Besan Chilla! Why don't you just chill?

WARNING - This is about an experiment that was only partially successful. Attempt it at your own risk! :-P But if you are an amateur like me, you can always read it to learn from my mistakes. If you are an expert, please do leave me some suggestions for improvement.

As I woke up this morning, the sudden thought of making something that I have never tried before struck me. The first thing that came to my mind was - BESAN CHILLA. Apparently, a simple dish to make but does anyone ever think as to how the difficulty rating of recipes should be decided for novices like me (who almost always get stumped on the quantity of ingredients to be taken)! For beginners, all recipes other than Maggi and Omelette should be rated starting from Difficult to Are you friggin' out of your mind!

Coming back to cooking, everything went on smoothly as I sieved the besan, added water to it and mixed it well. Worked with the veggies and the spices and mixed everything well. But soon crisis struck. I realized my batter was too thin. I quickly managed to salvage my dear Chillas by adding some more besan and the batter was soon good enough (pakoda batter consistency) and I left the batter covered for sometime.

Finally, I got to my favorite part, cooking the chillas. The stage was set and the tawa was hot, calling me to quickly put the batter onto it. With full enthusiasm, I poured two spoons of the batter on the hot tawa. But the moment I tried to spread the batter, I saw myself facing my moment of truth ;-(. The batter just stuck to the bottom of the tawa and refused to budge! Flinching at the disaster, I tried to save the first Chilla of my life but to no avail. It was soon a tiny mountain of crushed remains of what could have been an awesome Chilla. After another failed attempt, I made a rescue call and my little brother who is doing Hotel Management came to my rescue. Finally, we were able to save the Chillas. Although they were a bit out of shape, they tasted pretty good and I got appreciated for that.

Sure I am not very far from the day when I shall be churning perfect Chillas.

OUR GREATEST GLORY IS NOT IN NEVER FAILING, BUT IN RISING UP EVERY TIME WE FAIL.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Credit: I got the recipe for Besan Chilla/Cheela from here.

PS: In all the hustle today, I completely forgot about taking pictures. I will remember that next time onward and shall eagerly await valuable comments/feedback/ suggestions.