Besan Plant

Besan organic is generally made by grinding Bengal Gram dal or Chana Dal into a powder and it has a nice nutty flavor. Besan is also called Gram Flour and Chick Pea Flour. Besan flour/ gram flour is one of the most multipurpose ingredients used in Indian cuisine.Besan is usually much finer ground and needs much less water than chickpea flour. White Chickpea flour is a coarse flour and usually will need more water to make same consistency batter. It also yields a dryer result on baking or other kind of use. They taste slightly different.When black chickpeas are hulled and split, we get Chana Dal. This yellow lentil is also called Bengal Gram Dal. The lentil soup made from this gram dal is also called as Chana Dal. When raw or roasted Chana Dal is ground to a flour, it is called Besan or Gram flour.