How to Make Chickpea Flour

Some cooks know chickpeas as garbanzo beans. Whatever you call them, these dried legumes are delicious when prepared in a variety of ways. Chickpea flour is simply dried chickpeas that are ground into a fine powder. Use chickpea flour as a tasty thickener in soups and as a wheat flour substitute in baking breads. Chickpea flour is also a suitable substitute for people who are avoiding gluten.

Things You'll Need

• 2 cups dried chickpeas
• Food processor
• Spatula
• Bowl
• Metal strainer
• Plastic container (with lid)

Instructions

1. Measure and pour ½-cup dried chickpeas into the food processor. Close the food processor and turn it on.

2. Process the chickpeas until they are a smooth powder.

3. Pour the chickpea flour out of the food processor into the bowl.

4. Repeat steps one through three to process all of the chickpeas into chickpea flour.

5. Pour the chickpea flour through the strainer into the plastic container to strain out any large chunks that were not processed. Cover the container and store the chickpea flour in the freezer for approximately one year.

Tips & Warnings

• Make toasted chickpea flour by baking the chickpeas in a single layer on a baking sheet at 400 degrees F. Bake the chickpeas for approximately 15 minutes or until you can smell the chickpeas toasting and they are brown. Cool the chickpeas completely and then process them using the same method outlined above.

• When you are ready to use chickpea flour, remove it from the freezer and allow it to come to room temperature before you use it.

References

• What's 4 Eats: Chickpea Flour

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish