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Chickpea Flour

Chickpea flour is a finely milled legume flour used in batters, flatbreads, dumplings, and thickened dishes.

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About Chickpea Flour

Chickpea flour is flour milled from dried chickpeas, usually from either the pale-seeded kabuli type or the smaller darker desi type. It is used in batters, fritters, savoury pancakes, flatbreads, dumplings, noodles, and as a thickener for soups, sauces, and sweets.

It is a fine, cream- to yellow-coloured powder with a distinctive legume aroma and a nutty, earthy flavour. Milling grade and whether the chickpeas are raw or roasted affect its colour, flavour, and behaviour in cooking.

The product may be labelled besan when made from split, skinned chickpeas, while gram flour can refer to chickpea flour more generally, although terminology varies by market. Mixing into batter or dough and cooking changes the powder into firmer, tender, crisp, or set preparations.

Ingredient type
flour

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Local names for chickpea flour

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English

Gram flour

gram flour

English

Chickpea flour (besan)

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Chickpea Flour nutrition & diet

Chickpea Flour nutritional value

Flour, gram

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
353kcal
Protein
22.7g
Carbs
57.0g
Fat
5.4g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 11-896. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Confirm that gram flour means flour milled from chickpeas, then match the dry flour with the cooked form used in the recipe. Frying, baking, boiling, or fermenting changes the finished preparation. Account separately for oil, sugar, dairy, egg, vegetables, and other incorporated ingredients.

Compare the right form: Match references to dry chickpea flour, specifying whether it is fine or coarse, roasted or raw, and free-standing or blended.

Diet considerations

Gram flour is plant-derived chickpea flour. Its compatibility changes when used in batters, breads, sweets, or doughs containing egg, dairy, animal fat, cereal flour, or coatings. Portions in finished dishes may produce different carbohydrate patterns from the dry ingredient, so recipe composition must be checked.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically compatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically compatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Vegetarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar).
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Flour, gram ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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