Chila Recipe: Quick Chila Chaat, Besan Pancake, Cheela Recipe, Mumbai Street Food

Chila originated from Rajasthan. Cheela is quick to cook and very healthy as besan is the main ingredient. Also known as Mumbai street food, consumed a lot by Bombay daily office goers

Chilas: Gram Flour Pancakes originated in Rajasthan

Type of Meal :Mostly for Breakfast or snacks

Preparation Time : 5 minutes

Cooking Time : 3 - 5 minutes

Ingredients for chila recipe

Besan (gram flour) - 1 cup

Turmeric powder (haldi) - 1 teaspoon

Cumin powder (jeera) - 1/2 teaspoon

Onion(chopped ) - 1

Green chili(chopped) - 2

Tomato( chopped ) - 1

Chopped coriander - 2 tablespoons

Coriander chutney

Aamchur powder[Dried mango powder] (optional)

Salt ( to taste )

Oil

Method for cheela recipe

Take gram flour ( besan ) in a bowl, add salt, haldi powder, jeera powder to it
Mix all the ingredients and make a thick batter using water
Heat the oil in a pan
Spread the batter to make a 2-5 mm. thick pancake
Cook on both sides till golden brown
Now spread coriander chutney on pancake and put layer by layer onion, tomato and green chili
Optional: Sprinkle aamchur powder over it.
Finely fold it to make a role.
Using the same process, make pancakes from rest of the batter.
Serve Cheela(Besan Pancake) hot with tomato sauce and chili sauce.

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