Legumes Breadsticks
My bugbear at the moment is with legumes (or pulses). Growing up I was never really exposed to this food group much (I know, crazy!), but knowing that for a good, balanced diet you should be having a portion of them a day, I am making a conscious effort to include them more in our diets. The family at the moment is not massively into legumes either, possibly also because I am still not sure how to cook them in different ways. So what has been a massive hit and great compromise for now is using legumes as flour in recipes!
It turns out that in the UK, legumes flours are somewhat hard to find, even in big supermarkets, and in this period the last thing you want to do is go around different supermarkets and specialist shops looking for some obscure ingredients. So I googled how to make your own at home and it turns out, it’s the simplest thing in the world! You just take dry legumes (such as red split lentils) that are very easily available, whizz them through a high power blender, sift it to remove any leftover big bits, and there you have your flour!
I will be using that for many more recipes to come, but for now, here is one I already tried out a few times.
Legumes Breadsticks
Recipe details
- 12 breadsticks
- Prep time: 15 Minutes Cook time: 15 Minutes Total time: 30 min
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Where are the sweet potatoes?
You can buy chickpea flour at any Indian shop in the UK. I will check to see if they have red lentil flour there. I will definitely try this recipe. Something to munch on other than chocolates and biscuits (cookies)