Who doesn’t want to have a rich nutritious and tasty dish for your breakfast or for snack? Here is one such recipe “Besan cheela.” For sure, every one will love to have this tasty hot served dish. You can even pack this Cheela for lunch in your kid’s lunch box along with sweet chutney or fruit jam.

Ingredients for Besan Cheela :

1 cup besan/gram flour

1 small onion, finely chopped

¼ cup finely chopped tomatoes

¼ cup chopped coriander leaves/dhania patta

Finely chopped green chilies

½ inch ginger, finely chopped or ½ teaspoon finely chopped ginger

½ tsp carom seeds/ajwain or cumin seeds/jeera

2 pinches of turmeric powder

¼ tsp red chili powder

½ to ⅔ cup water/ add as required

salt as per taste

oil as required

How to make Besan Cheela :

Take 1 cup besan in a mixing bowl.

Add all the ingredients except water and oil.

Now  add ½ cup water.

With a wired whisk begin to mix everything. Depending on the quality and texture of besan, add water.

Mix until you get smooth flowing consistency of the batter.

Heat a tawa or a non stick pan on a low flame.

Let the pan become medium hot. Then take a ladle full of the batter and pour on the pan.

Spread lightly and gently so that the cheela does not break.

On a low flame cook the cheela till the top begins to look cooked.

Then drizzle ½ to 1 tsp oil on the cheela at the edges and all around.

Continue to cook till the base gets light golden.

Flip and now cook the other side.

Cook this side till you see golden spots on the chilla.

Fold and serve hot or warm.

Serve besan cheela  with any chutney of your choice.

- Mayuka