Besan Chilla Recipe | Savoury Gram Flour Pancakes with Sunflower Oil

Besan chilla is the ten-minute answer to 'what's for breakfast' — crisp at the edges, soft in the centre, endlessly adaptable.

Ingredients: 1 cup gram flour (besan); ½ cup water; 1 small onion and 1 tomato, finely chopped; 1 green chilli; coriander; ½ tsp turmeric; a pinch of ajwain; salt; cold-pressed sunflower oil for the pan.

1. Whisk the besan with water, salt, turmeric and ajwain into a smooth, pourable batter.

2. Stir in the onion, tomato, chilli and coriander.

3. Heat a tawa on medium and brush lightly with sunflower oil.

4. Pour a ladleful, spread thin, and drizzle a few drops of oil around the edges.

5. Cook until golden on both sides. Serve hot with chutney.