Thursday, April 22, 2010

Chickpea Crepes with Tofu Crumble/ Besan Chila

A chila is a North-Indian crepe made out of chickpea flour. You can have your chila with chutney or roll it around a stuffing like Tofu Crumble. Very simple to prepare, you can serve it for breakfast or for snacks.
Besan Chila/Chickpea Crepes
Ingredients-
1 cup chickpea flour/besan
3/4 cup water
3/4 tsp red chilli powder
salt to taste

Stuffing

1 cube grated cheese

Preparation-
  • Mix the chickpea flour with chilli powder and salt.
  • Slowly add the water, smoothen the lumps, till you get a pouring consistency.
  • Grate cheese over the tofu crumble and mix well. Keep aside.

  • Heat non- stick girdle and pour the batter, move the girdle in a circular motion, till the batter forms a circle and return to the fire.
  • After one side is cooked, flip it and cook the other side.
  • Flip over and place the stuffing in the center

  • Fold over both sides to the centre or fold one side like a Taco.
  • Serve hot.
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This recipe is a winner at the MasterChef India 2 Blogging Contest.

17 comments:

  1. Mmmmm....that looks very healthy & delicious. Wraps are always popular in my family.

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  2. Shirley, the fillings look so yummilicious! Yet have never heard of that chickpea flour before. Maybe I should check out our local Indian store. Btw, this wholesome healthy meal simply delicious! Enjoy your day!
    Regards, Kristy
    p/s Thank you very much for your concerned! I'm feeling much better now.

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  3. These crepes sound delicious and SO healthy with that extra boost of protein from the chickpeas. What a great dish!

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  4. wonderful crepes!i have chickpea flour ,so,i'll have and your crepes!

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  5. This is a great recipe, and by omitting the salt we can add this to our Eat to Live dietary guidelines lifestyle.

    Bon Appetite!
    CCR
    =:~)

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  6. Oh Shirley! Wow, can't wait to try this.

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  7. This looks so tasty and so easy to make! Shirley...you are so clever and always have such creative ideas cooking up!

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  8. That sounds so healthy and delicious! I love chickpeas and am up for any recipes with chickpeas. Yum!

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  9. awesome job of healthy goodness your family is so lucky to be fed so healthy and delicious

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  10. I'm loving these savory chickpea crepes, yum!

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  11. Now that you've "taught" me how to make the sweet potato crepes, I'll have to try the Chickpea crepes with the tofu crumble. BTW: You can let Kristy of My Little Space know that Garbanzo Bean flour is the same as the chickpea flour and is available from Bob's Red Mill.

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  12. This is a very healthy breakfast! I can't go into your blog when I click on your name in my my comment column. But I've done it before and there was no problem, just wondering.

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  13. Beautiful dish Shirley. We don't have chickpea flour though unless I grind them.

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  14. Shirley I am LOVING the chickpea crepes. I actually have a gigantic bag of chickpea flour in my pantry, I think I will give this recipe a whirl this week. I love that you make everything so healthy and delicious for your family, good eating habits are one of the most important things in life. Thanks for sharing!

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  15. Healthy and nutritious. I think I will use paneer instead of tofu. Hope it will go well. Thanks Shirley!

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  16. You did a beautiful job with this dish. Thanks for sharing it on My Meatless Mondays.

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