Pudla - savoury gluten free crepes
Pudla are savory gluten free Gujarati style crepes and best for breakfast or lunch dish. It's simple and quick for breakfast which can be equally filling for dinner if you stuff them with some kind of filling.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Chickpea Flour
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/4 cup yogurt vegans -skip the yogurt or sub vegan yogurt
- ¾ cup water
- 2-3 cloves garlic grated
- 1.5 teaspoons ginger grated
- 1 long green chili finely chopped you can add more if you take up heat..
- Pinch Baking soda
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp cilantro leaves finely chopped
- 1/4 cup onion finely chopped
- handful of Spinach finely chopped
- Oil - for pan frying
- Additional toppings- Green onions, tomatoes, onions, green bell peppers, finely chopped etc for toppings
Instructions
- Take flour to a mixing bowl and add the garlic, ginger, green chilies, turmeric, salt. Gradually, add yogurt mixing it well into the flour mixture. And, then add water as much as desired to form batter. The batter is usually not thick, bit thinner.
- Finally, add the chopped spinach, onion and cilantro. I prefer to leave the batter for about 10 minutes. Its not necessary though.
- Just as you are ready to make the crepes, add the baking soda. And, mix it well.
- Ready to make pudla, place a griddle or pan on medium heat, drizzle a little bit of oil and then take spoonful of batter and pour it in the pan. Immediately sprinkle the vegetables of your choice if you didn't add them already in the batter. I usually add finely chopped tomatoes, onions, green bell pepper, spring onions, greens, zucchini etc.
- Let it cook on one side. When you see bubbles, flip it and cook it on the other side, drizzle some oil and cook well on both sides.
- Remove from the griddle once cooked. Serve hot with green cilantro/mint chutney, yogurt and filling of your choice to make it for dinner.