🥞 Besan Chila (Indian chickpea flour pancakes)

⏱️ Prep: 20m  |  ⏲️ Cook: 15m

Ingredients:

• 1 cup besan (gram flour)
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp red chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• ½ cup water
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 green chilli, chopped
• 2 tbsp chopped coriander
• Oil, for frying

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, mix 1 cup besan, ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp red chilli powder and salt to taste.
2. Add ½ cup water a little at a time, whisking to a smooth batter about the thickness of double cream.
3. Finely chop 1 small onion, 1 green chilli and 2 tbsp coriander, and stir them through the batter.
4. Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat with a little oil, about 2 minutes.
5. Pour in a ladle of batter and spread it thin with the back of the ladle.
6. Cook for 2-3 minutes a side, until golden, ladling in the next one as each comes off.
7. Serve with garlic butter shrimp.