Chilla recipe

About chilla recipe:

Chilla recipe: Enjoy this Chilla recipe made with semolina, oats, and vegetables. A unique combination of mixture that tastes awesome and healthy too. Vegetables used are tomatoes, onions, carrots, and some coriander leaves spices and lemon juice. All these are mixed with plain whisked yogurt and water and allowed to soak for 15 minutes and then mixed and shallow fried both sides in a heated pan and served with hot chutney or sauce. This Chilla recipe is ideal for a breakfast and lunch menu or could be eaten as a starter menu as well.

Taste and texture:

This tastes very much like Rava dosa I must say but its texture is not crispy. It is softer and a little bit crispy. Because of adding oasts the texture changes a little bit. It tastes little sour and spicey. Along with chutney, it gets spicier which I personally like. I love the overall tastes with finely chopped veggies and it’s kind of a good family breakfast for me. I personally enjoy this a lot. This could be enjoyed with coriander chutney as well.

Ingredients used for making this chilla:

Yogurt 1 cup

Shredded carrots 1/4 cup

Finely chopped onions 1/4 cup

Finely chopped bell peppers or capsicum 1/4 cup

Salt 1 and 1/4 tablespoon or as per taste

Green chili finely chopped or as per taste

Cumin seeds powder 1 teaspoon

Corriander powder 1/2 teaspoon

Whole cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon

Semolina fine 1 cup

Oats 1/4 cup

Water 1 cup

Lemon juice on top as per taste

Some Corriander leaves

Butter or Ghee ( i.e clarified butter ) as required

Directions to make this Chilla

Into a bowl add whisked yogurt 1 cup, shredded carrots, finely chopped onions, finely chopped bell pepper, salt 1 and 1/4 teaspoon, cumin seeds powder 1 teaspoon, coriander powder 1/2 teaspoon, Some chopped cilantro/coriander leaves, whole cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon.

Then add 1 cup of semolina and 1/4 cup of oats ( I have used quick oats for this recipe ). Into this add around 1/2 cup of water and combine to mix.

Soaking time:

Cover and allow the mixture to stay like that for 15 minutes. Then uncover after 15 minutes and add a little more water around 1/2 a cup. Give it a nice mix again to make a smooth batter of medium consistency. Below are the few steps shown in the given images.

Step 1 and 2 shows: Ingredients are being mixed together into a bowl

Heat a flat based pan. Add 1 tablespoon of butter or ghee. Put some mustard seeds yellow/ black any and let these seeds to splutter. Then add around 4 scoops of batter onto the heated pan. Make sure to lower the flame and then drop the batter. Spread the batter with the spatula and cover it. Let it cook in low flame for 1/2 a minute so.

Cooking time varies on the thickness as well so make sure to check-in between. Uncover and apply some butter or ghee on top and flip it on the other side. Sprinkle some finely chopped onions, tomatoes, coriander leaves and, green chilies as per preference. Same way cover and cook for some time. Before you serve this squeeze some lemon juice on top. Below are the few steps shown in the given images.

Step 3 and 4 shows: The chilla batter is being soaked and ready to use and then shallow fried into the pan.

Serving tips:

Serve this with any hot sauce. My personal preference is tomato sauce because I like to have that sweet and sour taste mixed with some raw onions and the tomato flavor.

Watch the full video for the recipe

Total Cook time:

Types of Chilla’s / Cheela’s

There are many types of chilla’s made with different ingredients. To name a few of them like. Whole wheat chilla, Moong dhal chilla/cheela, Besan chilla, Oats and besan chilla, Vegan chilla with chickpea flour, Palak besan chilla, onion chilla, Sooji chilla, Matar paneer chilla, Moong suji chilla, Aloo paneer chilla, Beat root chilla, Cauliflower with besan chilla, Vegetable chilla, Green peas chilla and many more like these.