Besan Chilla

Besan Chilla or Besan Cheela is a easy to make pancake made with gram flour (besan) adding spice powders, green chilly, ginger, onion, tomato and can be served for breakfast or as a evening snack with coconut chutney or tomato sauce.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Besan Chilla.

Ingredients:-

Gram flour (besan). -1 cup
Green chillies.          - 2
Ginger.                      - a very small piece
Red chilly powder.    -1tsp
Turmeric powder.      -1/4tsp
Cumin powder.          -1/4tsp
Onion.                        -1
Tomato.                      -1
Water.                         - as required
Salt.                            - to taste

Instructions:-

1). Wash and chop green chillies into very thin round pieces and keep aside.

2). Wash and chop tomatoes into very small pieces and keep aside.

3). Peel, wash and finely chop onion and keep aside.

4). Peel the skin and grate a small ginger piece (about 1/4 tsp) and keep aside.

Method:-

1). In a mixing bowl add gram flour, thinly chopped green chillies, grated ginger, finely chopped onion, cumin powder, chopped tomato pieces, red chilly powder, turmeric powder and required salt and mix well. Add required water little by little into the mixing bowl and mix with all the ingredients together and make a thick batter of pouring consistency without any lumps.

2). Heat a dosa tawa on medium heat and grease with little oil. Take a ladle full of batter.

3). Pour the batter on hot tawa and spread it gently with the back of the ladle and make a round pancake.

4). Pour little oil on the sides and around the pancake.

5). Roast the pancake on medium flame.

6). When the base of the pancake is roasted well flip it to cook the other side.

7). When both sides of the pancake are roasted well and dark brown spots appear on the pancake, transfer the well roasted pancake to a serving bowl using a flat spatula.

A very tasty and healthy Besan Chilla / Besan Cheela is ready to serve hot as a breakfast dish with chutney or tomato sauce.