What is bigaa?!

What is bigaa?

The local Armenian bakery uses it in their "old Armenian style" bread. It says on the paper it's a "universal starter"... is that like yeast? They use both yeast and bigaa in the bread. I wanted to read more about what bigaa is made from and how it is made - or even where to buy it, but I've found nothing.

17 hours ago
Yes, I am sure on the spelling. The package has two A's at the end bigaa. Maybe it's a misprint or just the way they pronounce it?

In Italy nearly every pre-ferment, including wild yeast or sourdough, is called a biga. So if you are making a recipe from another source that calls for biga, make sure you check to see exactly what kind of biga it requires.

Here is some good information on it for you =) I found it very interesting..



Oh and Desi-Chef if you are going to copy/paste from wiki at least list your source lol.