I have made these crackers a few times and they don’t disappoint. They remind me of the besan snacks my mum used to make called ‘neemkin’. But they were fried. These are way healthier.
Serve with a homemade dip, like guacamole, and you’ve got yourself one neat snack. I have also served these to guests, and they all loved them!
Now, go on, make these crackers. Then come back to let me know how you went in the comments.
Recipe
- 1 cup (250 ml) chickpea (besan) flour
- 1 cup (250 ml) almond meal
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) ground linseeds (flaxseeds), or LSA
- 2 tsp roasted, ground cumin (optional)
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) extra virgin olive oil
- 100–120 ml water
Preheat oven to 180C/350F (160C/320F fan-forced)
In a bowl whisk together the dry ingredients.
Add the oil and gradually add the water.
With clean hands form a dough. The dough should not be sticky — it should come together easily to form a ball. If it’s sticking to the bowl, add a little more chickpea flour. If the dough is too dry, you can add a little more water.
Halve the dough. Roll one half between two sheets of baking paper (so it doesn’t stick) until ~2 mm thick.
Cut into squares and spread on lined baking tray
Bake for 15–20 minutes until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack before serving.
Repeat with remaining dough.
Lesh Karan 
Terrific – I just need some linseeds and I’m good to go!
Yum! I make my own crackers from time-to-time, and I love it! They’re so much healthier for you than the stuff in stores.
These look great. Thanks Lesh. Guess what I’m making this weekend?☺
Thanks Lesh, I have been making crackers for some time (without wheat flour), but am looking forward to trying these to add some variety. You are right they are sooo much better for you than the supermarket ones.
Hoping to try producing the chickpea flour in my Thermomix
Margaret
Great Margaret! How did you go with making the chickpea flour?
I’d love to know how the thermomix went with the flour too – that was my first thought on how to obtain some 🙂
oooooooooooooo – these are definitely getting a try out at our house this weekend! YUMMO!
this post comes just in time! i actually had a pan sized super thin cracker made from besan flour last night. it was basically a crunchy crepe 🙂 love to bake with chickpea flour!
Looks great Lesh. Love the ingredients.
These sound great! I will be printing this out to try. I love making homemade crackers for my family to snack on to avoid the processed stuff. Its nice to have a good variety of recipes to make up. 🙂
can the almond meal be substituted with anything? My daughter has nut allergies
Hi Jessica, you could try grinding some sunflower seeds into a meal and using that. Or you could try using only chickpea flour. You may need to adjust the water quantity though. I haven’t tried either of these suggestions, so I’m not sure what the crackers would turn out like. If you do experiment, please let me know how you go. Good luck!
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These are soo yummy! Just made them and will be making guacamole in just a while to go with it. Thank you!
I am so excited to finally find an excellent cracker recipe.
They came out perfectly.
I did make some changes.
I ground my own almonds in a food processor, added 2 tbs. of hemp protein instead of flax seed and sprinkled fennel seeds before my last roll. I also cut out circle using a champagne glass because quite honestly, I didnt feel like measuring out squares.
They baked for 18min at 350 and I used around 1/2 c. water.
Sooo delicious I am serving them with a roasted garlic and split pea dip.
Woot!
Yum, that sounds great Paulina!
Looks great! The possible variations to this recipe are infinite!! Any number of nut or seed meals could essily be subbed for the almond. Dried herbs could be added to your heart’s content. I’m about to experiment! I’ll come back with some good flavor combinations when I have a moment! (I’m thinking my first experiment will be with a dash of ginger powder, a drizzle of honey and some poppy seeds)
These look delicious! What could I substitute for the chickpea flour?
Love this blog<3
Hi Shona, you could try brown rice or sorghum flour ~ although I haven’t tried these.
I substituted hazelnut meal for the almond flour and they turned out great!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing this info!
I just made these with sunflower seeds flour instead of the almond flour. I halved the recipe and used 1/2 cup gram flour and 1/2 cup sunflower seeds blitzed in my blender. I added 3 tablespoons of “Omega Sprinkle” which is a blend of pumpkin, sunflower, sesame seeds and linseed and blitzed that with the sunflower seeds. I forgot to half the olivce oil so used the 2 tbsp so mine had more oil – my olive oil was garlic infused! I used 1/2 tsp each of salt, coriander and paprika. I just added water slowly until I got a nice dough. I used my silicon mat for rolling. Delicious. I overcooked them slightly by mistake – not paying attention! Will make these a lot I think – now where’s the cheese!
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Can these be stored? Assuming of course they won’t all be eaten at once!
Definitely Diane, just keep ’em in an airtight container for up to 2-3 weeks. L x
This recipe is a keeper!! I made them and totally enjoyed them with basil presto
Thank you for this recipe! I’ve been making this for my 3 year old son every other week.
He loves them! And I feel great knowing I’m giving him a healthy snack.
I never have linseeds on hand, so I use cumin seeds instead.
This is a great recipe that we both make together. It’s so easy to make, and it’s a great mommy-son bonding moment.
I’m sending you heaps of gratitude and a big hug!