Besan Cheela

Name: Besan Cheela
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup besan / gram flour; 1/4 tsp turmeric / haldi; 1/4 tsp caraway seeds / ajwain; to taste salt; 1/2 cup water, or as required; 1/2 onion, finely chopped; 2 tbsp coriander leaves, finely chopped; 1/2 tomato, finely chopped; 1 inch ginger, finely chopped; 1 green chilli, finely chopped; 5 tsp oil, for roasting

Nikki Malhotra @cook_25046129

#WPM
Basic Indian dish

Nikki Malhotra @cook_25046129

#WPM
Basic Indian dish

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Ingredients

20 mins

4 servings

1 cupbesan / gram flour
1/4 tspturmeric / haldi
1/4 tspcaraway seeds / ajwain
to tastesalt
1/2 cupwater, or as required
1/2onion, finely chopped
2 tbspcoriander leaves, finely chopped
1/2tomato, finely chopped
1 inchginger, finely chopped
1green chilli, finely chopped
5 tspoil, for roasting

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Steps

20 mins

1

In a large mixing bowl take 1 cup besan.
2

Add in 1/4 tsp turmeric, ¼ tsp ajwain and salt to taste.
3

Add 1/2 cup water or little more.
4

Mix with the help of whisk to form a smooth batter.
5

Now rest the batter for 30 minutes or more so that besan absorbs water and turn light.
6

Add in 1/2 onion, 1/2 tomato, 2 tbsp coriander leaves, 1 inch ginger and 1 green chilli.
7

Mix well with the help of ladle and get to a flowing consistency batter.
8

Pour a ladleful of batter onto a hot tawa and spread gently.
9

Pour a tsp of oil over cheela.
10

Cook on medium flame.
11

Now flip the chilla and cook both sides.
12

Serve the cheela with green chutney.