SALTED GRAM FLOUR PANCAKE (BESAN CHEELA)

SALTED GRAM FLOUR PANCAKE (BESAN CHEELA)
Friday, May 11, 2007

My husband calls this dish ‘Jhatpat(quick) Breakfast’. This recipe is so easy and simple to prepare that we can make it within 10 min. That’s why it is one of my favorite breakfasts. Easy to cook and good to taste. My son has already hit his terrible 2 and keeps me busy whenever he is awake, especially in the morning it is very difficult for me to cook for myself. So, whenever I get late for breakfast, I make this cheela or pancake in "JHATPAT"(quickly) and eat it with chutney & hot ginger tea. My mother makes this pancake in traditional way. She mixes chopped onion, chili, salt, turmeric, and mustard oil, but I prefer to mix some more items to make it more tasty and healthy like chopped spinach, tomato etc. So, here is my favorite besan cheela/pancake:

Cooking time: 10 min

Serves 2 - 3

INGREDIENTS:

Gram flour (besan)-1 cup
Olive oil 1-2 spoon
Salt to taste
Onion seeds ( kalaunji, mangraila) -½ teaspoon
Turmeric-½ teaspoon
Chopped green chili – 1 teaspoon (or according to taste)
Green peas -2 spoon
Chopped onion - 2 spoon
Chopped coriander leaves - 1 spoon
Baking powder- ½ teaspoon
Water – ½ cup

METHOD:

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and make a smooth batter for pancake. The batter should be homogenous so that there are no lumps in it.
Now heat a flat pan and grease it with oil or Pam spray. Now pour some batter on the pan and spread it in a round shape with a diameter of 6 inches.
Reduce the heat and cook it for 2-3 min or until one side gets cooked. Then turn the other side and cook it for 4-5 min on medium heat or until its color turns to brown.
Salted pancake is ready to serve. Serve it with any kind of dip ,dhaniya chutney and hot ginger tea.

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Labels: Breakfast and Brunch, Snacks, Traditional Indian, Vegetarian

posted by Rashmi @ 9:49 PM,

2 Comments:

At May 27, 2007 7:03 AM, monica said...: This is a FABULOUS recipe. I tried it yesterday, and it was so good I made it again today, this time pairing it with some fresh cilantro-mint chutney. The chutney and cheela are a beautiful combination (and one I might enjoy again tomorrow). Today I sauteed the onion before adding it to the mix, and also added sweetcorn and a little more water for a thinner pancake. Thank you so much for this recipe. It's my new favorite weekend lunch!
At May 17, 2008 6:57 AM, clabrazil said...: Hello Rashmi,

I am Brazilian, living with a vergetarian German and we both adore indian food. I came accross Gram Flour in an Indian supermarket in Frankfurt, where we live, and bought it even without knowing what to make out of it. So I am happy to find such an easy recipe with it. Thanks a lot. I will try it tomorrow. It looks fabulous, like all your recipes do.

Cheers,
Clarisse