Besan Burji Recipe is a delight for all the vegans. Usually people have notion that Bhurjis are made with egg but here we have come up with a slight variation by adding besan as the main ingredient. The Bhurji is tossed with sautéed vegetables. You can add any vegetable of your choice.
Course : North Indian Breakfast
Ingridients : For Chickpea Batter
1 cup Gram flour (besan)
1 tablespoon Flax seed powder (flax meal)
2 tablespoons Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)
For Veggies
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
1 Onion , finely chopped
1 Red Bell pepper (Capsicum) , finely chopped
1 cup Button mushrooms , sliced
2 Green Chillies , finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
Salt , to taste
2 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves , finely chopped
Instructions To begin making the Besan Burji Recipe we will make the batter and keep it ready.For the batter add gram flour, flax seed powder and curd into a large mixing bowl and keep aside.Heat a flat skillet, add oil and splutter the cumin seeds and fry the onions till it is translucent, once done add in the capsicum, mushrooms, green chilies and saute till the water from the mushrooms evaporate and the vegetables are cooked.Once the vegetables are cooked add in all the spice powders, turmeric powder, cumin powder and red chilli powder. Stir well to combine. Spread the vegetables evenly in the pan, then slowly pour in the mixed batter and cover all the vegetables.Cook on low heat for about 5 minutes. The batter gets slowly cooked at the edges. Now start mixing it slowly, making sure it does not become mushy.Keep stir frying till it becomes brown and takes in the texture of bhurji, add salt and coriander leaves at this point. Serve the Besan Burji Recipe along with a Banana Almond & Prunes Smoothie Recipe as a healthy breakfast.