Palak Moong Sprout Cheela
Palak Moong Sprout Cheela- a very healthy and filling savory pancake
Servings: 6 cheela
Ingredients
- 1 cup Gram flour / Besan
- 1 cup Bean sprouts/moong sprouts
- 1 cup Spinach /palak
- 3 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch
- 1 inch Ginger / Adrak
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- pinch Asafoetida / Hing powder
- 1.5 tsp White sesame seeds /til optional
- 1 tbsp Flax seed /alsi powder optional
- 1 tsp Chili flakes /Kuti hui laal mirch
- pinch Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- to taste Salt / Namak
- pinch of Soda bi carbonate
Instructions
- Wash spinach and discard the hard stems and then chop finely.
- Wash the sprouts well so there will be no smell in the sprouts.
- In the mixer jar add the sprouts, chopped green chilies, chopped ginger and grind to a paste.
- Take out the paste in a bowl and then add finely chopped spinach and besan/ gram flour in the batter and mix well.
- Instead of adding chopped spinach in the batter you can grind spinach along with the sprouts.
- Add water if needed to make a smooth batter of pouring consistency.
- Instead of besan you can use moong daal flour if available.
- Now add all the spices in the batter and mix.
- Cover and rest for 5 minutes.
- Heat a non stick or cast iron tawa and rub with few drop of oil.
- At this stage add 1/4 tsp of soda in the batter and mix well.
- Pour a ladle full of batter on the hot griddle and quickly spread over the hot tawa as thin as possible.
- let it cook on medium heat and brush some ghee or oil around the edges and on top off the cheela.
- Let it cook till the top dries up and it start leaving its edges.
- Now flip the sides and cook the other side till golden and crisp.
- Remove from the griddle and serve hot with ketchup, chutney, curd or any tangy dip of your choice.