Recipe: Tasty Chickpea flour savoury pancake

Chickpea flour savoury pancake. The classic Indian pancake made with chickpea flour is a popular breakfast in North India. These chillas in the simplest form are easy and perfect for breakfast, a snack, or a side flatbread. For a veggie omelet version, add less water for a thicker batter and add leavening such as baking powder.

This is my Mom's chilla/ cheela recipe. It is also known as pudla. The classic Indian pancake made with besan (which is split chickpea flour) or chick. You can cook Chickpea flour savoury pancake using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chickpea flour savoury pancake

1. Prepare 250 gms of Chickpea flour.
2. Prepare of Mixed vegetables of choice (I used grated broccoli & carrots).
3. It's 1 of medium onion finely chopped.
4. It's 1 of green chilli.
5. Prepare 1 pinch of hing/asafoetida.
6. You need 1 of tblspn cumin seeds.
7. You need of Fresh coriander finely chopped.
8. Prepare 1 pinch of turmeric powder.
9. Prepare of Salt as required.
10. You need of Water.
11. Prepare 3/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
12. It's 3/4 teaspoon of lemon juice.

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Chickpea flour savoury pancake step by step

1. Take a mixing bowl, add all the ingredients except baking soda and lemon juice. Make a nice batter without lumps. The consistency of the batter is similar to dosa batter or slightly thinner than your regular pancake batter..
2. Finally, add baking soda and lemon juice on top to see the soda foam up a little bit and mix really well..
3. Slightly grease pan with butter or ghee and Make them like thick pancakes or thinner likes dosas. Adding lesser water initially and trying out one pancake is a good idea to understand consistency and results..
4. While we had it with pickle you could simply eat it with yoghurt or ketchup even 😬.

If you've never cooked or baked with chickpea flour before, I would definitely recommend it. It isn't the most commonly used flour, even in gluten-free baking, but I love how versatile it is and the fact that it can be used in sweet and savoury recipes alike. Heat a cast iron skillet on medium high with a splash of oil. OR if oil free - leave oil out and use a non-stick pan. With a pleasingly aromatic smell, these pancakes immediately ask to be paired with pickles and chutneys, or a yogurt or cream dip.