Besan cheela recipe or besan ka cheela recipe – It is a quick and easy to make Indian breakfast. This is also great evening snack with a cup of tea.
There are many versions of making cheela. Today I am sharing vegetable besan cheela. It is also called bedan ka puda.
This is also known as Vegetarian omelette. Serve as a breakfast with bread toast.
Here I have used different vegetables like chopped onion, capsiucm, tomato, spinach and grated carrot. Choice is yours, you can skip any veggies that your don’t like or you don’t have in the fridge. Or you can skip all the veggies and make plain besan chilla.
Or you can add only one type of vegetable e.g. methi besan cheela, tomato besan cheela, corn cheela and so on. Even you can add cheese or paneer. I will leave you with your imaginations.
This is dear hubby’s favorite snack, but I am not much fond of it. It is not like that I hate it. I would rather go for oats cheela. Whenever I make this puda, I usually eat only one while he eats more that three. He loves it just because he grew up eating it.
As my in-law’s were here last month, I made big batch for all of us. If I am making it for two of us then I half the recipe and usually make with only one vegetable instead mixed vegetables.
Besan (Gram flour) contains a good amount of carbohydrates and protein. Also this is gluten free flour. Cheela or puda made from this flour makes quick morning breakfast.
I have added here just because my mother-in-law makes it this way. No specific reason. It gives faint sour taste to the cheela. You can skip it too.
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How to make Besan cheela recipe:
1) Take besan, carom seeds, turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala and salt in a bowl and mix well.
2) Add all the vegetables (onion, tomato, spinach, carrot, capsicum, carrot, green chili, cilantro) and Mix well, so all the flour is coated to veggies.
3) Then mix in yogurt.
4) Add little water at a time and make lump free batter. If you dump all the water at once, you will get lumps of besan. Batter should be runny , adjust the water to get right consistency of batter, Also do a taste test to check salt.
5) Heat the pan or tawa on medium heat. Once hot drizzle about 2 teaspoons of oil and let it get heat up. Once oil is hot, pour the ladleful of batter and spread it to make round shape pancake. Let the cheela gets cook on one side about 2 minutes or till gets golden brown.
6) Drizzle some oil on top and then flip it using spatula. Cook other side for 1-2 minutes.
7) Once both sides are cooked, remove it to plate and serve.
I would prefer to serve warm/hot.
Serving suggestion: Serve besan cheela or besan puda as a breakfast or snack with coriander chutney, tamarind date chutney and ketchup on side. It can be served with toasted bread and a cup of tea.
Tips on making perfect besan cheela:
- Always cook cheela on medium heat. If cooked on high heat then it gets brown or black very quickly while besan still is in raw stage from inside. This rawness will ruin the taste.
- Before adding batter on tawa, make sure tawa and oil both is nicely hot.
- Be generous while using oil. This will make crispy chillas.
Besan cheela recipe (Vegetarian omelette)
Ingredients (1 cup = 240 ml)
For besan cheela recipe:
- 1 cup Besan (gram flour)
- ¼ teaspoon Ajwain (Carom seeds)
- 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- ¼ teaspoon Garam masala
- Salt to taste
- 1 small Green chili chopped
- ¼ cup Tomato finely chopped
- 1/3 cup Onion finely chopped
- ¼ cup Spinach (Palak) finely chopped
- ¼ cup Capsicum (Green bell pepper) finely chopped
- ¼ cup Carrot grated
- 2 tablespoons Cilantro or coriander leaves finely chopped
- ¼ cup Plain yogurt
- 1 ½ cups Water
- Oil to shallow fry cheela
Instructions
Making the batter:
- Take besan, carom seeds, turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala and salt in a bowl and mix well.
- Add all the vegetables and Mix well, so all the flour is coated to veggies.
- Then mix in yogurt.
- Add little water at a time and make lump free batter.
- Batter should be runny , adjust the water to get right consistency of batter, Also do a taste test to check salt.
Making besan cheela recipe:
- Heat the pan or tawa on medium heat. Once hot drizzle about 2 teaspoons of oil and let it get heat up.
- Once oil is hot, pour the ladleful of batter and spread it to make round shape pancake.
- Let the cheela gets cook on one side about 2 minutes or till gets golden brown.
- Drizzle some oil on top and then flip it using spatula. Cook other side for 1-2 minutes.
- Once both sides are cooked, remove it to plate and serve.
- Repeat the same with rest of the batter/
Hi I love your recipe but I was wondering if u could suggest a side dish and give me the recipe for it. Thanks k you
I have already given details under Additional info >> serving suggestion
Hi I tried the recipe but the batter was sticking on to the pan….don’t know where I went wrong
Use enough amount of oil while frying. This could be an issue.
Or You are trying to flip it too early. meaning the cheela is not cook yet and you were trying to flip it. Once it is cooked from the bottom (it will take good 1-2 minutes), it will automatically starts to loosen from sides.
Hope this helps. I don’t think of any other reason.
hii kanak
nice recipe it will really a helpfull recipe for breakfast
Thank you Monika
hii
pls tell me the sabstitue of yogurt?
You can skip it
hi kanan…loved ur recepie.. will soon try it..i wanted to search the veg herald but was not able to locate it…i wd b glad if u cud send me the link.There might be many who want to search something on ur website but due to the absence of a “search column” they can’t. plz add it soon. It would be appreciable. And one more thing I have seen many searching for quick fixes. It would be fantastic if u give them a separate category.
There are search box already on the site. One on top next to the site name. Second at the end of the post.
I do not have separate category for quick fixes. Thanks for the suggestion. I will create it.
Hi Kanan, would like to know the copper karahi that the restaurants serve the meal in can u cook in it as well, because i do have one and have never used it.
Thanks for a great website of veg recipes
Regards
Chandra
That copper kadai is only for serving purpose only. Also those are too small to cook something in it.
This is a great recipe .. I make it 3-4 times a week for breakfast now .. Since we are vegetarian we dont have a lot of options .. I made tomato basil just this morning turned out great .. I tried with grated cauliflower … Grated mooli and methi they all turned out really good thanks for giving us the idea .. It is a very yummy and healthy breakfast
Glad to hear that recipe is helpful to you and you are enjoying. I like the tomato-basil combination. I must try that. Thanks.
Just tried in the weekend came out superb. My five years old loved it.
thanks,
Nice to hear that. Thanks for the feedback.
Hey Kanan great recipe. So bored of eating egg omelettes, this is a great substitute. Also wanted to mention your vagharelo rice recipe is a serious time saver and fantastic recipe. On most days I am able to quickly able to rustle it up for my daughter after her school and she loves it. Would be great if you could share more such quick and easy recipes on your blog.
True Vagharelo bhaat is also one of my go to recipe when I am in hurry. I will try to add quick fixes.
The cheela looks yummy.As I am a vegan,is it ok to add water instead of dahi?
Yes it is perfectly fine to skip yogurt.
Used to eat without Veggies we called besan na pudla but I loved the idea of adding all the veggies will definitely give it a shot.
thanks for sharing great recipes.
Thats true, we also call it puda or pudla. 🙂
love the addition of loads of vegetables in it, this is my weekend lunch . looks tempting.
Thank you Linsy.