I recently purchased protein flour from one of my contacts and I had to finish it so I decided to use it by making a brownie and the brownie turned out so yummy. The major ingredient was dried chickpeas. The flour itself is a combination of wheat, flaxseeds, brown rice , barley and chia seeds. If you don’t get it readily you can use multigrain flour and add a little quantity of besan or gram flour for the chickpea flavor.
Let me tell you a secret this recipe is super healthy as we use olive oil and jaggery !
Before you begin one important ingredient for this recipe is aquafaba, which is the water you cook your chickpeas in. So next time you make chole, save 1/2 cup water and then attempt these brownies, this is an ingredient you can’t skip.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup olive oil or normal refined oil
- 200 g dark chocolate or milk chocolate
- 1/2 cup aquafoba
- 3/4 cup jaggery
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup multi grain chick pea flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Method
- Preheat oven to 325°F/160°C. Lightly grease or line an 8×8 inch tin
- Place the oil and chopped chocolate together in a microwave safe bowl. Melt in 30 second increments whisking until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Once melted set aside to cool
- In another large mixing bowl beat the aquafaba and the jaggery together with an electric mixer or using a spatula or hand blender until it’s thick and shiny. Mix in the vanilla extract and the melted chocolate mixture
- Stir in the multi grain flour, cocoa powder and baking soda. Mix well until it’s nicely blended, don’t over mix at this stage once you add the flour
- Stir in the chocolate chips
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking tin
- Bake for 30-40 minutes until the brownies pass the done test
- Insert a knife or tooth pick into the centre of the brownies – if it comes out clean then it’s done, else it needs to cook for some more time. If you bake it for a longer time keep checking at regular intervals
- Let the brownies cool in their tin completely before slicing into.