Overview

This recipe is a super quick, high protein healthy breakfast that can be prepared in a jiffy. A highly nutritious lunch box recipe which can be prepared in those early mornings. This recipe is a modified version of besan toast where the kids love its flavor and cheese, the adults love its nutrition and all the moms love its unique folding method.

Besan (gram flour) sandwich can be made in many ways as besan toast, stuffed besan sandwich, besan pudla, besan french sandwich. Today I am sharing a unique recipe of besan (gram flour) sandwich. This sandwich is prepared from besan, bread mixed with many vegetables of your choice topped with Indian spices.

I think all mothers are going to love this. This is very simple easy lunch box recipe. Do try it and let me know your comments! Also please share a name for this unique breakfast/lunch box recipe.

Tips

1. This recipe requires besan (gram flour) to make the batter. Fine besan should be used in batter.

2. Rest the besan batter for 20 minutes as besan requires some time to fluff in the batter.

3. Besan (gram flour) batter should be of flowing consistency. The batter should not be thick so that the pancake (Cheela) is made thin on pan.

4. You can also add cumin seeds (jeera), grounded flaxseeds in the batter to improve its health benefits. Also vegetables can be added according to your taste and season.

5. Pan (tava) should be used in which two breads can easily fit simultaneouly side by side.

6. Besan (gram flour) pancake should completely cover the whole pan (tave).

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Ingredients

• Gram Flour (besan) - 2 cups
• Onion(chopped) - 1 small sized
• Carrot(grated) - 1 medium sized
• Coriander(cilantro) - 1 small bunch, chopped
• Water - for making batter
• Bread - for making sandwich
• Oil
• Cheese
• Tomatoes - for spreading on sandwich

Instructions

Toasting of bread

• Take a pan in which two breads can fit in it spreading side by side.

• Toast two breads on pan applying some butter or oil on it.

• Toast another two breads on pan applying some butter or oil on it.

• In total four breads have to be toasted. Alternatively, breads can be toasted lightly in bread toaster too.

Preparation of Besan (Gram Flour) Batter

• In a bowl, add besan (gram flour). Further, add onions, carrot, coriander (cilantro) to besan. Mix Well.

• Add water to reach to a flowing consistency batter. Add water little by little to besan.

• Add salt and red chilli powder to batter. Let the batter rest for 20 minutes before pancake (chilla) is made.

Preparation of Sandwich

• Add oil to pan and grease it with a tissue.

• Once pan(tava) is medium hot, reduce flame to lowest. Add one ladle full batter to pan and gently spread to make chilla /pancake.

• Cook both sides of besan pancake (chilla) till golden brown.

• Next add cheese on first part of chilla and then place one bread on cheese.

• Now add cheese on second part of chilla.

• Place second bread on chilla.

• Once cheese between bread and pancake (chilla) is melted and bread is stick to chilla, flip the pancake (chilla).

• Add tomato ketchup on other side of pancake (chilla).

• Add cheese on tomato ketchup according to your taste. Cheese can be grated or cheese slices, according to the taste, can be used.

• Add tomato or any other vegetable of your choice and place it on cheese. Here, I am using cheery tomatoes as it adds color and nutrition to oour recipe.

• Sprinkle mixed herb seasoning and salt according to taste.

• Fold the besan pancake (chilla) on both the sides of bread.

• Add two breads on top of the besan chilla stuffing.

• Cut the besan sandwich with the help of a spatula or knife.

• Serve High Protein Besan Sandwich hot along with tomato ketchup as any meal of the day. It keeps you fuller for longer hours.