CHICKPEAS (GARBANZO BEANS) FLOUR CREPE

CHICKPEAS (GARBANZO BEANS) FLOUR CREPE

BESAN KA CHILLA

 

Chickpeas are also known as garbanzo beans or Egyptian beans. India is the largest producer and user of chickpeas. Throughout India, in almost all states and in their cuisines, many snacks, appetisers, burgers, curries, stews, soups, savoury snacks, salads, chats and many sweet items are made with either chickpea or with chickpeas flour.

Though they are a prominent feature in Indian cuisine, chickpeas are getting their popularity and used by many people and in many cuisines throughout the world. In middle Eastern cuisine hummus and falafel are very famous in which the main ingredient is chickpea. In Morocco, they are cooked with couscous. In Greek cuisine, salad is served with chickpeas and feta. Chickpea is also famous in Ethiopian, Caribbean, Portuguese, Mexican, Spanish cuisines and many Asian countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh cuisines as well.

Recently vegan people have started using chickpea as an egg-white replacement to make aquafaba which is used to make many items like vegan meringue. I already posted the recipe of aquafaba and vegan meringue on my blog. Check here-http://herbsspicesandtradition.blogspot.ca/2016/05/vegan-meringue-and-how-to-make-aquafaba.html

Chickpeas are the most versatile ingredient in Indian kitchen and not only are they one of the best sources of vegetarian protein but also have a lot of health benefits. It is also so versatile that every time we make something savoury or sweet, the results are so different that one cannot recognise that the same ingredient (chickpea flour) is used. I wrote a very interesting story about an Emperor of India who survived on only one grain that is chickpeas flour for many years. Read the story here.http://herbsspicesandtradition.blogspot.ca/2015/11/besan-ke-laddoo-sweet-balls-with.html

It is advised that breakfast being the first meal of the day, should include some protein with a small amount of carbohydrate. So this recipe can be a perfect healthy recipe for vegetarians as it is full of protein with a few vegetables. This recipe can be called as vegetarian omelette which can be enjoyed with a slice of toast and any chutney or ketchup of your taste.

This is my mother-in-law's recipe, I have added onion to her recipe. She was not eating onion or garlic.

RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup chickpeas flour
• one small tomato (100 grams)
• one small onion ( 100 grams)
• Small piece of English cucumber (100grams)
• A small piece of ginger
• Salt and black pepper to taste
• Pinch soda-bi-carbonate
• One tablespoon oil for each crepe
• Water to make thick paste

METHOD

• Finely chop all the vegetables
• Mix salt, black pepper in chickpeas flour and make a thick paste.
• Heat the frying pan or a flat skillet pan.
• Mix soda-bi-carbonate and all the vegetables in a thick paste.
• Grease the frying pan with a little oil
• Take batter in a serving spoon and spread on a pan in a round shape.
• With a spoon, put some drops of oil on all sides of the crepe, once golden brown, turn it and roast the other side.
• Fold and cut into two pieces and serve hot with any chutney or ketchup of your taste.

I am sending this recipe as my blog post entry to Cook blog share and Hearth and Soul blog hop and with Sunday Fitness and Food party. and with MLLA for the month of April, hosted by Ali, together with Lisa and Susan. and with eat your greens and with Sugar spice and healthy life and Sweet Inspiration link party, and with I am pinnable and with meatless Monday