Moong dal Cheela | Moong dal Chilla | Moong Dal Cheela with Palak
Chilla or Cheela is a nutrition packed crepes (indian pancake) made with Moong dal, spinach and spices. It's quick and easy to make and perfect for breakfast and lunch boxes
Servings: 15 Cheela
Calories: 100kcal
Equipment
- Dosa Pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup Moong dal 1 cup = 250 ml
- 1 cup Palak (Spinach) cleaned, finally chopped
- ¼ cup Coriander Leaves cleaned, finally chopped
- 1 nos Onion finally chopped
- 1 teaspoon Salt adjust to your taste
- ½ teaspoon Red Chili Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Ginger Paste
- ½ cup Curd (Plain Yogurt)
- ½ nos Lemon
- ¼ cup Cooking Oil for cooking Cheela
Instructions
Preparation
- Soak moong dal in water for 3-4 hours.
- Wash and finely chop the spinach and corinader leaves and set it aside. Also finely chop the onion and keep it ready
Preparing the Cheela batter
- After 3-4 hours, drain the dal and take it to mixer jar and grind it to a smooth batter
- To the batter, add salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, green chilli+ginger paste, curd, chopped onion, spinach and chopped coriander leaves and mix everything well
- Add water to adjust the consistency. Finally add the lemon juice and stir well. Our Cheela batter Ready!
Start making Cheela
- Heat a tawa. The tawa should be medium hot when you pour the batter other wise the batter will gets stick on the tawa. So when the tawa is medium hot, pour a ladle of batter on the tawa and spread nicely to make a thin crepe
- Add a teaspoon of oil around the crepe and allow it to cook till light brown spots form on the bottom. Flip the cheela and cook on the other side and once done, remove the Cheela from the tawa.
- Repeat the same for the rest of the batter
- The delicious Palak Moongdal Cheela ready to serve!
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Notes
- You can skip the yogurt if you are a Vegan. Instead you can add more water
- Cheela Batter can be stored in fridge for 3-4 days
Nutrition
Serving: 1cheela | Calories: 100kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 3g | Sodium: 290mg | Potassium: 265mg