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    Home » Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner Recipes » Chilro | Sindhi Besan Ja Chilra

    Chilro | Sindhi Besan Ja Chilra

    Published: Sep 4, 2018 · Modified: Nov 1, 2020 by Srivalli · 12 Comments

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    Chilro is a popular breakfast dish from Sindhi Cuisine, made with Besan or Chickpea flour mixed with spices and vegetables to make a pancake.

    Chilro is also called as Besan Ja Chilra or Besan Chila. As with many recipes, each household have their own version. Some add grated carrots or cabbage and can be eaten anytime of the day. When it served for breakfast, it is served with toast, chutney and Ketchup, more like a sandwich.

    This is really quick to make and you get a feeling that you are enjoying oil free pakoras. I adapted from here and made it for my dinner.

    What you want to add into the batter is completely your choice and I simply added what I had on hand. I have another version of Besan Cheela, which is also a quick dish to make.

    In the A to Z Flatbread and More, I am doing A to Z Dosa Varieties and for C it is Chilro from Sindhi Cuisine. If you are interested to know what's C in the AtoZ Indian Flatbread, check out my other space!

    Chilro

    A to Z Dosa Varieties

    A for Alle Belle
    B for Bele Dose

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    Besan Ja Chilra

    Chilro | Sindhi Besan Ja Chilra

    Ingredients Needed:

    1/2 cup Besan / Gram flour
    1/4 cup Onion chopped
    1/4 cup Carrot, grated
    1/4 cup Cabbage shredded
    3 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped
    1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeera
    1 tsp Anardana (Dry pomegranate seeds) (optional)
    2 Green Chillies finely chopped
    1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder
    Cooking Oil for making the dosas
    Water to make the batter
    Salt to taste

    How to make Chilro

    Take all the ingredients in a bowl, slowly add water to mix to a slightly thin batter.
    Heat a tawa and grease with oil.
    Pour a ladleful of batter and cook on low flame.
    When it is cooked, flipped to the other side and cook for a couple of minutes.
    Serve with a side dish.

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    Chilro | Sindhi Besan Ja Chilra

    Chilro is a popular breakfast dish from Sindhi Cuisine, made with Besan or Chickpea flour mixed with spices and vegetables to make a pancake.
    Course Breakfast, Dinner
    Cuisine Sindhi
    By Cook Method Stovetop
    Occasion Evening Snack
    By Diet Diabetic
    Dish Type Dosa Varieties
    Author Srivalli

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup Besan / Gram flour
    • 1/4 cup Onion chopped
    • 1/4 cup Carrot grated
    • 1/4 cup Cabbage shredded
    • 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves chopped
    • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeera
    • 1 tsp Anardana Dry pomegranate seeds, optional
    • 2 Green Chillies finely chopped
    • 1/4 tsp Red Chilli powder
    • Cooking Oil for making the dosas
    • Water to make the batter
    • Salt to taste

    Instructions

    • Take all the ingredients in a bowl, slowly add water to mix to a slightly thin batter.
    • Heat a tawa and grease with oil.
    • Pour a ladleful of batter and cook on low flame.
    • When it is cooked, flipped to the other side and cook for a couple of minutes.
    • Serve with a side dish.
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    Comments

    1. Sowmya:) says

      September 04, 2018 at 11:21 am

      Such a healthy and quick snack....I love chillas and this one looks totally yum!!!

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    2. Ritu Tangri says

      September 04, 2018 at 12:01 pm

      Besan chilla is regular at my home. Addition of all these veggies make it quite healthy and tasty

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    3. vaishalisabnani says

      September 04, 2018 at 12:28 pm

      The Sindhi Besan jo Chilro normally has onion , green chillies , coriander and tomato , but new versions are coming up to make them more healthy . A regular feature in our homes we even make a curry with these . A great pick for the alphabet .

      Reply
    4. gayathriraani says

      September 04, 2018 at 1:30 pm

      My mom used to make a similar version of chila and used to call it veg omelette. It is an amazing snack to have on a rainy day, just like you said - guilt free pakoras.

      Reply
    5. Priya Suresh says

      September 04, 2018 at 11:18 pm

      I love besan chilla with loads of vegetable, sounds almost like veg omelette na. Quick an easy and nutritious dish. Lovely pick again.

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    6. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      September 05, 2018 at 1:43 am

      How interesting to see similar dishes with similar ingredients from different part of the world. I made something similar from France called socca, except it is baked and is called a flatbread. I should make more of this for weekend brunch.

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    7. harini says

      September 05, 2018 at 7:09 am

      Besan ka chila in a new avatar. I am game for any dosa variety Valli.

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    8. Padmajha Sureshbabu says

      September 06, 2018 at 3:02 pm

      Love this one Sirvalli. Interesting version og chila. I now want to try each and every recipe in this marathon and as I always say, we need to do a couple of BM's just to clear our bookmarks

      Reply
    9. mayurisjikoni says

      September 06, 2018 at 6:46 pm

      Its a popular Gujarati snack too. Our family loves it and overtime try to add different vegetables. Amazing how popular chilas are all over India, each with its own name.

      Reply
    10. code2cook says

      September 10, 2018 at 6:07 pm

      besan chila is always a comfort food for us. easy to cook without fancy ingredients.

      Reply
    11. Renu Agrawal Dongre says

      September 10, 2018 at 10:03 pm

      Love Besan chilas, and my go to breakfast many a times. The chilro looks perfectly done, and good step by step instructions

      Reply
    12. Simply Tadka says

      September 12, 2018 at 4:22 pm

      We made besan ka chilla twice a week.. but it looks more flavorful and spicy version. must be try.

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