A tomato omelette or the Gram Flour Pancakes in hindi
are called Besan Cheela. It is a breakfast dish. When I need a change from
my regular parathas I opt for these omelettes, which are healthy and at the
same time very mouth-watering. It is called on omelette just because it looks
like one, but it does not contain any egg.
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| Tomato Omelette / Besan Cheela / Gram Flour Pancakes |
For making the batter you would need the base ingredient that
is the gram flour or besan, with some chopped finely chopped onions,
tomatoes, green chillied, coriander with some of our Indian spices.
I used a non stick pan so I applied oil just before pouring
the batter on the pan. If you are not using a non stick pan, then you would
need to apply oil on both the sides of the omelette so that it would come off
easily and would not stick to the pan. Also adding some oil would make the omelette
crisp.
The detailed procedure is explained in the video uploaded.
If you are making the batter to use immediately then make it
of a pouring consistency else keep it a bit thick because the onions and
tomatoes would make it a bit thin.
Ingredients: (Makes 4)
1 cup Gram Flour (chickpea flour / besan)
1 Onion (finely chopped)
1 Tomato (finely chopped)
2 Green Chillies (finely chopped)
Some Coriander leaves (finely chopped)
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Red Chilli powder
1 tbsp Garam Masala powder
3/4 cup Water
Salt
Oil for frying
Method:
In a bowl take all the ingredients except water and mix
well.
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| take all ingredients except water |
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| mix well |
Then add water in parts and form a mixture of pouring
consistency, which is a medium consistency not very thick or not very runny.
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| add water in parts |
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| mix well |
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| pouring consistency |
Heat a pan.
Put 2 tbsp of oil and pour the batter on it with the help of
a ladle.
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| heat oil |
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| pour the batter |
Spread lightly with the back of the ladle to give it a
circular shape.
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| spread lightly |
Cover and cook for a minute.
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| cover and cook for a minute |
Remove the lid, by the time the lower side would have turned
brown n crisp. Flip the omelette (can also apply some oil before flipping)
and cook the other side.
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| flip the omelette |
Both the sides should be evenly cooked and crisp.
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| both sides evenly cooked |
When both the sides turn brown and crisp top it with butter
and serve hot.
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| top with butter |
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| Tomato Omelette / Besan Cheela / Gram Flour Pancakes |
Tips:
Cook on medium to low flame.
While pouring the batter on the pan, the flame should be
low.
It is a medium spice recipe, you can adjust it according to
your taste by adding or cut down on chilies.
You can add or reduce on water as per required to attain the
required consistency. For the amount of gram flour I had taken ¾ cup was
adequate.
The omelette should be evenly cooked inside out.
Add water in parts. Gram flour easily forms lumps so mix well as there should be no lumps
Now how do I serve it? I apply butter on the whole omeletts
then spread some mint chutney on it and fold it into half. It goes well with
buttered bread with some tomato sauce and a cup of hot tea.
So foodies, go food-a-licious with this delightful breakfast
recipe of Tomato Omelette / Besan Cheela / Gram Flour Pancakes and share your
experiences with us via comments.
