North Indian
Besan Toast (Chickpea Batter Toast)
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Besan Toast (Chickpea Batter Toast) 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, red chili powder, carom seeds, and salt into a thick spreadable batter.
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Stir in the finely chopped onion, tomato, green chilies, and cilantro.
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Spread a generous layer of the batter over each bread slice.
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Heat a little oil on a griddle over medium and place the slices batter side down, then cook until golden and crisp.
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Flip, drizzle a little oil, and toast the other side until golden, then cut and serve 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 Toast (Chickpea Batter Toast), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Besan Toast (Chickpea Batter Toast) carries gluten. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) |
| 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
- 360 kcal
- Protein
- 13 g
- Carbs
- 51 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 530 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Besan Toast (Chickpea Batter Toast) 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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