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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I just made this recipe and the pancakes are FANTASTIC! This is my first time using garbanzo flour. It was on sale on the Vitacost website so I bought four boxes, lol! The only thing I did different was add about 1 tablespoon of melted coconut oil. I have tried so many grain free, vegan breakfast recipes (due to milk and egg allergies) and have been so disappointed every time, until now. This will be my go to when I’m in the mood for pancakes. Thank you so much for posting it.
I just made a half-batch for myself and I loved them! I used superfine gram/besan flour and date syrup instead of the sugar and it came out great. Curious why you advise against gram flour? If you use date syrup, just be careful because they brown very quickly (and the batter is brown, not yellow). Taste, texture and protein content are excellent! Thank you!
I just tried to make these and I’m not sure what I did wrong, but the batter was extremely thick and the pancakes were just awful. I used chickpea flour, not besan or gram flour. I added in the baking powder, stevia (I didn’t have monkfruit but I don’t know why this would make a huge difference), cinnamon, coconut milk and vanilla. I folded in some blueberries after I mixed the batter. The batter was incredibly thick so I added a couple more tablespoons of the coconut milk. I cooked them on my griddle in coconut oil and when I tried one, it was thick, heavy and oh so bitter. I couldn’t get it out of my mouth fast enough. My husband has had to go gluten free due to an autoimmune condition and I was hopeful to find a good gluten free recipe that didn’t include oats or bananas, but this wasn’t it unfortunately.
Coconut milk is also thicker/creamier than almond or dairy so I think that made the batter a little thicker too..
Your flour may have been old.
Ii made these pancakes for myself and my husband. They came out so delicious. Love the recipe. Thank you so much. Will make them again.
Thank you so much !
If the batter is too thick, it comes from the flour probably higher in fiber and all you have to do is either change flour brand (Bob red mill is great, no affialiation), or thin out the batter with water until thin enough to cook.
These are the best pancakes! I have made and tried A LOT of gluten free and egg free pancakes and these are by far the best. They don’t have that mushy consistency. They puff up and look and taste like actual pancakes. Good job on this recipe!
Thank you so much!
Hello! Should I pat down the chickpea flour into the measuring cup?
I’ve always noted you can ‘push it down’ to make room for even more flour
I don’t know if that’s called for though! As it will impact how fluffy or dry they are
In any baking recipes, when nothing is mentioned we always assume that you scoop and sweep don’t over pack flour in cups or the recipe would say, packed. Enjoy!
Thanks, tried them today after your reply and they were.. AMAZING!
Such a different feel from oat flour pancakes. I’ll add these for my snack on gym days. Thanks!
First time making these pancakes. They were good but too dry. I doubled the recipe and used both baking soda and baking powder. I had to add more milk for consistency. Did I cook them too long or is this common? Woukd adding coconut butter or oil help?
Depending on the variety of chickpea flour you used, they can be drier. While besan flour and garbanzo flour are not exactly the same thing, both having different amount of fiber and water absorption in recipes
O like more recipe with chickpeas Flower please
These pancakes are the whole reason I buy chickpea flour. This recipe is so quick, easy and yummy! I love to add blueberries, a few chocolate chips or coconut to the batter. They don’t even need syrup.
Brilliant idea! Thank you!
I reduced all ingredients by half and then made the mixture much less cakey by increasing the liquid (I used Rude Health Organic Oat Drink) to 225ml with 4oz (half a cup) chickpea flour.
Served them topped with slices of fresh fruits (bananas, pears) sprinkled with grated ginger, a gentle shower of ground ginger and a squeeze of lemon juice. Delicious!
I’ll definitely make them again…but reduce the amount of sugar in the mix.
An excellent alternative to traditional pancakes. I only added one heaping tablespoon of monk fruit sugar. I topped with cooked berries for a saucy syrup. They were a little dry but could be that I cooked them too long. I will definitely make it again and appreciate this terrific recipe