Besan chilla with vegetables

Name: Besan chilla with vegetables
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: North Indian
Ingredients: 100 g Besan (gram flour); 60 g Onion; 60 g Tomato; 40 g Spinach; 8 g Mustard oil; 100 g Curd, plain (to serve)

A fifteen-minute savoury breakfast that is not mostly refined carbohydrate. Around 14 g of protein a serving.

Vegetarian
High protein
PCOS
Diabetes-friendly
Quick
Budget

Per serving

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Protein

0.0g

Time

15min

Cost

₹35

Makes 2 servings. Cost is an estimate for the whole dish.

An ingredient changed recently and these figures are being recomputed.

Ingredients

Besan (gram flour)100 g
Onion60 g
Tomato60 g
Spinach40 g
Mustard oil8 g
Curd, plain — to serve100 g

Method

Whisk the besan with water to a thin pouring batter, about the consistency of dosa batter.
Stir in the chopped onion, tomato and spinach, plus salt, turmeric and green chilli.
Rest the batter five minutes while the pan heats.
Grease a non-stick tawa lightly, pour a ladle of batter and spread it thin.
Cook two minutes a side until it lifts cleanly. Serve with curd.

Per serving

Computed from the ingredient list against our food database. Values shift with variety, brand and how much water cooked off.