Chickpea pancakes
*Chickpea flour:*
If you search online, you will find lots of recipes using chickpea flour: omelets, pancakes, fritters, pudla, socca...
I have experimented quite a lot with chickpea flour, it's a nice ingredient to have handy, you can quickly come up with some interesting and filling last minute dishes using chickpea flour.
All the recipes are basically a combination of chickpea flour, some liquid (water or milk) and spices to make the batter, to which a variety of vegetables and/or fruits can be added.
This is one of my favorite combinations:
🌿 1 Tbsp tahini
🌿 ½ cup unsweetened non dairy milk
🌿 ½ cup water
🌿 1 cup chickpea flour
🌿 ½ tsp onion powder
🌿 ½ tsp garlic powder
🌿 ¼ tsp salt
🌿 black pepper to taste
🌿 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast
🌿 1 medium shredded zucchini (about 1 ½ cup)
🌿 ½ cup frozen green peas
🌿 ½ cup frozen shredded potato
🌿 ½ cup shredded carrot
✋🏾 In a bowl, mix well the tahini, milk and water until the tahini is incorporated into the liquid.
✋🏾 Add the dry ingredients: flour, onion & garlic powder, salt, pepper and nutritional yeast.
✋🏾 Mix well.
✋🏾 Add the vegetables: zucchini, peas, potato & carrot and mix well
✋🏾 Coat the skillet with a tiny bit of oil (can also cook them without oil)
✋🏾 Cook the pancakes for a few minutes on each side, making sure to do it long enough so the batter and the veggies are fully cooked.
Notes:
Raw chickpea flour batter does not taste good, so do not taste the batter before cooking!
You can use just water or just milk, I like a mix because water makes the batter light and milk makes the pancakes more filling, but it's fun to play with it until you find the ratio you like the most. Just be sure to use unsweetened milk if using any milk.
You can use different veggies, I particularly like the zucchini and green peas combination, just those two veggies make a delicious pancake.
I usually buy a bag of frozen shredded potatoes because it comes in very handy in recipes like this, it's ready, it's quick.
They are great with salads. This week we ate them with lettuce, blackberries, avocado, roasted delicata squash and a drizzle of balsamic reduction:
They are also great with a drizzle of cashew cream sauce.
Check this video for a visual of the process:
https://cinnamon.video/watch?v=404220454190974281
Cintia