Oats Chilla

Oats Chilla  

Now a days things have changed. Earlier family members used to ask snacks like tikki, cutlets, spicy chhola bhatura etc. now they ask Mamma have you heard of healthy ingredients. They ask do you know Mamma what are oats, do you know you should be using more of chia seeds, you should use more fibrous content, more sprouts etc.

Yeah Mamma knows this, but making family eat that healthy stuff, Mamma only has to work hard.

This is one of normal basic recipe of Chilla, where I replaced besan with another healthy ingredient like oats, which are favored by everyone in the family now a days. So i tried this Oats ka Chilla and found they loved it to be fit, energetic and active. Hope your family also love it.

Preparation Time : 10 Min

Cooking Time : 10 Min

Resting Time : 30 Min

Ingredients :

• Cooking oats 1 cup
• Rava 1/2 cup
• Potato grated 1 medium size (I used raw)
• Onion chopped 1 medium size
• Green chilly 2 chopped
• Coriander chopped 1 tablespoon
• Salt according to taste
• Red chilly according to taste
• Oil for cooking
• Water as required 

Procedure :  

• Finish all cutting and chopping
• In a bowl add oats, rava, grated potato, onions, green chilly, coriander, salt and chilly powder.

• Mix all ingredients and add some water to form a free flowing mixture as shown in picture

• Keep this mixture aside for half an hour so that all the ingredients are mixed properly
• Now take tava apply little oil to it. Take one big spoon of mixture and spread it on tava like chilla, as shown in picture

• Cook this for 2 minutes now turn it and apply few drops of oil. Cook it from both sides till it is cooked properly

• Chilla is ready enjoy it with green chutney and butter milk 

Stuffed Moong Dal Chilla

Stuffed Moong Dal Chilla  

In winters eating moong dal chilla used to be a delicacy during good old days. Today kids like more junk food, more cheese, more corns, bell peppers etc. Same is the scenario at my home. Conventional dishes are no more attractive to this generation.

So I prepared dal chilla with the stuffing of all her favourite veggies like bell pepper, corns, paneer etc. whatever they like. This makes this Stuffed Moong Dal Chilla healthy, nutritious and tasty.

Preparation Time : 15 Min

Resting Time : 2 to 3 hours

Cooking Time : 10 to 15 min

Ingredients :

• 1 Cup soaked moong dal (for 2 to 3 hours)
• 2 Tablespoon rice flour
• 2 to 3 Green chillies 
• 1 Teaspoon chopped ginger
• 2 Tablespoon grated paneer
• 2 Tablespoon blanched sweet corns
• 2 Tablespoon chopped bell pepper
• 1 Teaspoon pizza seasoning
• Salt according to taste
• Oil for cooking

Procedure :  

• Take 1 cup moong dal, wash it and soak it in enough water for 2 to 3 hours

• In a grinder, take soaked moong dal along with chopped green chilies, ginger and salt and grind it into smooth paste. Transfer this in a bowl and keep aside

• In this mixture add rice flour and mix it well. Make sure that the batter is in a free flowing form if required add little water to this

• Take another bowl and prepare stuffing. In a bowl add grated paneer, corns, bell pepper, chopped green chillies, salt and pizza seasoning and mix it well

• Take a non sticky pan sprinkle few drops of oil and spread one tablespoon of moong dal batter on it, as shown in picture

• Now add a tablespoon of stuffing to this and spread it

• Spread some more batter on it as shown in picture to cover the stuffing

• Cook it on medium flame, when it is done from one side, turn it, apply few drops of oil and cook it till it is cooked from both the sides nicely

• Serve it hot with the choice of chutney or sauce 

Tip :

• You can change stuffing according to your taste 
• Rice flour is optional I added as it makes chill more crispy