Besan jo Chilro (Vegetarian Omelette)

As this is always suggested by the most of dieticians that breakfast is the more important meal, Sindhi community offer  range of healthy have a food heritage to  cuisines for breakfast staring from Dal Pakwan, Dal Mung,  Sauoon, Tarial  Patata (traditional sindhi food) to Chilo (Basen Jo) Bread (modern sindhi breakfast).

    "Besan jo Chilro" (Vegetarian Omelette)

Besan jo Chilro is a strong traditional Sindhi cuisine. Sindhi community always shown tendency of being attached to their cultural and social roots hence food habits of Sindhis even though are changed with time but still reflects an attachment to traditional food habits and cooking style. This is several years after the British rule over the India that Sindhi community started replacing Bread Omelette with this Sindhi snack Besan jo Chilro or rather more specifically after the partition and under the influence of South Indian delicious dish Dosa, it entered into eating habits of Sindhi community. This also can be said that Besan jo Chilro  is vegetarian substitute of bread Omelette.

Preparation Time - 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 200 gm Besan [Gram flour]
• 1-2 medium sized Onion [Finely Chopped]
• 1-2 Green Chillies [Chopped into small pieces]
• 1-2 chopped Coriander leaves
• 1-2 chopped tomato
• 1-2 chopped capsicum
• Salt to taste
• 1-2 tablespoon oil for frying
• Water

 How to prepare "Besan jo Chilro"

•          Mix the flour with water to get a flowing solution.
•          Add chopped tomatoes, capsicum, onion, green chillies and coriander leaves.
•          Stir to get indigenous solution.
•          Add salt to taste and mix solution properly.
•          Put few drops of oil on hot frying plate [tava] and spread some part of solution in round shape.
•          Turn the side when become yellowish and keep on frying till golden brown color.
•          Serve hot with slice of bread.
•          In the recent times tomato sauce or green chatani are also served with this dish.

Enjoy :)

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