Chilla is Crispy, light delicious and favourite breakfast meal for geriatric age groups as it can be fit in all diet plans. It is diabetic-friendly too which can be made by using different ingredients like veggies, spices, pulses, or legumes. Today, we are discussing about a variety of chilla which is equally nutritious and delicious.
Ingredients
- Green gram sprouts – 2 cups
- Chopped fenugreek leaves – 1/2 cup
- Chopped coriander leaves – 1/2 cup
- Bengal gram flour – 4 teaspoons
- Ginger – 1 small piece
- Ajwain – 1/4 teaspoon
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Seasame seed – 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt – as per taste
- Ghee/oil – 1 teaspoon
Method of preparation
- Soak 2 cups of green moong dal (Can also take yellow moong daal or a combination of both) in enough water for 3 hours.
- Wash and chop fenugreek, coriander leaves, and Ginger separately and keep them aside.
- After 3 hours, drain water from dal and keep it for sprouting.
- In a mixer jar, add sprouted moong dal followed by ginger and blend it to a smooth paste.
- Transfer the paste into a bowl and add chopped fenugreek and coriander leaves followed by ajwain, sesame seeds, turmeric, and salt.
- Add enough Bengal gram flour to make a soft dough. Knead it very well.
- Take small balls of the dough and roll them like paratha with the help of your hands. ( can take some flour on your hands for making it nonsticky)
- Roast them on both sides with the help of some oil on a hot Tava or nonstick.
- So Here is delicious & healthy chilla which is ready to enjoy!!!
Serving Suggestions
- These chillas can be taken with tomato chutney or coriander leaves chutney to enhance the taste.
About ingredients:
Moong is described as Mudga in Ayurveda.
- Mudga is astringent and sweet, pungent after digestion, unctuous, cold in potency, light and alleviates Kapha and pitta dosa.
- Considered to be a satvik legume, it provides nourishment to tissues
- Astringent taste, cooling nature, and high fiber content helps in proper digestion.
As per modern science:
- Moong beans are one of the best sources of plant-based protein.
- It is packed with antioxidants like phenolic acids, flavonoids, caffeic acid.
- It is high in fiber content and low in glycemic index so it is suitable for people with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Moong beans are having carbohydrates which makes it easily digestible, causing less flatulence as compared to other legumes.
- It helps in increasing immunity and lowering total cholesterol.
- A one-cup serving of cooked moong dal has less than 1 gram of total fat, over 14 grams of protein and 15.4 grams of dietary fiber, and 212 calories.
About fenugreek leaves
As per Ayurveda :
- Fenugreek leaves have a pungent taste. It pacifies Vata and Kapha doshas and imbalances high Pitta.
- It is good in eye disorders
As per modern science
- Fenugreek leaves have a variety of nutrients like vitamin K, Vitamin C, calcium, B complex vitamins like folate, riboflavin, and pyridoxine.
- It also contain many powerful antioxidants like betacarotene it helps to build the body’s immune system to fight against common illness.
- It contain vitamin K which prevents loss of bone density and prevents the onset of osteoporosis and calcium which makes bone strong.
- It contains folate which is important for the Rapid growth and multiplication of RBCs and WBC’s in bone marrow.
- 1 cup of fenugreek leaves gives only 13 calories and 36.4% of RDA (recommended daily allowance) for vitamin C and 13.65% of RDA for vitamin A.
About coriander leaves
As per Ayurveda :
- Astringent and bitter, light to digest, converts into sweet taste after digestion, hot in potency, and balances all the three dosas
As per modern science
- Coriander leaves are full of vitamin K, which plays an important role to helps blood clot.
- Vitamin K also helps bones repair themselves and helps to prevent problems like osteoporosis.
- Coriander is full of antioxidants, which are important for fighting free radicals in the body and decreasing signs of aging.
- It acts as a diuretic, which can help flush extra sodium from the system and reduce blood pressure.
- 1 cup of coriander leaves having 0.09gms of protein, 0.02gms of total lipid, 0.92k calories.
About Ajwain
According to Ayurveda:
- It is potent AMANASHAK, which means it reduces toxin formation in the digestive canal restricting indigestion and malabsorption.
- Helps to pacifying vata and kapha
- Helps pacify Vata and Kapha.
- It helps stimulate appetite and enhance digestion.
- It has potent carminative and antiflatulent action.
Ayurvedic Tip:
- Fenugreek leaves for mouth ulcer: Boil a cup of fenugreek leaves with two cups of water strain and use the water to gargle two or three times a day.