Panelle (or chickpea flour pancakes) are one of the most popular dishes of Sicilian cuisine, or rather, of Palermo.
Sicilian panelle
Here's how to prepare the fritters (i.e. fritters of chickpea flour) one of the most popular dishes in the kitchen Sicilian, or rather, of Palermo.
Very easy to make, they require the use of very few ingredients chickpea flour e seed oil for frying. If you like, you can add a little pepper.
Ingredients
- 200 grams of chickpea flour
- 1/2 liter of water
- sunflower oil for frying
- parsley or fennel seeds
- Salt and Pepper To Taste
- Preparation Time:
15 minutes - Cooking time:
20 - Rest time:
- Dose:
- difficulty:
low
Sicilian panelle: preparation
In a saucepan, melt it cold 200 grams of chickpea flour in half a liter of salted water, making sure that no lumps form. Add a little pepper and put on the heat over very low heat, stirring constantly.
Keep on the stove for about 15 minutes, or until the dough starts to come off the sides of the pot.
At this point, quickly pour the chickpea mixture onto a smooth and wet surface (such as a marble or wooden table) and flatten it with a knife to make it as thin as possible.
Let the pasta cool for a few minutes, then cut it into rectangles; once this is done, heat in a large pan seed oil and fry the panelle until they are slightly golden.
You can eat them like this or put them inside a soft sandwich. In any case, the result will be excellent!
Alternatively, to make them lighter you can try cook the panelle in the oven.
Verdiana Amorosi
www.lacucinadiverdiana.com
For other recipes with chickpea flour:
- Chickpea porridge: the recipe to prepare it at home
- Fared
To know how to use chickpea flour in an alternative way or how to make it yourself:
- Chickpea Flour: 10 Uses and Recipes for DIY Beauty Treatments
- Chickpea flour: properties, uses and how to make it yourself
