gram flour
noun [mass noun]
A type of flour made by grinding dried chickpeas, widely used in Indian cooking: mix together the gram flour, garam masala, baking soda, and salt...
- Place in a food processor with the garlic cloves and blitz to a purée, then mix with the cool gram flour paste together with the pepper and garam masala.
- Make a batter of the gram flour as usual, adding salt to taste.
- An Asian food store should stock gram flour, otherwise use a powerful spice grinder and blitz some dried chickpeas until very fine.
Origin
Early 19th century: from gram2.