Masala Pumpkin Chilla / Crepes

Kumkum Chatterjee
Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

#Nov #W1
Pumpkin is very nutritious and loaded with fiber,several vitamins and essential minerals required to stay healthy. Adding this vegetable in our diet in any form helps to keep us healthy.
Masala Pumpkin Chilla ( Crepes or Pancakes) is a healthy breakfast recipe where grated pumpkin is added to a thick batter of besan and semolina ( sooji) alongwith curd and spices and crispy fried to make these tasty and nutrient rich chillas.Serve them hot with a stuffing of potato masala and coconut chutney or with mixed pickle and tomato ketchup in breakfast with a cup of hot tea or coffee.

Masala Pumpkin Chilla / Crepes

#Nov #W1
Pumpkin is very nutritious and loaded with fiber,several vitamins and essential minerals required to stay healthy. Adding this vegetable in our diet in any form helps to keep us healthy.
Masala Pumpkin Chilla ( Crepes or Pancakes) is a healthy breakfast recipe where grated pumpkin is added to a thick batter of besan and semolina ( sooji) alongwith curd and spices and crispy fried to make these tasty and nutrient rich chillas.Serve them hot with a stuffing of potato masala and coconut chutney or with mixed pickle and tomato ketchup in breakfast with a cup of hot tea or coffee.

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Ingredients

30 minutes
3 servings
  1. For Chilla :
  2. 1 cupbesan (gram flour)
  3. 1/2 cupsemolina (sooji)
  4. 1/2 cup(not so sour) curd
  5. 1 cuppumpkin grated
  6. 1onion chopped finely
  7. 1 tspginger paste
  8. 1/4 tsphing (asafoetida)
  9. 1/4 tspturmeric powder
  10. 1/4 tspred chilli powder
  11. 1/2 tspchaat masala
  12. 3-4green and red chillies chopped finely
  13. As requiredTo taste salt
  14. 1 tspEno Fruit Salt
  15. 2 tsplemon juice
  16. 1 tbspcoriander chopped
  17. leavesFew fried curry
  18. For Potato Masala :
  19. 3potatoes boiled
  20. 1onion chopped
  21. 1 tspginger grated
  22. 3-4green chillies chopped finely
  23. 2 tbsproasted peanuts
  24. 1/4 tspred chilli powder
  25. 1/4 tspturmeric powder
  26. as requiredTo taste salt
  27. As neededoil for drizzling
  28. For tempering:
  29. 1 tspchana (Bengal Gram) dal
  30. 1/4 tspcumin and mustard seeds
  31. 1/4 tspasafoetida
  32. 7-8curry leaves
  33. 2 tbspoil
  34. For Coconut Chutney:
  35. 1/2 cupcoconut scraped
  36. 1 tbsproasted peanuts
  37. 1 tbsplemon juice
  38. For tempering:
  39. 1 tspchana dal
  40. 1/4 tspmustard seeds
  41. 5-6curry leaves
  42. 1dry red chilli
  43. 1.5 tspoil

Cooking Instructions

30 minutes
  1. 1

    Add besan, semolina,curd, green chillies, onion,ginger paste in a bowl.Sprinkle cumin seeds,chaat masala, salt to taste and as needed water to make a thick batter.Cover and rest it for at least half hour.Meanwhile grate pumpkin and sqeeze out excess water.

  2. 2

    After half hour, mix the grated pumpkin in the batter.Add chopped coriander and few fried or roasted curry leaves.Whisk to combine well.Add Eno and whisk once.Heat a non-stick pan.Brush oil and pour a ladleful of batter in it.Spread it lightly with the back of the ladle.Fry in low to medium flame till one side golden brown and crispy.

  3. 3

    Flip and fry drizzling few drops oil.Turn around and spread 2 tbsp of potato masala and roll it.Serve hot with coconut chutney, tomato ketchup or mixed pickle.

  4. 4

    For potato masala :
    Coarsely crush the boiled potatoes.Heat oil in a wok.Fry peanuts and set aside.In the remaining oil sprinkle mustard seeds and chana dal.Fry till it splutters. Add grated ginger and chopped onion and fry till translucent.Add fried curry leaves and the potatoes. Add turmeric and red chilli powder and chopped green chillies Sprinkle salt to taste and toss.Add 1/4 th cup water and cook till the masalas are well combined with the potatoes.

  5. 5

    For coconut chutney:
    Coarsely grind coconut and green and red chillies with roasted peanuts and 1 tbsp roasted sesame seeds. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok.Sprinkle mustard seeds and chana dal.When they splutter, add curry leaves and fry.Add pinch of hing and toss.Add the coconut paste, salt to taste and 1/4 th cup water.Boil till thick.Sprinkle lemon juice and serve.

  6. 6

    Serve crispy hot delicious and nutritious pumpkin chilla alongwith potato masala, coconut chutney in breakfast with a cup of tea or coffee.

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