Day 3 – Kuttu & Lauki Cheela with Green Chutney

Kuttu & Lauki Cheela is light crisp and quietly nourishing. Buckwheat flour bring earthy depth while lauki adds gentle freshness that keep it soft yet wholesome. Golden at the rim, tender inside, every cheela feel like warm hug during fasting days.

Paired with bright green chutney it become more than meal — it is special recipe for fasting in navratri that keep flavour simple but never boring. The chutney’s sharpness cut through the cheela making each bite lively.

This navratri fasting recipe show that food made with few ingredients still can taste comforting and indulgent.

Ingredients (for 4 cheelas)

• 1 cup kuttu atta (buckwheat flour)
  
• 1 cup grated lauki (bottle gourd) with water squeezed out
  
• 1 green chilli finely chopped
  
• 1 tsp grated ginger
  
• 1 tbsp fresh coriander chopped
  
• Rock salt to taste
  
• 1 tbsp ghee for cooking
  

For Green Chutney

• ½ cup fresh coriander
  
• 2 tbsp mint leaves
  
• 1 green chilli
  
• Rock salt and lemon juice
  

Process

1. In a bowl mix kuttu atta lauki chilli ginger coriander and rock salt. Add a little water if needed to form a smooth batter.
   
2. Heat a pan grease with ghee and spread a ladle of batter into a round cheela. Cook on medium flame till golden then flip and cook the other side.
   
3. For chutney blend coriander mint chilli salt and lemon juice into a fine paste.
   
4. Serve hot cheelas with refreshing green chutney.
   

Crispy outside and soft inside with a cooling chutney to balance the earthy flavour of kuttu.

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