Besan (gram flour)
बेसन
Flours
Batters for pakora, binder for chilla, thickener for kadhi.
What to know
Lumps in besan batter will not whisk out later — add liquid a little at a time from the start.
- Storing it
- Airtight; has a shorter shelf life than wheat flour.
Measures
- 1 cup ≈ 100 g
- 1 tbsp ≈ 8 g
Cups here are the Indian 200 ml cup, not the 240 ml US cup — a common reason a recipe does not work. Weigh where you can; the grams are the figure we cook to.