How to Make Chickpea Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

Learn how to make chickpea flour at home! Super easy, ready in minutes, and way cheaper than buying it from the store! Also known as garbanzo bean flour, it’s naturally gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan, and is perfect for recipes such as this delicious chickpea flatbread or chickpea chocolate chip cookies.

Jump to:

• What are Chickpeas?
• Why This Recipe Works:
• Ingredients You’ll Need:
• How to Make Homemade Chickpea Flour (Step by Step):
• Dish by Dish Tips/Tricks:
• Recipe FAQs:
• Chickpea Flour Recipes You’ll Love:
• Homemade Gluten-Free Flours to Make:
• Other Basic Recipes You’ll Enjoy:
• How to Make Chickpea Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

What are Chickpeas?

Chickpeas are legumes of the fabaceae family, and are also commonly known as gram beans, garbanzo beans, or Egyptian peas.

As a staple ingredient in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Indian cuisines, chickpeas are high in protein and are commonly used in vegan diets.

Chickpeas are often processed into a puree make a creamy hummus, or eaten whole in chickpea curry. We also love these crispy air fryer chickpeas (soooo good!).

Another way to use this pantry staple is to grind dried chickpeas into a fine flour and use it to make baked goods such as chickpea pancakes, chickpea flour tortillas, farinata (chickpea flatbread) or these amazing chickpea chocolate chip cookies.

Why Make Your Own Chickpea Flour?

While you can easily buy pre-made chickpea flour (also known as garbanzo bean flour), you’ll find that making your own homemade flour is definitely cheaper, especially if you use a lot of this gluten-free flour.

Plus, it’s insanely simple to make!

Why This Recipe Works:

• Only One Ingredient: Yep! That’s right, you only need one simple ingredient to make homemade chickpea flour, and you might already have it in your pantry!

• Super Easy: With the help of a high-speed blender and a fine mesh sieve, this recipe is incredibly easy and is ready in minutes!

• Cheaper than Store-bought: If you use a lot of chickpea flour in your baking, you’ll find that making your own flour is cheaper and fresher too.

• Naturally Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free and Vegan: The good news is that this chickpea flour is 100% gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan, which means that those with Celiac disease or lactose or gluten intolerances, or those on a gluten-free diet or vegan diet can enjoy it without worries.

Ingredients You’ll Need:

To make chickpea flour, you’ll need dried white chickpeas.

How to Make Homemade Chickpea Flour (Step by Step):

1. Process the Chickpeas

Place 1 cup of dry chickpeas in the high-speed blender and process for a few minutes until you get a fine powder, scraping down the sides as necessary.

(Tip: If you don’t own a high speed blender, you may also use a coffee grinder or a spice grinder, but since those tend to be smaller in size, you’ll have to grind the garbanzo flour in multiple smaller batches. Alternatively, if you have a grain mill, feel free to use that instead).

2. Sift the Chickpea Flour

Pass the processed chickpeas through fine-mesh sieve, filtering out any larger pieces.

3. Return Unprocessed Pieces to Blender

Return all the large pieces unprocessed pieces of chickpeas to the blender and blend until you get a fine powder.

4. Repeat

Repeat with the remaining chickpeas until all are used up.

5. Store in Glass Jar

Store the homemade chickpea flour in an airtight glass jar for up to 6 months (or longer if you store it in the refrigerator) until ready to use.

Dish by Dish Tips/Tricks:

• Process in Batches: To prevent the blender from overheating, make sure you process the chickpeas in a 2 or 3 batches.

• Sift the Flour: To ensure that you get as fine a flour as possible, I recommend sifting the flour through a fine-mesh sieve to get rid of any large pieces. It may take a longer time but it is definitely worth it.

Recipe FAQs:

Chickpea Flour Recipes You’ll Love:

• Chickpea Flatbread (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
• Amazing Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

Homemade Gluten-Free Flours to Make:

• Brown Rice Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
• Millet Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
• Buckwheat Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
• Cashew Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
• Flaxseed Meal (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
• Almond Meal (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

Other Basic Recipes You’ll Enjoy:

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