Wheat bhakri is a sweet flatbread or pancake made with whole wheat flour. This flatbread for breakfast is a healthy and easy under 20 minutes recipe. In Goa, we make different types of bhakris or pancakes for breakfast. Wheat bhakri or wheat flour pancakes makes an easy and healthy breakfast. I first had this at my mom’s place. I really loved this bhakri that mom made. I thought that this recipe is very difficult to prepare, but it was damn easy and is an under 20-minute recipe. Some people also call it wheat cheela or atta cheela.
Sometimes kids get bored to eat the same dish for breakfast. Breads are also not always healthy. Try this wheat bhakri or onion bhakri for breakfast. I am sure you and your family will have a great time. My hubby and my little one loved this bhakri and it has also joined the weekly breakfast menu. Sometimes we make it for dinner too, specially when I am pressed for time due to office calls.
The taste of grated coconut and jaggery makes this bhakri a delicious one. If you don’t like the sweet taste than you can add one or two green chilies to the batter and make a savoury pancake for breakfast.
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Ingredients to make wheat bhakri recipe:
- Wheat flour: Use whole wheat flour to make these breakfast pancakes.
- Coconut: We need some grated coconut to be added in this recipe. If you have freshly grated coconut then use it, else even pieces of dry coconut can be added.
- Jaggery: Jaggery is added for sweetness. Sugar can also be used if jaggery (molasses) is not available.
- Chili: A green chili can be added optionally.
- Oil: Oil or ghee (clarified butter) can be added for frying the whole wheat flatbread.
- Water: Boiled and cooled water or cool RO water should be used to make batter for making this pancake with wheat flour.
How to make whole wheat flour pancake for breakfast?
- Mix the wheat flour and water to make a thick batter like dosa or pancake batter.
- Add the other ingredients and mix well ensuring that there are no lumps of flour in the batter.
- Heat the tawa / griddle, smear 1 or 2 teaspoon of ghee or clarified butter on the tawa. Oil can also be used.
- Pour a ladle full of batter on the tawa or frying pan.
- Spread it across with your fingertips or using back of the ladle carefully.
- Fry well on both sides.
How to make this wheat flour pancake vegan?
Instead of using ghee (clarified butter) use oil for frying the pancakes.
How to make sweet wheat cheela healthier?
You can make this whole wheat pancake healthier by adding vegetables to it.
You can also try dill leaves dosa or palak idlis. These breakfasts are healthy, and kids love them too.
Check this for more healthy and easy breakfast options.
Wheat Bhakri
Ingredients
- 1 cup wheat flour
- 1 cup water
- 4 tablespoon freshly grated coconut
- 1/2 cup grated jaggery
- 1 green chili optional
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon oil / homemade ghee for frying
Instructions
- Mix the wheat flour and water to make a thick batter like dosa or pancake batter.
- Add the other ingredients and mix well ensuring that there are no lumps of flour in the batter.
- Fry the tawa / griddle, smear 1 or 2 tsp ghee/clarified butter on the tawa.
- Pour a ladle full of batter on the tawa.
- Spread it across with your fingertips carefully.
- Fry well on both sides.
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Notes
- Ghee should be used for frying the pancake. However, if ghee is not available oil can be added.
- The bhakri tastes delicious when fried with ghee.
- If jaggery is not available, sugar can be added.
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Note: This post was published on 20th Aug 2011 and is republished with new pinterest image.
simply.food
Very nice and innovative dosa/ Bhakti.
Archana
very tasty! looks absolutely delicious.
priya
yummy dosa…nice click, dear
ANU
nice recipe using wheat dear….
khushi
Healthy Goan breakfast recipe
Pushpa
Looks yummy Raksha.
Deeksha
Sounds delicious dear…
divya
yummy and delicious..
Kaveri
That's a simple and yummy bhakri…very much similar to wheat dosa which we make
Prathima Rao
New to me….A must try…something diff from the regular chapathis….
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
Mugdha
Looks soo tempting, yummy and delicious
Simi J
I have tasted a salty version of this. This is so unique.
Raksha Kamat
thanks Simi. We make this often in Goa.