Chillar Wich!!!!! HAHHHHHAHHHHA!!!!

Picture this:  Saturday morning....my son's class just got rescheduled, my daughter is still recouping, so she did not have to go to class so did not have to get ready!!  Feels luxurious to have sooooo much free time on hand!  Or...you will typically see me getting everyone ready, their bags ready,whipping up waffles or pancakes or eggs with per-programmed recipes and on auto mode.  

                                                  Scurry hurry scurry!!!  You get it!!!!  I am suspecting, it is the same scenario at your home too!!   

                                                  But....today, I don't have to hurry anywhere, scurry anywhere, so I decide to sleep in and enjoy those freebie minutes!!!  My hubby thinks otherwise!!!  Nooo.....don't get naughty yet!!  He wants to smell the coffee!!!  Everyday I get to drink his....and for once he wants to be "served"!!!  

                See...I am blessed with a great hubby who also plays the role of a perfect kapee maker to the "T"!!!!!  Kapee aka coffee aka cafe latte is my primal need first thing in the morning and I look forward to everyday morning when I get it delivered to my hands or  woken up some-days with...."Good Morning...your coffee mam"!  some days....."kapee kapee"...resonating the hustle bustle voices form the Indian railways!!!  Or some days, it is his turn to demand and he will, in his tam bram lingo....will demand "chuda chuda pongal, idlee, vadai, and coffee!!!"   Meaning piping hot south Indian breakfast and coffee like back home in India (I am guessing from an era which is now long forgotten ...hahahha!!).  

                                  Do you think I comply, as much as I love to cook???!!!   Hahahahhaha!!  Nooooo!!!  And today was no different, was woken to the perfect cuppa....but with his yearning look of wanting to eat something with it!!!  Now....I drag myself out and comply a bit....after all it is only decent enough to  return his favor, when he tirelessly makes me his yummy coffee every morning!!!!

                                                                  He wants my "egg-cup"!  That is another breakfast that is a big favorite around my house.  It is a soft eggy souffle that is whipped in a matter of couple minutes!!  Shall save that for another blog!   Now, I do not have any eggs, but my brain is working in super fast mode and as recipes come cramming inside, one stands out!!!  I do not need eggs, this is for you my vegetarian friends.....it is an egg less omelet....at least that is how I treat this!  OK!!  I am not going to keep you in the blind,  I am making CHILLA, a crepe made from chick pea flour/besan from the north east region of Southern India....Andhra Pradesh!  Here is my twist...of course (!) I had to make it my own....Chilla crepes in a sandwich leading to the most delicious Chillarwich!!!!!!!!!!!  Howzzat for a great breakfast???!!!   !  What a lovely ingenious idea!!!  Sometimes, I do surprise myself!! 

              So, with a huge smile on my face I march down and open my pantry and refrigerator and take out these......

1 cup Chickpea flour, 3 Tbsp scallions, chopped, 1 Serrano pepper, chopped, 2 Tbsp. cilantro, chopped

 You embellish this above fragrant Chilla base a little more with the following......

Add 3/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper powder, 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 2 tbsp coconut powder, and 1/2-3/4 cup room temp water.

Mix all of the above and whisk the batter to a smooth, light consistency like so.......

the batter should resemble a thin pancake batter! 

 Now....onto the pan!  

Heat the pan to medium -medium high heat.

Brush it evenly with 1/2 tsp canola oil.  

Add 3 tbsp of the batter, swivel the pan around to coat the batter evenly.

As soon as the bubbles appear on the crepe and the sides start curling inwards, flip the crepe.

Let it cook on the other side till it gets a few brown beauty spots on the back as well.

Take it off the pan and stack it up on a platter. 

Now...how do these yummy, rustic chillas get transformed into chillarwich???!!!!!   Like so......

I used some of the classic sandwich fillers used in my household.... some mint and coriander chutney, some cheese, some tomato ketchup and of course good old butter!

This is how a chillarwich is constructed!

Toast the bread, butter both the toasts, Apply green chutney on one and Tomato ketchup on the other.  Place half a chilla folded, on the green toast, top it with your choice of cheese, close it with the tomato toast.  Press down and slice it on a diagonal.  Love the layers inside!!!  Spicy and Yummmmm!

Your Chillarwich is ready!!!!!  You can enjoy it with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for breakfast; with a bloody mary (spiked or un-spiked) for brunch; or with a bowl of tomato soup for lunch!  Either way...it is going to be a happy camper in your tummy!!

Enjoyyyyyyyy!!!!!