Mushroom Stuffed Gram Flour Chilla

Gram flour Chilla highly nutritious low calorie pancake , is a popular Indian street and fast food. Made from gram flour which is rich in carbohydrate and high proportion of protein. Chilla gives a unique crispy followed by soft texture in mouth and gives intense taste of spices. Normally Chilla is made with mix vegetables or cheese filling. I tried a different filling made with finely chopped mushrooms, another low calorie ingredient rich in vitamin B. One can imagine that how delicious these rolls would be giving a crunchy bite with soft and juicy mushrooms ,filling your mouth with a distinct aroma of spices. So lets start with recipe. Yum

Ingredients:

For Chilla batter:

Gram flour (besan)-2 cup

Red chilly powder-1/2 tsp

Garam masala-1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Carom seeds (aijwain)-1/2 tsp

For mushroom filing:

Button mushrooms ( finely chopped)- 2 cup

Onion ( finely chopped)- 1 cup

Green chilly (chopped)- 2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp

Tomato (chopped)-1 cup

Salt to taste

Red chilly powder- 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

Cumin seed – 1/2 tsp

Mustard seed powder- 1/2 tsp

Vegetable oil-4 tsp

Method:

In a bowl mix all ingredients for Chilla batter, whisk thoroughly to avoid lumps. Left it to settle for 10 minutes.

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan add cumin seeds and mustard powder, as popping starts add chopped onions and green chilly, sauté for 5 minutes.

Add ginger garlic paste, stir and add all spices and salt.Add chopped tomatoes and sauté for 5 minutes.

Now add chopped mushrooms and cook it for 5 minutes till water from mushrooms evaporates.

Heat a nonstick pan and spread 1/2 tsp of oil on it.

Pour 2 tbsp of Chilla batter and spread it gently with the help of spoon into round shape ( well now it’s your choice how large you want to make it).

Cook it from this side for 5 minutes and flip it to get both sides golden in color.

Now stuff with mushroom filling in the centre and roll it.

Let it cook for two minutes.

Remove from heat and serve with mint or garlic chutney.

Serve- 3 Cooking time – 30 minutes.