Palak Chilla Recipe | Spinach Cheela | Palak Cheela with detailed photo and video recipe. An easy, simple, and healthy weight loss breakfast meal recipe made with spinach leaves, chickpea flour, and a blend of spices. It is basically an extension of the traditional and popular besan cheela with the toppings of spinach leaves. It can be an ideal morning breakfast meal and does not require any particular side dish, but can be a good combo meal with green chutney.
Palak Chilla Recipe | Spinach Cheela | Palak Cheela with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Morning breakfast is an important meal of the day and has to be a healthy and nutritious meal. There are many traditional super recipes that do satisfy those criteria but may be time-consuming and super long processes to prepare. But there are certain simple and instant recipes that offer all those features and the palak chilla recipe is one such super healthy recipe.
I am a big fan of instant and healthy recipes and I guess it is obvious through my website blog. Having said that, most of my instant healthy recipes are South Indian. Basically, the ratio is not balanced when compared to North Indian meals. To fix this, I am sharing a simple and healthy North Indian cheela recipe, with a twist. In other words, I have chosen the traditional healthy recipe and loaded with leafy spinach toppings. Also, in addition to the besan or chickpea flour, I have also added rava or semolina which should help to make it more thick and firm. Do try this variation and I am certain that you would like it and include it in your day-to-day breakfast or even lunch and dinner meal.
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About Palak Cheela:
It is basically an easy and simple breakfast meal recipe prepared with spinach leaves with a traditional besan chilla recipe. In other words, the besan cheela is extended to make an interesting snack Palak Cheela with palak leaves topping. It can be an ideal morning breakfast meal and can be served with any choice of spicy chutney. It can also be served for lunch boxes and lite dinners or even as a simple snack meal.
Spinach recipes have always been a popular and favorite ingredient across Indian cuisine due to its significant health benefits. Typically it is used to make curry or sabzi recipes, but can also be done for other types of recipes too. One such popular and easy recipe is Palak Cheela known for its simplicity. Spinach Chilla can be made instantly without any preparation for all the required nutrients.
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Ingredients
- 1 bunch palak / spinach
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- ½ carrot, grated
- ½ tomato, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp coriander, finely chopped
- ¼ tsp ajwain
- ½ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 cup besan / gram flour
- ½ cup rava / semolina / suji, coarse
- ½ cup curd
- 1 cup water
- pinch hing
- 1 tsp cumin
- oil, for roasting
Instructions
- firstly, in a large bowl take 1 bunch of chopped palak.
- add ½ onion, ½ carrot, ½ tomato and 2 tbsp coriander.
- also add ¼ tsp ajwain, ½ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp salt and 1 tsp ginger garlic paste.
- squeeze and mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- further add 1 cup besan, ½ cup rava and mix well.
- also add ½ cup curd, 1 cup water, pinch hing, and 1 tsp cumin.
- mix well forming a smooth batter.
- cover and rest for 10 minutes, or until the rava and besan are absorbed well.
- now heat the pan, and pour the batter.
- spread gently making sure the chilla is as thin as possible.
- further, using a spatula, scrape the batter forming the thin chilla.
- spread half tsp oil
- cover and cook on medium flame making sure the base is cooked well.
- flip over and roast both sides.
- finally, enjoy Palak Chilla Recipe with pickle and raita.
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How to make Palak Chilla with step-by-step photos:
- firstly, in a large bowl take 1 bunch of chopped palak.
- add ½ onion, ½ carrot, ½ tomato and 2 tbsp coriander.
- also add ¼ tsp ajwain, ½ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp salt and 1 tsp ginger garlic paste.
- squeeze and mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- further add 1 cup besan, ½ cup rava and mix well.
- also add ½ cup curd, 1 cup water, pinch hing, and 1 tsp cumin.
- mix well forming a smooth batter.
- cover and rest for 10 minutes, or until the rava and besan are absorbed well.
- now heat the pan, and pour the batter. spread gently making sure the chilla is as thin as possible.
- further, using a spatula, scrape the batter forming the thin chilla.
- spread half tsp oil.
- cover and cook on medium flame making sure the base is cooked well.
- flip over and roast both sides.
- finally, enjoy Palak Chilla Recipe with pickle and raita.
Notes:
- Firstly, make sure to squeeze out the palak and other vegetables to release water.
- Also, adding rava gives a nice texture to the chilla. however, you can just prepare using the besan.
- Additionally, i like my chilla to be slightly tangy, so i have added curd.
- Finally, Palak Chilla Recipe tastes great when served hot or packed in a lunch box.