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 Post subject: Wasteland of Odd Ingredients, Chapter 1, Chickpea Flour
PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:38 am 
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My daughter is back from her travels in Burma and Thailand (I swear to god in my next life I am coming back as her). She took a Burmese cooking class and made us this kick ass salad that needed a bit of chickpea flour. I now have most of a bag of chickpea flour. What can I do with it besides stick it in my pantry and wait patiently for it to turn rancid?

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 Post subject: Re: Wasteland of Odd Ingredients, Chapter 1, Chickpea Flour
PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:30 am 
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I thought a blog I follow tackled this, but alas it was not this flour. Found this as a jumping off point - http://www.thekitchn.com/beyond-socca-5 ... ght-187659


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 Post subject: Re: Wasteland of Odd Ingredients, Chapter 1, Chickpea Flour
PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:01 am 
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Mary, I put my specialty flours in a freezer bag and then into the freezer. It really extends the shelf life.

You may just have to make that kick ass salad every week for a few months!

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Has anyone ever had socca? Looks interesting. I think I have some recipes for it is a Tuscan cookbook I have (might be a good choice for the next book in my project, after I get unstuck from Jerusalem).

Laurie, I think making that making that salad too often would be a grand mistake. It expands your ass while cooking it. It contained battered and fried tofu and green apple (as a sub for winter melon). The chickpea flour was toasted and mixed with egg noodles, cabbage, sprouts, shallots and the fried stuff and then tossed with lime juice and lots of oil that had been infused with saffron and paprika. She also made Burmese samosas, spring roll wrappers filled with fried potatoes, peas, shallots and spices and then fried. More oil was used in my house last night than in the past 6 months. Heavenly but dangerous.

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Socca is divine. I love it love it love it. Let me know if you need a recipe. Ottolenghi has a recipe for socca crepes in Plenty that are also very good.

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You can make papadums or Onion Bhaji:
http://www.food.com/recipe-finder/all/onion-bahji

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There's a Mark Bitman recipe for shrimp pancakes in chickpea batter that I really like.


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Mary,

I've had socca in Pisa, but never made it myself. It was molto bene, but I suspect it involved lard.

Chickpea flour is a good coating flour for middle eastern and Indian food, including fish. Based on a recipe from James Petersen I've made sole with Syrian spices and chickpea flour fried in olive oil. Its also a fairly good thickener for curries. According to EYB,I have two recipes for chickpea breads;one Greek, one Indian.

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There were some besan soups that I made, that sounded strange at first, but I figured it was sort of like puréeing the cooked chick peas, and the flavor was really good, as it was toasted first, in some of them. And there were several flatbreads I have made with it, socca being one of them. I didn't try the fried ones, though I'm sure they are good!

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