It is high in proteins and low on gluten and sometimes used as an egg substitute by vegans.
American stores may sell this as Garbanzo flour or Chickpea flour.
I did not find this ingredient in Egyptian markets, even though garbanzo beans - hummus are very widely consumed. But I did find the chickpea lentils in Egypt.
The first bottle to the left, contains chickpeas / garbanzo beans / channa / hummus.
The middle bottle has the chickpea lentils / channa dhal which is available commercially. Essentially this is chickpeas that are cooked, cooled, roasted and dried.
The final bottle contains besan which is normally a pale yellow shade.
Besan can be made by powdering roasted chickpea lentils, in case you cannot find it easily in a market in your city.
Its also available on Amazon.
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i love to use my grains and beans in clear jars as a decor n kitchen. makin list to stock for some of your recipes, there r so many, this will be an adventure to the pallette, yum.
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With grains and lentils if you don't plan to use regularly, do buy them in smaller quantities - they don't go bad as quickly as nuts, but they don't last as long as spices either.
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