Warm, richly spiced, and built for a satisfying meal, Pudla Recipe | Pudala Besan Chilla | Savory Pancake is a vegetarian gujarat breakfast made with besan / gram flour, turmeric, and chilli powder in about 30 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8 Servings
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: gujarat
Ingredients
- 1½ cup besan / gram flour
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- pinch hing
- ½ tsp ajwain
- ½ tsp salt
- water (for batter)
- ½ onion (finely chopped)
- ½ capsicum (finely chopped)
- ½ tomato (finely chopped)
- ½ cup paneer (grated)
- 2 tbsp sesame
- 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)
- ½ tsp ginger paste
- oil (for roasting)
Method
- Firstly, in a bowl take 1½ cup besan, ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, pinch hing, ½ tsp ajwain and ½ tsp salt.
- Mix well making sure all the spices are well combined.
- Add 1 cup water and mix using a whisk.
- Prepare a smooth batter and mix continuously for 5 minutes.
- Now add ½ onion, ½ capsicum, ½ tomato, ½ cup paneer, 2 tbsp sesame, 2 tbsp coriander and ½ tsp ginger paste.
- Mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- Rest for 10 minutes, or until the besan are absorbed well.
- Now heat the pan, and pour the batter. spread gently making sure the chilla is as thin as possible.
- Spread half tsp oil.
- Cook on medium flame making sure the base is cooked well.
- Flip over and roast both sides.
- Finally, enjoy Besan Pudla Recipe with chutney and raita.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
