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Sooji Cheela

Ingredients

  • 1 bowl Sooji / Rava
  • 3-4 tbsp curd dahi
  • 2 green chilli finely chopped
  • 2 medium size tomato
  • 2 medium size onion
  • oil
  • ½ tsp Coriander powder Dhaniya powder
  • ½ tsp red chilli powder
  • salt

Instructions

Making Batter

  • First of all sieve the sooji with the help of a sieve (chalni).
  • In a big a bowl add suji and add 3-4 tbsp curd to it.
  • Mix it well with the help of a spoon.
  • Now add little water to make a batter. And mix it well.
  • Add water little by little and make a consistency that should not be runny or like the pakoras.
  • Add green chillies to it.
  • Now add tomatoes to it.
  • Add chopped onion to it.
  • And mix them well. Add water if required.
  • Add ½ tsp dhaniya powder, ½ tsp red chilli powder, and 1 tsp salt or as per your taste.
  • And mix them well.
  • Leave the batter aside for 10-15 minutes.

Making Cheela

  • Heat the tawa or nonstick pan on the gas stove
  • spread little cooking oil on the tawa.
  • Put some batter on the tawa. And spread it with a spoon. Make sure the gas is on the low flame.
  • Put little cooking oil on top of the cheela
  • Flip it once and cook it from another side also.
  • Flip it two-three times until it becomes golden brown from all sides. In between press it with the spatula to cook it evenly from all sides.
  • Once the tawa is heated to the right temperature. You can make cheela on low-medium flame also.
  • Make all the cheela in the same way.
  • Serve it with tomato ketchup, imli chutney, and mint coriander chutney.

Notes

You can add turmeric powder (haldi powder) to it for giving yellow colour to this.