheat in old times, Now Electric Flour chursher take the place of Traditional Atta Chakki. Chakki is a Punjabi term for a small set of 2 millstones. As late as the 1950s it was common for most households in Punjab to have a "Chakki". As grains tend to go rancid much quicker when they are ground the device allowed each household to mill only as much as was needed each day. Later on Atta Chakki started to be used as a profession. Diffrent Cities and Villages addopet different ways to use it. These Chakkis runs with man power, water power called Pan Chakki, and animal Power. Now in this era it runs with electric power. The upper stone has a hole in the center into which the grain was poured. Grains could be left coarse or milled to a fine powder, such as atta (flour) or grist) which is used to make chappatis (flat bread), rotis, naans or parohtas, etc. Here in this video we are showing a Traditional Atta Chakki runs with animal power somewhere in Pakistan. It definitely amazed you.