North Indian
Besan Chilla (Chickpea Flour Pancakes)
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Besan Chilla (Chickpea Flour Pancakes) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Whisk the besan with the water, turmeric, carom seeds, red chili powder, and salt into a smooth pourable batter.
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Stir in the finely chopped onion, tomato, green chilies, ginger, and cilantro.
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Heat a nonstick pan over medium and brush it with a little oil, then pour a ladle of batter and spread it into a round.
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Drizzle a few drops of oil around the edges and cook until the base is golden and set, about 3 minutes, then flip and cook the other side.
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Repeat with the rest of the batter and serve the chillas hot.
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Serve it with
A North Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Besan Chilla (Chickpea Flour Pancakes), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Besan Chilla (Chickpea Flour Pancakes) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 240 kcal
- Protein
- 11 g
- Carbs
- 30 g
- Fat
- 8 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Besan Chilla (Chickpea Flour Pancakes) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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