Healthy Lauki Chilla or Bottle Gourd Pancake

Name: Healthy Lauki Chilla or Bottle Gourd Pancake
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3/4 cup besan or chickpea flour; 3 tbsp suji or semolina; 2 tbsp curd; 1/2 cup grated lauki or bottle gourd; 1/4 cup carrot grated; 1 tbsp finely chopped beans; 1 onion chopped finely; 1/2 tomato chopped finely; 1 tsp ginger garlic paste; 1/2 tsp ginger grated; 1 tbsp coriander chopped finely; 3 green chillies chopped finely; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp roasted cumin powder; 1/4 tsp garam masala; To taste salt; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp carom seeds; 1/4 tsp mustard and cumin seeds; 1 pinch hing; As needed water to make batter; As needed oil to cook

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Chilla is an Indian version of pancake and is highly nutritious. It is a very versatile recipe where any available vegetable may be added to the basic chickpea flour batter to make a healthy breakfast for your kids and family.Here lauki or bottlegourd is grated,sqeezed and used in chilla.The sqeezed out water from lauki is used with little water to form a smooth batter.The tanginess of curd,warmth of green chillies alongwith grated carrots, beans,onion, semolina and other masalas make this nutritious recipe all the more healthy and a hearty flavourful meal.Serve it in breakfast or evening snacks with curd,tomato sauce or mint chutney or mixed pickle.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3 servings

3/4 cupbesan or chickpea flour
3 tbspsuji or semolina
2 tbspcurd
1/2 cupgrated lauki or bottle gourd
1/4 cup carrot grated
1 tbspfinely chopped beans
1onion chopped finely
1/2tomato chopped finely
1 tspginger garlic paste
1/2 tspginger grated
1 tbspcoriander chopped finely
3green chillies chopped finely
1/2 tspturmeric
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1/4 tsp roasted cumin powder
1/4 tsp garam masala
To taste salt
1/2 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspcarom seeds
1/4 tsp mustard and cumin seeds
1 pinchhing
As neededwater to make batter
As neededoil to cook

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Mix chickpea flour with suji or semolina,curd,salt,baking powder,carom seeds and other masalas.Add water to make a thick batter.Add all chopped and grated ingredients and mix well.Add squeezed out water from lauki to the batter.Adjust water now to make a vegetarian omelette like consistency. Cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
2

Heat 1/2 tsp oil in a tadka pan and sprinkle mustard,cumin and when it splutters,add it to the batter alongwith hing.Heat a non-stick tawa or frying pan smearing 1 tsp oil. Pour a ladleful of batter and spread it.Fry on low heat till underside is well browned and crispy.Flip and cook the other side.
3

Serve hot, healthy lauki carrot chickpea flour chilla with curd, chilli garlic tomato sauce,mint chutney or mixed pickle in breakfast or evening snacks.