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kuttu Aloo Cheela
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Kuttu Aloo Cheela

Gluten Free Buckwheat and potato pancake for Navaratri Fasting
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch box Recipe
Cuisine: North Indian Cuisine
Keyword: Buckwheat, Kuttu, kuttu ka cheela, kuttu recipe, Navratri fasting recipes, vrat ka cheela, vrat ka khana
Servings: 6 Cheela
Calories: 127kcal
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Kuttu aata/ Buckwheat flour
  • 1 cup Potatoes / Aloo grated
  • to taste Sendha Namak /Rock Salt
  • 3/4 tsp Pepper Powder / Kali Mirch
  • 3/4 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
  • 1 tbsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch optional
  • pinch Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 4 tsp Ghee/ Oil to roast
  • 4 tbsp fresh coriander optional
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds /til

Instructions

  • Peel and grate potato and keep dipped in water to avoid oxidation
    1 cup Potatoes / Aloo
  • Take a big bowl and add kuttu/ buckwheat and add water to make a medium thick batter.(You may need 3/4 to 1 cup water depending on the quality of your kuttu aata)
    1 cup Kuttu aata/ Buckwheat flour
  • Now whisk it well for 2 minutes.
  • Add all the spices , sesame seeds, green chili, coriander and the grated potato in the batter.(check notes )
    to taste Sendha Namak /Rock Salt, 3/4 tsp Pepper Powder / Kali Mirch, 3/4 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera, 1 tbsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch, pinch Asafoetida / Hing powder, 1 tsp sesame seeds /til, 4 tbsp fresh coriander
  • Cover and rest it for a minute .
  • Now check the consistency of the batter , it should be thinner then the besan pudla batter.
  • If the batter will be thick then the cheela will be thicker too.
  • Now heat a nonstick or cast iron tawa and grease with few drops of oil or ghee.
  • Now add a ladle full of batter on the medium hot tawa and spread as thin as you can.
  • Cook on medium heat till it dries up from the top.
  • Spread some ghee or oil on top and flip gently.
    4 tsp Ghee/ Oil
  • Cook on medium to low heat so it get cooked properly.
  • It takes little extra time to cook as compared to the besan chilla so cook properly else it may remain raw from inside.
  • Remove from the tawa when done from both the sides.
  • Serve hot kuttu chilla with vrat ki green chutney and aam papad chutney.

Notes

Notes-
  1. If you want to avoid using potato then you can use grated- sweet potato, lauki/ bottle gourd, cucumber, yellow pumpkin or boiled grated raw banana.
  2. can also make plain without using any vegetable.
  3. addition of green chili and coriander is optional.

Nutrition

Serving: 50g | Calories: 127kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 273mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 23IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg