Chila

Cooks in: 20 Minutes Serves: 2 People

Chila is a Rajasthani breakfast dish generally made with gram flour/besan. Onion and spices are added and the batter is cooked like a dosa. I included jowar flour along with besan and mixed cucumber and amaranth leaves which make this simple dish a wholesome healthy food!

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Cup Jowar flour
  • 1/2 Cup Gram Flour/besan
  • 1/2 Cup Grated Cucumber
  • 1/4 Cup Chopped Amaranth leaves/araikeerai ( Can use any leafy vegetable)
  • 2 Chopped Green Chillies
  • 1/2 Tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1/2 Tsp Pepper powder
  • 1/2 Tsp Salt
  • 8 Chopped Curry Leaves
  • 1/8 Tsp Asafoetida

Directions:

  1. Mix all the ingredients well.
  2. Make a thick batter of pouring consistency with water.
  3. Heat a pan on medium heat, pour a ladle full of batter and spread. Cook with oil. Once done, flip and cook the other side.
  4. Serve healthy chilas with tomato ketchup or curd.

10 Comments

    1. Hi Anitha,
      Yes, you can use bajra and ragi flours also. Thanks so much for your visit.

  1. I made this chila and it turned out superb. All your recipes are awesome

  2. Mam I have a small doubt. Is Jowar flour and corn flour are same. I searched in Google but I didn’t get the answer. That’s why I asked u mam. TIA

    1. Hi Nithi,
      Corn flour and jowar flour are different. Jowar is known as Sorghum in English. You can easily get this flour in Amazon.

  3. I tried this and it’s very very tasty and yummy ????. Very happy that I am able to provide healthy wholesome food for my family. Thanks a lot VV ji!!!

    1. Hi Vidhya,
      You are so fast in trying this recipe! Glad to know that you loved the healthy version of chila. Thanks for sharing your experience.