These 4-ingredient chickpea flour pancakes are easy, fluffy, and high in protein pancakes made with only four ingredients. Bonus, these pancakes are made with no milk, oil-free, grain-free, and gluten-free!
Chickpea flour pancakes are egg-free fluffy vegan pancakes made of chickpea flour, also known as besan flour. Bonus, this is a 4-ingredient protein pancake recipe with 3 grams of plant-based protein per pancake. It’s such a healthy alternative to my classic Vegan Pancakes, Vegan Banana Pancakes, or Vegan Almond Flour Pancakes.
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Chickpea Flour Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup Chickpea Flour - known as garbanzo bean flour (NOT besan or gram flour)
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder - or 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 tablespoons Unrefined Cane Sugar - coconut sugar or sugar-free erythritol/Monk fruit
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons Almond Milk - vanilla, unsweetened or plant milk of your choice
Optional
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk the chickpea flour, baking powder, sugar until well combined, and no lumps show.
- Whisk in unsweetened almond milk until smooth. Note that chickpea flour makes lumps easily. To avoid that, whisk vigorously until no more is left. It's OK to have a few lumps, but the less, the better it tastes! You can also blend the batter in a blender for an ultra-smooth texture.
- Warm a non-stick crepe pan or non-stick pancake griddle under medium heat. Slightly grease the pan with vegetable oil, about 1/2 teaspoon. I suggest rubbing a piece of oiled absorbent paper on the pan to avoid too much oil. Adding too much oil will fry your pancakes, and it is not what you want.
- Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of batter per pancake, depending on the size you like.
- Cook 2-3 minutes on one side or until the sides are half set, bubbles form in the center, and it is easy to flip without breaking.
- Slide a spatula under the pancake and flip over. Cook 1 more minute on the other side or until the center is set and the pancake is fluffy.
- Cool on a rack and repeat until no more batter left. You should be able to make 8 medium size pancakes from this batter.
- Serve immediately with maple syrup, banana slices, and fresh blueberries.
Notes
- You can add 1/3 cup vegan dark chocolate chips or fresh blueberries to the batter before cooking.
- You can freeze the cooked pancakes in a zip bag or airtight container. Make sure they don’t overlap. It makes it easier to defrost one-by-one. Defrost 3-4 hours or overnight at room temperature. Rewarm in a pancake griddle or toast for a few minutes in a toaster.
- You can make the batter ahead and cook your pancakes the day in the morning
Nutrition
Ingredients and Substitutions
All you need to make this recipe for chickpea flour pancakes are 4 ingredients. Let’s see what you need.
- Chickpea Flour, also is known as garbanzo bean flour – I love to use Bob’s Red Mill’s flour for this recipe. Before you start using your flour, make sure it has no lumps; if so, break them with a fork before measuring the flour for full precision. Chickpea flour can be reused in many other recipes like my Chickpea Flour Tortillas, Chickpea Flour Banana Bread, or Chickpea Peanut Butter Cookies.
- Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk – it’s great to use vanilla almond milk to add a delicious vanilla flavor to your pancakes. Chickpea flour can be slightly bitter, and vanilla is a great way to cover the flour’s bitterness. You can also use other dairy-free milk, but I believe almond milk is the best milk substitute for pancakes. It makes fluffy vegan pancakes!
- Baking Soda or baking powder if you don’t like the flavor of baking soda.
- Unrefined Sugar – there are many options. I love coconut sugar or sugar-free erythritol. You must add a sweetener to your batter to balance the natural bitterness of chickpea flour.
Some people don’t appreciate the light, earthy flavor of chickpea flour. Below are some add-ins you can add to your pancake batter to increase its sweet delicious flavor.
- Vanilla extract – add 1 teaspoon.
- Ground cinnamon – add 1/2 teaspoon.
- Blueberries – fresh or frozen add 1/2 cup.
- Vegan chocolate chips – add 1/3 cup.
How To Make Chickpea Flour Pancakes (in Pictures)
Pancake Topping Ideas
These are the most fluffy vegan, gluten-free pancakes you’ll find, with a delicious sweet flavor. They are delicious warm with a few of the following vegan pancakes toppings for your pancakes are:
- Liquid sweeteners like maple syrup, brown rice, agave syrup, apple syrup, or coconut syrup.
- Fruits – chopped bananas, blueberries, strawberries, fresh apricot, and apple slices.
- Nut butter – drizzle peanut butter or almond butter on top.
- Sliced almonds
- Vegan Whipped Cream
- Shredded coconut
- Vegan chocolate chips
- Date Caramel (Only 2 Ingredients!)
- Peanut Butter Caramel
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love it! works fine with oat milk
Thank you!
This was so delicious! I made a couple of mods though… I didn’t have any mylks on hand so I added a scoop of Truvani Banana Cinnamon protein powder and water to make the adequate consistency. They turned out really delicious PLUS packed with extra protein!
Additionally, I made some freshly ground raw cashew butter with some maple syrup, vanilla extract, and cinnamon and added some freshly harvested blackberries with a drizzle of maple syrup as garnish.
YUM! I’ve recently returned back to a plant-based lifestyle and have also taken on the challenge of going sugar free (with the exception of maple syrup and fructose) and gluten free and these pancakes were such a delicious way to start the day today.
Agyamanak (thank you),
Lila
Thank you!
can you se a non stick pan. Does it have to be a crepe pan
Yes, a non-stick pan should work perfectly well too.
Thank you SO much for this simple, delicious recipe. I put black pepper in them and ate them with green beans and salsa.
Thank you for sharing your ideas on making them savory! it sounds delicious.
Has anyone made these savory? I was thinking with some nutritional yeast, green chilis and cornmeal topped with salsa.
Delicious and easy! Pancakes were nice and fluffy but a smidge on the dry side. Maybe I need to add more almond milk next time. Definitely a keeper for Sunday morning pancakes!
I’ve made these many times now for my 13-month-old who has food allergies and she absolutely loves them! Thank you for the great, allergy-friendly recipe.
This is such a good recipe. And I found it after making chick pea flour flat bread for a while, And I just wasn’t happy with the taste or texture.
I made this with a few changes and they turned out perfect. I added
an egg and decreased the baking powder by one teaspoon, added some salt and rosemary, And they came out really light and fluffy, and after turning them over once I added a little bit of grated cheese to the tops. Thank yoor posting this wonderful recipe.
Thank you so much for this lovely feedback!
I added a little salt to the batter and these came out amazing. Have added this recipe to my meal rotation!! Thank you for posting!
I just made this and it came out amazing!! I used coconut milk instead of almond and it was so fluffy and light. Thank you for this recipe.
Thank you!!