Tortilla chickpea flour Chila 

This one is my childhood favorites from back home. My mother used to make us with leftover flatbread for our school lunch or for breakfast. One day I had left over flatbread from party, I did not want to throw it, thinking what to do, just dawned on me to make the Chila what my mother used to make. Since then this is a hit in my family whenever my sons visit with their families, this what they ask for, leftover always packed to take along .

Prep time- 10 minutes

Ingredients-

2 cup Besan (chickpea flour) you can get from Indian grocery store
2 large onions finely chopped
1 tsp carom seeds (ajwain seeds)
1 tsp crushed coriander seeds
1 tsp dry mango powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 bunch finely chopped green coriander
Oil for frying
1/2 cup water
1 pack whole wheat tortilla, has 8 in the pack

Serves- 4

Put all the ingredients in a bowl, mix everything with a spoon. As onions will release some water, if you feel the mix is too thin add more besan. Consistency should be like pancake mix, not too thick not too thin. Mix it well and keep on the side. Now heat cast iron pan sprinkle some oil when it is hot place one tortilla when it is little hot spred the besan mixture on it and with spoon spread oil on the sides and on the middle, flip the tortilla with spatula pat it and let it cook for 2 minutes, with spatula try to look at the bottom it should be brown and nicely cooked if you can not flip the whole thing put some oil on sides it will loosen so it can be easily flipped. Put it on a plate to enjoy it is so good you can not eat just one. Keep making the remaining till you are done with the mixture. With this mixture you should be able to make 8
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2 thoughts on “Tortilla chickpea flour Chila 

  1. Interesting idea! Never seen anything like this before, although I’ve certainly made plenty of things with besan. Will definitely bear this in mind! 🙂

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