Bob's Red Mill Garbanzo Bean Flour - 16 oz.

This chickpea flour is a delight to use – nutty and sweet, it's excellent for making Pakistani pakora and flatbreads. It's also a good substitute for wheat flour in baking and cooking if friends need to eat gluten-free food. It can be used along with wheat flour to add flavor to batters. It's really good added to a pizza crust dough. The flour is the usual good Red Mill quality – it is always fresh and uniform in the milling and is easy to work as a dough. I don't need it very often but I keep a bag of it on the shelf so it's there when I need it.

I use this instead of flour for making chicken fried steak and for thickening gravy and for making pancakes (with diced shrimp and scallions). In fact, I use it for all kinds of things I used to use flour for. I know chicken fried steak doesn't sound all that healthy - but when you think that you're not dipping it in wheat flour but in garbanzo bean flour instead, it's a whole 'nother thang. I keep it on my shelf in the refrigerator and don't want to run out. (The recipe on the back for falafal is falawful - I don't recommend it).

I bought this to use in things like veggie burgers (half mashed beans, half chopped greens, egg and flour to bind), since I am trying to keep refined flours and other carbs out of my diet. This works very well for that use. I also tried using it in sweet recipes (with Stevia) and it's not quite as good in, for example, black bean brownies. For that, I use almond flour, or the bean taste can be a bit noticeable. Not horrible, but not as good. I think it will be good in savory pancakes, as well, and also for coating fried foods.

I use this in my yogurt curry / punjabi kudi, and it comes out very flavorful with this chickpea flour. You typically find it in Whole Foods or Tom Thumb, but it's usually harder to find in other stores like Target, which is why I ordered it here. I usually keep it in the freezer to keep the moisture out, and it lasted me, full flavor, for at least 2 years for the occassional curry ingredient. Gram flour / besan has a lot of protein too and imparts a nutty flavor, IMHO. Authentic seekers should go for real Besen / gram flour if you can find it.

This is great, I am allowed creativity and have added it to meals as a healthy replacement for a different item. I love that it is high in protein, fiber. I have used coconut flour in the past, this is comparable in recipes. Bonus: company's home office is in Milwaulkie, Oregon. Highly Recommend seller: Meema Market LLC

This garbanzo bean flour is excellent. I like to make farinata and "Chick nuggets" with it. It's also a great price for the money. It has a smooth, easy to mix up consistency.

I love this flour! I researched various ways to make my own and I personally use the beans in making veggie burgers, but this is a wonderful new experience in using the flour. I bought it specifically to make crispy spinach pakora's shared on YouTube by Chetna Makan who was a semi-finalist on The Great British Bake Off in 2014. Chetna's mother joined her on YouTube and made crispy spinach pakora's and I had to make my own. My family loved them!

I am pleased with this product, however there was a small hole in the top of the bag. When I opened the package the inside was covered in garbanzo bean flour. Fortunately there is still a sufficient amount left in the bag, as I need it for dinner tonight, however this was quite disappointing and enough to make me reconsider where I purchase my flour.

Excellent