Besan Chilla or cheela is a healthy and nutritious breakfast dish of India, very easy to make and keeps you satisfied for long.
What is Besan Chilla?
Besan Chilla or Cheela is savoury gram flour crepe. Basically, it is an omelette for vegans and vegetarians. I love making besan chilla for our breakfast, as it is very easy to make and can be ready in under 15 minutes.
You can serve besan chilla as it is or as a wrap with your favorite stuffing. Sometimes I add paneer bhurji, mushroom filling or simple tomato onions topping. You can also use any leftover dry sabzi like aloo gobi, aloo baingan or Patta gobi matar.
Basic Ingredients for Besan Chilla:
- First, Besan-Besan/ gram flour or chickpea flour.
- Spices-Garam masala, carom seeds, red chilli, and salt.
- Toppings-Tomato, Onion, Green chilli and Coriander leaves
- Chaat Masala-Adds a nice flavor to the chilla.
“Besan Chilla is basically an omelette for Vegans and Vegetarians”
How to make Besan Chilla?
Besan Chilla is one of the easiest breakfast ever. First of all, make the gram flour batter by mixing gram flour, spices, and water. Add water slowly and make a smooth and lump-free batter.
Now all you need to do is heat up a tawa/skillet and make chilla/crepes (Printable Recipe card is shown below in detail). Top with chopped tomatoes, onions or fill with your favorite stuffing. Sprinkle some chaat masala (optional) and flip to cook from other side.
Once the chilla is cooked from both sides, transfer it into a plate and serve right away.
Serving Suggestions:
Serve the chilla with mint chutney and tea.
Looking for more such breakfast recipes to get some ideas for your snacking? Do not miss my Irish Soda Bread, Bread Upma, and the best one, the Breakfast Oatmeal.
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Besan Chilla Recipe | Besan ka Cheela
Equipment
- Tawa/Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 cup gram flour/besan
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 tomato chopped
- 2 green chillies chopped
- few coriander leaves chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon carom seeds/ajwain
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon chaat masala
- 3/4 cup water
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl add gram flour, salt, red chilli, garam masala and carom seeds.
- Mix well and add water little by little to make a smooth batter.
- Heat a skillet or tawa and brush it with oil.
- Pour a ladle full of batter and spread it evenly in circular motion.
- Sprinkle onions, tomatoes, green chillies and coriander on it.
- Finally, sprinkle some chaat masala and let it cook from one side.
- Flip and cook from other side. Make remaining chillas same way.
- To serve flip the chilla from tawa directly on the plate.
- Serve right away with coriander mint chutney.
Video
Notes
- Make sure not to add too much or too less water in the batter. It should be smooth without lumps and free-flowing. I have used the same measuring cup for both flour and water.
- For best results make the batter when you are ready to eat.
- Adjust the spices as per your taste .
- The consistency of batter depends on the quality of the flour.
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Sapana Behl
Besan chila/cheela as we call it looks tempting with tomato, onion and coriander garnish. This is my gomti recipe when I don’t want to eat regular kinda meal.
Love this
Besan chila/cheela as we call it looks tempting with tomato, onion and coriander garnish. This is my go to recipe when I don’t want to eat regular kinda meal.
Love this
Besan chilla has always been my favourite and usually love to have it stuffed with paneer masala. Looking so bright, wanna grab from the screen.
Besan chilla is my goto breakfast on days i ran out of ideas. Quick and easy protein rich breakfast that keeps us full for long time!! Love the garnish on top, looks like a gourmet dish!!
Besan Chilla. You solved my tomorrow morning breakfast problem! This is one great way to keep hunger away.
Besan chilla was breakfast today :). I love this simple and delicious Indian breakfast. Loved your bright photographs.
Loving the clicks dear! Such a simple dish but you have elevated it to a gourmet level with those beautiful shots! Awesome share!
Besan Chilla looks delicious with all the toppings. I agree that it is is one of the easiest breakfast to make. I love coconut chutney with it.
Besan chila or puda or pudla as we call them grace our table often. In fact whenever I want to prepare something quick and health I make besan chilla. We enjoy it with simple salad. Beautiful clicks Sapana.
My favorite breakfast! perfect with a cup of chai 🙂 Looks really yummy, loved your video too.
Love the colour of the cheela and so thin. they look beautiful. I am so happy you posted a video as a lot of people will like to know how you spread the batter so thin.
This low carb and delicious besan ka chilla are one of the best Indian breakfast one can have. Lovely share.
Love the color of the vegan omlet here using besan. This chilla is quite common breakkie at my place and love the toppings you have used here
One of my fav and go to breakfast recipes. Loving the clicks…