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besan cheela

besan cheela noun: an Indian pancake made from chickpea flour.

Noun

besan cheela

  1. An Indian pancake made from chickpea flour.
    • She made me realize how closely related besan cheela were to farinata, or socca, the Italian pancakes made with chickpea flour and olive oil.2021 September 29, Tejal Rao, “A Perfect Pancake for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • And then I’d like pancakes again, this time off Tejal Rao’s new recipe, which she adapted from the memory of eating besan cheela, crisp-soft chickpea-flour pancakes, with Madhur Jaffrey.2021 October 1, Sam Sifton, “What to Cook This Weekend”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of besan cheela

alternative formbesan chilla

Origin of besan cheela

Borrowed from Hindi बेसन चीला (besan cīlā).

Questions about besan cheela

What does besan cheela mean?
Besan cheela means an Indian pancake made from chickpea flour.
What part of speech is besan cheela?
Besan cheela is a noun.

Words near besan cheela in the dictionary

  1. besaints
  2. Besalan
  3. besalted
  4. besamim
  5. besan
  6. besan cheela
  7. besan chilla
  8. besandaled
  9. besandalled
  10. besang
  11. besant

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