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Besan Cheela Recipe | Besan Chilla Recipe for weight loss | Indian Pancake Recipe
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Besan Cheela Recipe | Besan Chilla Recipe for weight loss | Indian Pancake Recipe

Vegetable Besan Cheela Recipe or Besan Chilla Recipe for weight loss is one of the quick, simple, delicious, and healthy Indian savory pancake recipes. It’s pretty easy to make as you just need to mix all ingredients and prepare the cheela.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 109kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Gram Flour (Besan)
  • 2 tbsp Onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbsp Tomato (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbsp Capsicum (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Coriander (finely chopped)
  • 1 tsp Green Chilli (finely chopped)
  • 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • ½ tsp Carom Seeds (Ajwain)
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • ¼ tsp Red Chilli Powder
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida (Hing)
  • 1 cup Water (adjust as required)
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • ½ cup Oil

Instructions

  • Firstly, take a big bowl and add besan, carom seeds, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt, and asafoetida and mix well.
  • Additionally, add 1 cup of water and mix well and make sure the besan batter is lump-free.
  • Further, add finely chopped onion, tomato, green chilli, ginger-garlic paste, capsicum, and coriander leaves and mix all the ingredients well.
  • If it is required then add some more water. Gram Flour Batter for Cheela should be runny, adjust the water to get the right consistency.
  • After that, heat a nonstick pan/tawa and grease with little oil.
  • Once the tava is hot enough then pour the besan veggie batter and spread it to make the round shape of cheela or Indian Pancake.
  • Let the cheela gets cook on one side or till gets golden brown then drizzle some oil on top and then flip it using a spatula.
  • Further, cook for another few minutes on medium flame or till gets golden brown.
  • Once both sides are cooked properly, remove them to the plate.
  • Finally, hot and crispy masala besan cheela or savory pancake is ready to serve.
  • Serve this besan chilla or vegetarian omelette with coriander chutney, sweet tamarind chutney, or tomato ketchup.

Notes

You can add more vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, carrot, beans, etc as per your choice and taste.