A flour made from ground chickpeas, widely used in Indian and South Asian cooking.
From Hindi/Urdu besaan, from Sanskrit, referring to ground legume flour; the word entered English through colonial India and is now used internationally in cooking.
Chickpea flour (besan) is one of those ingredients that shows why Indian cuisine is so nutritionally advanced—it's packed with protein, fiber, and gluten-free, basically the original superfood flour.
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