So,
how did i come up with this twist.. Everytime my mom makes chilla (besan ka or
moong dal ka), dad makes us a chilla toast by dipping bread in the batter and
shallow frying it on hot tawa.. I tried to the same thing with instant uthappam
batter.. It turned out pretty well.. And yeah, it became a hit in my home.. Filling and lip smaking...
This is made with besan chilla batter..
Ingredients:
6-8 bread roundels
1 cup thick curd
3/4 cup semolina
4tbsp onion chopped
4tbsp tomato chopped without pulp
4tbsp capsicum chopped
Salt
Pepper
Red chilli flakes
Chilli garlic sauce / tomato sauce
Butter
3 cube cheese grated
Method: Mix semolina, curd and salt. Leave aside for
10minutes till semolina absorbs the curd.. Keep 1tbsp each of onion, tomato and
capsicum aside and add the rest in the curd mixture along with pepper, red
chilli flakes and 2 cubes grated cheese.. Mix well.. If you find it very thick
can add in a tablespoon of water and not more.. Now take bread roundels and
apply butter on one side and chilli garlic sauce on the other.. Top it with
1tbsp of the mixture on the side where you applied chilli garlic sauce....
Level it.. Now heat a tawa and grease it with butter.. Place the bread with
mixture side down.. Cook on low flame for a minute.. Flip it and now top with
more cheese and bit of reserved veggies.. Cover and cook on low flame till
cheese melts and the bread is crisp from below.. Serve hot..
Note - you can add any herbs and also toppings of your
choice..
Incase you want to serve it to large number of guests,
what you can do is, cook only the mixture side on tawa, then top it with cheese
and more veggies and bake all at once in the oven at 180c till the bottom of
bread is crisp and also the cheese melts..
I made the same toasts with a batter of chickpea flour
(besan) and also moongdal batter.. Here you can dip the bread in batter and
roast .. It turned out awesome each time..
