Ideas to make with chickpea flour
Chickpea flour can be an excellent substitute for chickpea flour.
traditional wheat. One of its most attractive features is that it does not
contains gluten so people with celiac disease can bet on their
health without taking away delicious flavors from the palate. Also vegans
They use this flour as an egg substitute, since when mixed with water
A mixture with glutinous properties is produced.
If the
Creativity when cooking with chickpea flour is your problem,
Read this article until the end so you can learn how to make delicious
meals with this flour.
1. Crepes
Can
make delicious crêpes, whether sweet or savory. The interesting thing is
that you can change most of the traditional ingredients of
according to your needs. For example, you can substitute milk
cow by the so-called vegetable milk such as almond, rice or nuts.
You can also do without the egg if you wish.
2. Sauces
Can
use chickpea flour to make a bechamel-type sauce and
Use it for pasta, in pastichos or any other food. You will see how
It thickens you and has a delicious flavor.
3. Breaded
Use
chickpea flour in batters where you would normally use bread
grated as in croquettes, chicken, meats and vegetables. There are chefs who
They specialize in coating squid with chickpea flour. In
Andalusia, it is typical to use it for the coating of fried fish and
in shrimp tortillas, typical tapas from the Bay of Cadiz.
In
India, for example, is typical in a dish called pakora, which is not
more than fried vegetables that have been coated in chickpea flour.
Onions, potatoes, eggplants and tomatoes are the most
typical of this dish.
One of the unique qualities of coating foods with chickpea flour is the color it provides, very golden and appetizing.
4. Breads
Also
You can use chickpea flour to make crust breads
hard. However, master bakers recommend mixing the flour
of chickpeas with other types of softer flours. These can be
rice flour, millet, teff and even wheat flour itself if not
you have problems using it. And so that the bread is very spongy
Add the chickpea cooking liquid as a substitute for the egg.
And you? What other ideas can you provide for cooking with chickpea flour?
