Besan roti, a delicious gluten-free flatbread made with chickpea flour, is loaded with protein and fiber. It needs needs just two essential ingredients and is so easy to make. Serve it as a healthy snack or for dinner. It's a wonderful, gluten-free substitute for a roti made with wheat flour and it is low-carb-friendly as well!
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Besan roti, a delicious gluten-free flatbread made with chickpea flour, is loaded with protein and fiber. It needs needs just two essential ingredients and is so easy to make. Serve it as a healthy snack or for dinner. It's a wonderful, gluten-free substitute for a roti made with wheat flour and it is low-carb-friendly as well!

Expert tips
The besan roti dough should be firm but also soft and pliable, not stiff. If it appears too dry and crumbles, add a tiny bit of water and knead it further. If it appears too wet, add more besan, a little at a time, until a smooth dough forms.

Flour the surface liberally with chickpea flour or rice flour when you roll out the chickpea roti.

Oil your hands when your shape the individual pieces of the besan dough into balls.

Move the besan roti often as you roll it out, to ensure it doesn't stick. But be gentle. Remember, this is not a wheat roti and there's no gluten holding it together.

Try and roll out the roti as thin as you can, but if you make it a bit thick the first few times that's okay. You will...