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    The Easiest Way to Make Chickpea Flour | Gluten-Free

    Aug 6, 2020 · Modified: Dec 6, 2020 by Rachel · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Make your own chickpea flour in minutes with this simple process. Just one ingredient and five minutes needed!

    Did you know you can make your own chickpea flour at home? It's actually quite easy and much more affordable than buying pre-made chickpea flour at the store. Never overpay for chickpea flour again!

    Have you heard of chickpea flour or garbanzo flour? It's similar to Gram flour or besan but made with white chickpeas instead of split brown chickpeas. Although it's found often in Asian and ME dishes, it seems to be becoming more mainstream and trendy.

    It's also incredibly affordable to make your own chickpea flour at home, especially if you already have a high speed blender or coffee grinder at home. We have a Ninja and love it. Dried chickpeas come in one pound bags for less than $2 in most places making it a much better deal than most organic flour prices. Might as well make your own chickpea flour at home that you can have ready in minutes!

    Why use chickpea flour?

    Chickpea flour is full of healthy nutrients and can be a great alternative to refined wheat flours. It's gluten-free and lower in carbs but rich in protein and fiber.

    What you'll need

    • dried chickpeas
    • sieve or mesh strainer
    • blender or coffee/spice grinder

    How to make

    No need to presoak or dehydrate. Dried chickpeas are already dry and you will be using the flour to cook or bake with so no additional cooking is necessary.

    You may need to process in batches depending on how large your blender or coffee grinder is.

    Blend on high for two to three minutes until a flour-like consistency forms. It's ok to still have larger pieces as we will sift these out.

    Over a bowl, sift the flour using a fine mesh strainer to remove the large pieces. You can reprocess these for another two to three minutes and sift again to maximize the amount of flour you get out of it. You can also use a coffee or spice grinder on these larger pieces to grind them even further but you may still need to resift.

    How to use chickpea flour

    Chickpea flour can be used in a variety of ways. One that is becoming more popular is a Chickpea Flour Scramble. It can also be used to thicken sauces or as a binder in veggie burgers.

    You can even substitute it for regular white all-purpose flour. Use ¾ cup chickpea flour for every 1 cup of regular white flour. You can substitute up to half the amount of white all-purpose flour called for in a recipe with chickpea flour. This is best for things like quick breads and yeast breads but it can be used for so many recipe types: omelettes, bread, cake, cookies, pizza dough etc.

    How to store

    Store in an airtight container for up to 8 weeks in a cool dry place. For longer storage, keep in a refrigerator.

    Recipes that use Chickpea flour

    One of my favorites lately to use chickpea flour is in this Chickpea Flour Frittata. It's a very convincing vegan version! It's also great made into Vegan Scrambled Eggs.

    If you enjoyed this recipe please leave a comment below and give it 5 stars! Or on Pinterest (don’t forget to follow me!) you can now add pictures into reviews, too, and be sure to help me share on facebook!

    chickpea flour and dried chickpeas in bowls

    The Easiest Homemade Chickpea Flour

    Make your own chickpea flour in minutes with this simple process. Just one ingredient and five minutes needed!
    4.82 from 11 votes
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    course: Ingredient
    cuisine: American
    servings: 1
    prep time: 5 mins
    total time: 5 mins
    Author: Rachel

    Ingredients

    • 1 lb chickpeas, dried, uncooked

    Instructions

    • You may need to process in batches depending on how large your blender or coffee grinder is. Blend on high for two to three minutes until a flour-like consistency forms. It's ok to still have large pieces as we will sift these out.
    • Over a bowl, sift the flour using a fine mesh strainer to remove the large pieces. You can reprocess these for another two to three minutes and sift again. You can also use a coffee or spice grinder on these large pieces to grind them even further but you may still need to resift.

    Notes

    Store in an airtight container for up to 8 weeks in a cool dry place. For longer storage, keep in a refrigerator.

    Nutrition Per Serving

    Sodium: 32mg Calcium: 222mg Vitamin C: 6mg Vitamin A: 122IU Sugar: 22g Fiber: 34g Potassium: 1320mg Calories: 744kcal Saturated Fat: 1g Fat: 12g Protein: 40g Carbohydrates: 124g Iron: 13mg
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    Comments

    1. Nina

      January 31, 2022 at 5:56 am

      Thank you so much for the recipe! I'm a little confused though and wondering if you can clarify for me: What happens to the chickpeas when you soak and dehydrate them first? Why is that the preferred method over simply blending the dried chickpeas? How does it affect the end result?
      .. it just seems a bit unnecessarily cumbersome if you have dry chickpeas to begin with?

      Reply
      • Rachel

        January 31, 2022 at 8:24 am

        Hi Nina! Sorry about the confusion! I brought up soaking chickpeas because typically you have to soak them before cooking if you're just using them as normal. And then to make the chickpea flour you'd need to dehydrate so that they're dry in order to grind into a flour. These extra steps are not necessary and you can simply use a dry uncooked bag of chickpeas. The end result will be same. Since the chickpea particles in the flour are so small and are intended to be added to cooked recipes, the flour will cook quickly. If you want to add the chickpea flour to something raw, you should soak, cook and then dehydrate. Hope that helps!

        Reply
    2. Dawn Vaughn

      September 15, 2021 at 10:31 am

      5 stars
      Easy peasy! Even more so if you use a Vita Mix. If you use this method, just be sure to cool the flour awhile before storing. 🙂

      Reply
      • Rachel

        September 15, 2021 at 11:06 am

        Great tip! Thanks for sharing, Dawn! 🙂

        Reply
    3. Kat

      August 27, 2021 at 3:18 am

      3 stars
      Dry chickpeas are actually very hard.
      (Possibly more than most dried beans.)
      My food processor bowl SHATTERED after only a few seconds. (No it was not old.) Be VERY CAREFUL!
      It's not worth putting an eye out with tiny shards flying at you.
      I do like / prefer to do this sort of thing myself, when possible / appropriate (for me), but as it's only $1ish more for pre-ground (here anyhow) I think I'll buy it for now.
      (Seeing as I no longer have a food processor anyway...)
      Just a warning to be careful! 🙂

      Reply
      • Rachel

        August 27, 2021 at 9:31 am

        Oh wow I'm so sorry to hear that happened! Do you mind sharing what brand of food processor you have?

        If it was only $1 more here I would just buy it pre-ground as well—sounds like a great deal!

        Reply
      • Renais

        February 04, 2023 at 8:32 am

        5 stars
        Kat, if you read the instructions again, you'll see the author stated to use a grinder or a blender - NO mention of using a food processor. Your bowl shattered due to not properly following the directions. Try that next time. 🙂

        Reply
    4. Marjorie

      December 27, 2020 at 11:19 pm

      5 stars
      AMAZING!I was just saying to my daughter I swear the phone eavesdrop on our conversations. We were just talking about ordering some chick pea flour for me to take back to the states with me. She lives in Ghana and makes these most amazing little bites called kosei (dont know if I got the spelling right) using chick pea flour. I can totally imagine and taste it in a vegan scramble &/or frittatas. I'm in vegan heaven right now just anticipating the many recipes I can use it in at 1/10th the price. Ditching my nutritional yeast too! I can replace it in a couple of recipes with this chick pea flour at again a fraction of the price! Thank you so much!

      Reply
      • Health My Lifestyle

        December 28, 2020 at 11:22 am

        Thank you so much Marjorie! Those little bites sound yummy. I'm so glad you found this at just the right time—it is funny how that seems to work out. Enjoy!! 🙂

        Reply
    5. Dannii

      December 07, 2020 at 1:20 pm

      5 stars
      I used this a lot in cooking, so I am going to try and make it myself. This looks simple.

      Reply
      • Health My Lifestyle

        December 09, 2020 at 11:00 am

        It really is so simple! I love not having to buy it anymore 🙂

        Reply
    6. Beth

      December 07, 2020 at 1:18 pm

      5 stars
      I've never made this kind of flour before, but excited to give this a try! I can't wait!

      Reply
      • Health My Lifestyle

        December 09, 2020 at 10:59 am

        It's a great gluten free flour with lots of uses, and so easy to make! Enjoy!

        Reply
    7. Jessica Formicola

      December 07, 2020 at 12:52 pm

      5 stars
      I've never made my own flour, but I love this idea! Will definitely be trying it out soon, thanks!

      Reply
      • Health My Lifestyle

        December 09, 2020 at 10:58 am

        Thanks! It's easier than I realized! Enjoy!

        Reply
    8. Angela

      December 07, 2020 at 12:40 pm

      5 stars
      What a quick and easy recipe. I can't wait to try it out.

      Reply
      • Health My Lifestyle

        December 09, 2020 at 10:56 am

        Thanks so much, Angela!

        Reply
    9. Chloe

      December 07, 2020 at 12:24 pm

      I never knew it was so easy to make chickpea flour! I'll never buy it again! Thanks for the instructions 🙂

      Reply

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