Chickpea flour

So popular today, chickpea flour is quite widespread not only in cooking, where it is used in the preparation of a variety of pastries, sauces, as well as many sweets. Due to the unique composition and numerous beneficial properties of chickpea flour, it is classified as one of the most valuable dietary foods. In addition, the obvious advantage of chickpea flour is its ability when frying not to absorb vegetable oil.

By adding chickpea flour to the dishes, the nutritional content, biological value and taste of the finished products increase. It is mainly used as part of sauces, when preparing porridge and soups, added to baking, as well as for breading fish and meat and dishes.

It is noteworthy that the beneficial properties of chickpea flour are also relevant for cosmetic purposes, which is due to the ability of this natural agent to make the skin elastic, soft, and silky. The chickpea flour used for washing, as you know, removes black dots well.

Being a source of potassium, zinc, calcium and protein, chickpea in its composition also contains a lot of soluble dietary fibers (the so-called dietary fiber), which are necessary for the human body for health and full life. It has been proven that the introduction of chickpea into the rude diet improves digestive processes and strengthens the immune system.

In addition, chickpea flour contains vitamins (E, pantothenic acid, groups B), micro- and macronutrients (potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc), amino acids (lysine, threonine). It is due to this that any baking using Turkish pea flour is characterized by increased biological value.

By the way, Avicenna, still an outstanding eastern healer, noted the unusually healing properties of chickpeas and chickpeas themselves. So, his statements say that there is no more useful product for the lungs than chickpeas, therefore, in case of pulmonary diseases, it is extremely useful to use liquid chowder from chickpea flour.

In addition, when ingesting chickpeas, as well as chickpeas, externally in the form of ointment, it is possible to significantly improve the condition of the skin and complexion. So, the decoction of this pea climbed for the liver, and chickpea flour is even able to protect the human body from the likely development of malignant tumors and help with diseases of the joints and bones.

Meanwhile, modern medicine recommends necessarily introducing not only chickpea flour into the diet, but also all foods based on this legume to children (especially during increased growth), as well as to the elderly as a preventive remedy for cataracts and osteoporosis.