What do I make with Gram Flour?

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I have a bag of it in my cupboard, I haven't a clue what I wS intending to do with it!

Does anyone have any ideas or nice recipes please?

Pakoras..yum

You can lovely pakoras with it. Quick and easy. This recipe is from the top of my head but its a traditional Indian recipe and something I learnt from my mum who in turn learnt from her mum and so on through the years.
Makes about 20 pakoras
3 cups gram flour
2 cups chopped fenugreek leaves (or spinach will do-fenugreek tastes better)
1 chopped onion
5-6 chopped spring onions
2 chopped green chillis
2 cloves grated garlic
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp tumeric

Chop the onion and spring onions finely along with the fenugreek and add to the gram flour. Add all the rest of the ingredients and mix with water to form a thick batter. Take spoonfuls of the mixture and drop into medium hot oil and fry for about 6 minutes, turning half way through. Drain on kitchen towels and serve hot with a little yoghurt chutney (made from 2 tbsp chopped coriander, 1 chilli, 1 clove garlic and a pinch of salt all liquidised with cup of yoghurt).

If you don't have any fenugreek or spinach you can use the batter to fry slices of potato dipped into the mixture. A bit like scallops. We also do slices of banana dipped into the batter sometimes.

Also if you don't have cumin powder and coriander powder, just add a tsp of curry powder.

Also, onion bhajis, chapatis, and parathas :)

i had the same problem as you, and made a few things from this blog post:
www.mynaturalfamily.com/recipes/garbanzo-beans/15-best-chickpea-flour-recipes/

I've also seen recipes for Burmese gram flour tofu type stuff which looks interesting.

These all sound fab!

I'm not really one for deep frying anything and all the recipes I've found online need things deep frying but I'll have a go at some of the suggestions here.

I think I recall seeing something on River Cottage where Hugh FW used it for something in his veggie series.

I'm forever buying ingredients before forgetting what on earth they are for I think I need to start writing stuff down before I shop.

Mix gram flour, a little sugar, dried coconut and sesame seeds with some water and dip bananas or any other fruit in the batter and deep fry even although you are not keen on deep frying.
These are lovely with ice cream, cream or dipped in melted chocolate.

I make pancakes with it, amongst other things.

Chappati are easy.
Mix Gram flour with water and a pinch of salt. Knead it to a dough, take golf ball sized pieces and roll them into circles about side plate size.
Cook them in a hot dry pan, pressing an edge down with a fork to make them puff up.

The Sweet Potato Falafels from the Leon cookbook use gram flour, are really delicious and freeze well.

www.101cookbooks.com/archives/baked-sweet-potato-falafel-recipe.html

Gram flour is the secret for my fantastic roast potatoes sssshhhhh

Par boil the (peeled) potatoes in salted water for 5 mins. Drain and then add a spoonful or two (depending on how many potatoes you have) of gram flour. Put the lid back on the pan and shoogle vigorously. Take the lid off. When you're c.45 minutes from eating, heat some oil in a roasting tray, add the potatoes, turn in the oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Roast until golden (turning part way through).

I add it to white breadmaker bread - substitute 1/6th of flour with it. Gives it a lovely golden colour. Does go stale quicker than ordinary bread though, so make a smaller quantity/eat it quick.

Socca or farinata - I had a great easy recipe but can't find it - you can def leave out the spices and just fry in ordinary frying pan

foodieunderground.com/how-to-make-socca-french-chickpea-crepes/

I came on to say the Leon falafel recipe too. They are oven baked, not fried.

These baked onion bhajis use gram flour and are a lot healthier than the deep fried version.