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Chickpea Flour Pancakes

Name: Chickpea Flour Pancakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Buddhist
Ingredients: ½ cup besan (chickpea flour); 3 tbsp chapati flour (or substitute all-purpose wheat flour); 1 pinch turmeric powder; ½ tsp minced ginger (or a pinch of ginger powder if fresh ginger is unavailable); ⅓ tsp cumin powder; ¼ tsp paprika; ¼ tsp salt; 1 to 1½ cup water; 1 tbsp sesame seeds; 1 unit a few pieces minced cilantro; 1 unit ghee or oil for frying

(Cheela ka besan) This Indian crêpe-like "pancake" can be used to roll up leftover vegetable curry

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

besan (chickpea flour)
½ cup
chapati flour (or substitute all-purpose wheat flour)
3 tbsp
turmeric powder
1 pinch
minced ginger (or a pinch of ginger powder if fresh ginger is unavailable)
½ tsp
cumin powder
⅓ tsp
paprika
¼ tsp
salt
¼ tsp
water
1 to 1½ cup
sesame seeds
1 tbsp
a few pieces minced cilantro
1 unit
ghee or oil for frying
1 unit

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Chickpea Flour Pancakes

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