Healthy Vegetable Oats Chilla
Easy, healthy, Indian-style oats chilla — a fibre-rich breakfast pancake made with oats flour and vegetables.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Grind the rolled oats in a mixer to a fine powder — this becomes oats flour.
- In a bowl, combine oats flour and gram flour (besan). Mix well.
- Add chopped onion, grated carrot, chopped capsicum, coriander leaves, turmeric, red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder and salt. Stir to mix.
- Gradually add water and whisk to make a smooth batter of pouring consistency (like pancake batter). Ensure no lumps remain.
- Heat a non-stick pan or tawa on medium flame. Lightly grease with a little oil (or skip for no-oil version).
- Pour a ladleful of batter onto the pan and gently spread into a circular shape using back of the ladle.
- Cook on low-medium flame until edges start to lift and the top surface appears mostly cooked (about 1-2 min).
- Drizzle a little oil around the edges (optional). Flip the chilla and cook the other side until golden brown spots appear (another 1-2 min).
- Repeat with remaining batter. Serve hot with green chutney, yogurt or tomato ketchup.
Notes
You can add finely chopped spinach or grated zucchini for extra fibre. For a gluten-free version, skip besan and add a little extra oats flour. Batter can rest 5-10 min before cooking if you want smoother texture.
Abhinav is the Founder of Diet Dekho, helping people manage weight and lifestyle health through simple, practical nutrition and personalized diet plans.