These are really healthy, easy to make, delicious and can be used in many ways. The batter can be made into flatbread for pizza, wraps or a thick soft tostada type base (minus the fried crunch)… almost anything, really! I’ve also toasted them under the broiler with garlic and cilantro and served them with soup. They are made with chickpea flour which makes them low-fat, high in protein, many vitamins and minerals as well as dietary fiber. Chickpea flour is also called besan, garbanzo bean flour or gram flour.
I made a thicker batch of these last night and used them as tostadas topped with leftover TVP Taco filling, smothered in the most delicious Chipotle Dressing/Sauce ever! I know, you’ve seen a lot of this mixture but it makes excellent leftovers!
I use this Organic Chickpea Flour – You can buy it on Amazon.com for a great price! (2 – 35oz packages for $14.62/Free Shipping)
This recipe is from Melomeals: Vegan For $3.33 A Day, one of my favorite sites!!
Chickpea Flatbread
1 c Chickpea Flour
1 C Water – (I’ve found that I get a thicker “dough” if I use 1 cup so I use that amount to make the soft tostada style. I add more water for the flatbread/wrap size)
1/2 t Garlic Powder
2 T Nutritional Yeast
1/2 t Tony’s Cajun Seasoning – (I’ve used this and other spice combinations and they always turn out great!)
This is my favorite seasoning to use – Susie Q’s Santa Maria Style Seasoning – I add a bit more than 1/2 tsp to make it a little stronger.
Method:
Heat a 12 inch non stick skillet over medium heat and brush with oil
Whisk the ingredients in a mixing bowl until most of the lumps are gone. Ladle into skillet. Leave it alone for 3-4 minutes or until the sides start to pull away from the pan. Flip and cook for another minute
Yield: 3 Flatbread
My Soft Tostada Style
Ready for toppings!
Larger size
Kid Tested Firefighter Approved 
Ok. I have been eyeing this on the Melomeals site but now I know I have to try them. Thanks for the nudge!
I’ve been making them with everything lately, they’re just so easy! Have a great day!
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We don’t get chic pea flour here, do you think I could organic quinoa flour? What kind of consistency am I going for here?
Hmm.. not sure but try it and let me know! Thicker, runny-like dough consistency makes thicker flatbread. Depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to use it as a pizza, go for thicker consistency. Thinner would be good for wrap type flatbread. You have to be able to plop a scoop in the middle of a hot pan, pick the pan up and swirl it around to the size that you want it to be… use that as a gauge for thickness. Make sense?? See if the pictures on the post help and let me know! 🙂
I think I am going to try these tonight or this weekend for sure – I’ll let you know!
This looks super yum! We are gluten and corn free…so what a great bread option for us! What all do you serve this with? (This is Britt from Elisa’s websites!)
Hi Britt!
I use these to make pizzas, wraps… I cut them into triangles and serve them with soup… toast them with cumin and make them into a chip-type crispy thing. You can make them thick by adding less water to the besan – I do that when I’m using them for pizza. There’s a few different recipes on here where I’ve used these flatbreads… type in Chickpea Flatbread in the search box and see OR I can email you the links! Hope you enjoy these, we do!!! They’re so easy to make and keep in the fridge well!
Here are a few:
https://kidtestedfirefighterapproved.com/2011/11/20/thai-chik-n-broccoli-orange-pizza-with-goaty-cheeze/
https://kidtestedfirefighterapproved.com/2011/11/14/amazing-bbq-tempeh-broccoli-goaty-cheeze-pizza/
https://kidtestedfirefighterapproved.com/2011/11/09/chipotle-split-pea-soup/
You could do this in a chickpea wrap too…
https://kidtestedfirefighterapproved.com/2011/11/13/bbq-tempeh-wrap-with-goaty-cheeze/
I never wrote back in but i did make them with quinoa flour and they were awesome!
Yay!!!
I just made chickpea flatbread recently and think its awesome! I LOVE how creative you were with the tostadas – looks delicious! I think I need to get back into the kitchen!
Glad you enjoyed them!!