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Chickpea Flour & Sesame Biscuits
5 Nutrition score
Snack 🥄 15 min prep 🔥 15 min cook 👤 20 servings

Crispy savoury biscuits made with gram flour and sesame seeds, bound with tahini. A different biscuit entirely — more like a wholefood cracker, good with hummus or on their own. Naturally high in protein from the chickpea flour. Spice with cumin and a pinch of smoked paprika in the method.

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Nutrient Fingerprint % of adult daily reference intake · per serving
💪 Protein
6%
🌾 Fibre
1%
🦴 Calcium
5%
⚡ Iron
10%
🌿 Magnesium
11%
🍊 Vitamin C
0%
🍃 Folate
24%
🫀 Omega-3
1%

Based on UK dietary reference values. Capped at 100% per nutrient.

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Ingredients (per serving)
Method
  1. 1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Line two baking trays with baking paper.
  2. 2 In a large bowl, combine the chickpea flour (also called gram flour or besan) and sesame seeds. Add a generous pinch of salt, a level teaspoon of ground cumin and half a teaspoon of smoked paprika if you have them — both are optional but make a significantly more interesting biscuit.
  3. 3 Add the tahini and mix together. Add cold water one tablespoon at a time — you will need approximately 4–5 tablespoons — mixing after each addition, until the dough just comes together into a firm but pliable mass. Chickpea flour dough is denser and slightly more crumbly than wheat dough; this is normal.
  4. 4 Roll out between two sheets of baking paper to about 3–4mm thick. Cut into small rounds, squares or rectangles. Transfer to the lined trays. Prick each biscuit once with a fork to prevent puffing.
  5. 5 Bake 13–16 minutes until lightly golden at the edges and firm to the touch. They will crisp further on cooling. Leave on the trays for 5 minutes before moving.
  6. 6 Makes approximately 20 biscuits. Excellent with houmous, tahini or eaten plain. Store in an airtight tin for up to 1 week.

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Nutrition per serving
261 kJ
Energy (kJ)
62.8 kcal
Energy (kcal)
5.8 g
Carbohydrate
3 g
Fat
3 g
Protein
1.1 g
Total Sugars
0.32 g
Fibre (NSP)
7.2 mg
Sodium
0.02 g
Salt
12 kcal
Energy (kcal, CoFID)
Micronutrient
Potassium 108 mg
Phosphorus 60.8 mg
Folate 47.6 µg
Magnesium 31.6 mg
Calcium 31.5 mg
Vitamin K 0.913 µg
Iron 0.909 mg
Selenium 0.826 µg
Choline 0.512 mg
Zinc 0.497 mg
Chloride 0.4 mg
Niacin equivalents (NE) 0.392 mg
Niacin (B3) 0.376 mg
Vitamin A (RE) 0.236 µg
Manganese 0.223 mg
Copper 0.15 mg
Pantothenic Acid (B5) 0.147 mg
Vitamin E (alpha-TE) 0.093 mg
Thiamin (B1) 0.086 mg
Vitamin B6 0.079 mg
Chromium 0.04 µg
Riboflavin (B2) 0.018 mg
Fatty acids
Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) 1.2 g
Monounsaturated fat 0.966 g
Saturated fat 0.447 g
Sugars (breakdown)
Sucrose 0.008 g
Fructose 0.004 g
Glucose (dextrose) 0.004 g
Carbohydrate (breakdown)
Starch 0.02 g
Amino acids
Glutamic acid 0.069 g
Arginine 0.044 g
Aspartic acid 0.033 g
Leucine 0.03 g
Valine 0.021 g
Phenylalanine 0.019 g
Proline 0.018 g
Alanine 0.018 g
Serine 0.018 g
Isoleucine 0.017 g
Glycine 0.016 g
Threonine 0.013 g
Lysine 0.013 g
Tyrosine 0.013 g
Histidine 0.009 g
Methionine 0.008 g
Cysteine 0.007 g
Tryptophan 0.005 g
Phytosterols & stanols
Plant sterols (total) 8 mg
β-Sitosterol 5.6 mg
Campesterol 1.2 mg
Stigmasterol 1.2 mg
Carotenoids
Beta-carotene 0.24 µg
Proximate
Water 0.154 g
Vitamins
Biotin (Vitamin B7) 0.44 µg
Fats & Fatty Acids
Omega-6 (Linoleic acid) 0.703 g
Omega-3 (Alpha-linolenic acid) 0.017 g
Omega-6 (GLA) 0.003 g
Isoflavonoids
Isoflavonoids (total) 0 mg

Nutritional values calculated from Nutriofia food database per serving. Actual values may vary based on preparation method.