While atta is made from grinding the entire wheat grain along with its bran, germ and endosperm – maida is processed only with the endosperm, leaving out the bran and the germ. The continuous grinding results in the coarse texture of the atta, and maida has a comparatively finer texture and lighter color.Atta is a type of whole meal flour, or pulverized whole wheat, that is used in Indian chapati, puri, phulka, tandoori roti, and north Indian parotta. Brown in color, it is derived from the complete wheat kernel with bran. Atta has gluten, that provides possessing and extensibility properties.