SAVOURY CHICKPEA FLOUR PANCAKES
These savoury chickpea flour pancakes are loaded with vegetables, filling, nutritious, gluten free, versatile and easy to make. What I like about this recipe is that unlike the traditional chila pudla recipe, I am able to add a generous amount of vegetables.
Ingredients
- 1 cup chickpea flour
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup onion finely chopped
- ½ cup carrot grated
- ½ cup cabbage |zucchini grated
- ¼ cup plain yogurt
- ½ cup spinach | kale | edible green leaves chopped
- ¼ cup spring onion |fresh coriander|fresh fenugreek chopped
- 2-4 tbsp water
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 1 tsp ginger minced
- 1 tsp green chilli minced
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp black pepper powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- some oil
Instructions
- Take a large mixing bowl. Crack the eggs. Add them to the bowl.
- Add salt, pepper, chilli, ginger, garlic, cumin seeds and turmeric powder.
- Whisk the eggs a bit.
- Add the chickpea flour and yogurt. Whisk till there are no flour lumps.
- Add the vegetables and mix. The batter may be too thick.
- Add little water at a time. Add the baking soda and baking powder.
- Mix the batter. It should not be too thick or thin.
- Heat a frying pan or skillet over medium heat.
- Brush the pan with some oil.
- Add about ¼ cup of the batter in the middle of the hot pan.
- Drizzle about a tsp of oil around the pancake.
- Cover the pan and allow the pancake to cook for 1-2 minutes. Lower the heat if the pan is too hot.
- Flip the pancake and allow it to cook on the other side for 1-2 minutes or until it is done. Poke the middle of the pancake with a toothpick, it should come out clean if the pancake is done.
- Repeat the above steps with the remaining batter.
- Serve hot savoury chickpea flour pancakes with some pickle or some salad.
Notes
- Add some grated cheese in the batter if you want to.
- Replace cabbage with zucchini, pumpkin, bottle gourd, etc.
- Some greens that you can add are spinach, spring onion, kale, fresh fenugreek, beet greens, pumpkin leaves, etc.
- Make the pancakes small and thick or spread out the batter to make thinner ones.