Recipes with chickpea (garbanzo) flour
36 recipes
Savoury Nibbles
Crispy spiced fritters dripped through a slotted spoon into hot oil, made with chickpea flour, buttermilk, sambal, and a hand-ground spice blend of coriander, mustard, and cinnamon.
Oat Flake Garbanzo Cookies
Wheat-free oat and garbanzo flour cookies with brown rice flour, chopped nuts, and honey. Egg-free, dairy-free, and naturally sweetened with a nutty, wholesome flavor.
Yogurt Muffins
Whole wheat yogurt muffins made with chickpea flour, honey, and raisins. A hearty, protein-rich muffin with an earthy nuttiness from the garbanzo flour blend.
Panelle with Lemon Peppered Almonds
Panelle are Sicilian chickpea fritters: simmered chickpea-flour dough chilled, cut into rounds, deep-fried golden, and dusted with lemon-zest-peppered almonds. Street food from Palermo.
Garbanzo Oat Patties
Garbanzo oat patties with chickpea flour, oat flakes, chopped nuts, and cumin griddle-cooked until crispy on both sides. A vegan, egg-free protein patty that freezes and reheats well.
Potato Garbanzo Gnocchis
Potato garbanzo gnocchi: instant mashed potatoes bound with chickpea and rice flour, deep fried into crispy fritter-style dumplings with garlic and cayenne. Naturally vegan, ready in 15 minutes.
Spinach Ball Curry
Spinach and potato koftas spiced with garam masala, turmeric, and amchoor, rolled in coconut and deep-fried until golden, then simmered in curry gravy. A classic Indian vegetarian dish.
Besan Curry
Crispy chickpea flour fritters simmered in a spiced potato curry with tomatoes, ginger, cumin, and turmeric. A vegetarian Indian side dish that cooks in 15 minutes once the prep is done. Warm, fragrant, and deeply satisfying.
Besan Barfee
Besan barfi made with toasted chickpea flour, cardamom, pistachios, and almonds. This traditional Indian sweet uses a one-thread sugar syrup for fudge-like texture.
Shrimp & Scallion Tortillas
Shrimp and scallions in a spanish style tortilla. In Spain a pancake is called a tortilla.
Onion Bhaji
Crispy onion bhaji with chickpea flour batter, cumin, cayenne, and fresh cilantro. A classic Indian street food appetizer fried golden and served with mango chutney.
North: Kofta Kebabs in Spicy Cream Sauce (Malai Kofta)
Malai kofta are golden-fried potato and paneer-style balls stuffed with cashews and raisins, simmered in a cashew-cream sauce warmed with cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cayenne. A North Indian restaurant classic.
Yeshimbra Asa
Crispy chickpea flour shapes fried golden then simmered in a fiery berbere and cayenne sauce. Yeshimbra asa is Ethiopian fasting food that proves plant-based eating can pack serious heat and flavor.
Savoury Mashed Sweet Potato Patties
Indian-spiced sweet potato patties with ground almonds, sunflower seeds, coconut, cumin, coriander, and cayenne, pan-fried in ghee until crisp and reddish-brown. Vegan-adaptable and gluten-free.
Pierogies
Vegan pierogies made with whole wheat dough and silken tofu, filled with creamy potato or cabbage and garbanzo. Boiled then pan-fried until golden and crisp.
Vegetable Fritters (Pakora)
Crispy Indian vegetable fritters (pakora) made with a spiced chickpea flour batter with cumin, coriander, turmeric, and cayenne. Dip potatoes, cauliflower, and peppers, then fry until golden.
Crispy spiced fritters dripped through a slotted spoon into hot oil, made with chickpea flour, buttermilk, sambal, and a hand-ground spice blend of coriander, mustard, and cinnamon.
Wheat-free oat and garbanzo flour cookies with brown rice flour, chopped nuts, and honey. Egg-free, dairy-free, and naturally sweetened with a nutty, wholesome flavor.
Whole wheat yogurt muffins made with chickpea flour, honey, and raisins. A hearty, protein-rich muffin with an earthy nuttiness from the garbanzo flour blend.
Panelle are Sicilian chickpea fritters: simmered chickpea-flour dough chilled, cut into rounds, deep-fried golden, and dusted with lemon-zest-peppered almonds. Street food from Palermo.
Garbanzo oat patties with chickpea flour, oat flakes, chopped nuts, and cumin griddle-cooked until crispy on both sides. A vegan, egg-free protein patty that freezes and reheats well.
Potato garbanzo gnocchi: instant mashed potatoes bound with chickpea and rice flour, deep fried into crispy fritter-style dumplings with garlic and cayenne. Naturally vegan, ready in 15 minutes.
Spinach and potato koftas spiced with garam masala, turmeric, and amchoor, rolled in coconut and deep-fried until golden, then simmered in curry gravy. A classic Indian vegetarian dish.
Crispy chickpea flour fritters simmered in a spiced potato curry with tomatoes, ginger, cumin, and turmeric. A vegetarian Indian side dish that cooks in 15 minutes once the prep is done. Warm, fragrant, and deeply satisfying.
Besan barfi made with toasted chickpea flour, cardamom, pistachios, and almonds. This traditional Indian sweet uses a one-thread sugar syrup for fudge-like texture.
Shrimp and scallions in a spanish style tortilla. In Spain a pancake is called a tortilla.
Crispy onion bhaji with chickpea flour batter, cumin, cayenne, and fresh cilantro. A classic Indian street food appetizer fried golden and served with mango chutney.
Malai kofta are golden-fried potato and paneer-style balls stuffed with cashews and raisins, simmered in a cashew-cream sauce warmed with cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cayenne. A North Indian restaurant classic.
Crispy chickpea flour shapes fried golden then simmered in a fiery berbere and cayenne sauce. Yeshimbra asa is Ethiopian fasting food that proves plant-based eating can pack serious heat and flavor.
Indian-spiced sweet potato patties with ground almonds, sunflower seeds, coconut, cumin, coriander, and cayenne, pan-fried in ghee until crisp and reddish-brown. Vegan-adaptable and gluten-free.
Vegan pierogies made with whole wheat dough and silken tofu, filled with creamy potato or cabbage and garbanzo. Boiled then pan-fried until golden and crisp.
Crispy Indian vegetable fritters (pakora) made with a spiced chickpea flour batter with cumin, coriander, turmeric, and cayenne. Dip potatoes, cauliflower, and peppers, then fry until golden.
