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    Chatamari | How to make Nepali Pizza

    Published: Apr 4, 2018 · Modified: Oct 5, 2020 by Srivalli · 19 Comments

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    Chatamari is a Nepali Pizza or Newari Pizza popular as a street food comes in different versions like Egg Chatamari, Keema Chatamari and Plain Chatamari. This popular Street food has Rice crepe as the base, with various toppings made just simple vegetarian toppings to meat toppings along with Nepali spices. Most street version often has cheese and egg on top.

    The Chatamari is cooked on the stovetop with all the ingredients going one after the another to get done in one shot. This dish hardly takes more than 5 to 7 mins to get done.

    The pizza crust has a delicious crunchy texture because thin rice batter is used. I heavily adapted this dish to suit my own taste. I referred a couple of online sites and majorly got inspired by this recipe. However, since this is a street food, I took the liberty to mix based on different sources to my own preferences.

    Since the popular versions seem to have egg omelette included, I made a vegetarian version by using Chickpea flour or Besan and added all the other spices, topped with vegetables and cheese. If you want you can top it with minced meat or omelette as your choice.

    Finally, in addition to this Chatamari, I had a choice to pick like Coxinha, Cha Gio, Chalupas, Carrozza. However, since I was also keen not to repeat countries, I had to skip all these and stick to Chatamari from Nepal. So for the A to Z International Street Foods, it was a delicious Pizza with a twist. If you are interested to know the Flatbread for C, check this post.

    This Nepali Pizza is actually so easy and hardly takes time, that I literally procrastinated making this and attacking other dishes that sounded complicated.

    As I had mentioned Konda has been busy but I made she was around during the tasting part as she was the only person who would willingly test my creations. So we had a good in between meal and with all those cheese and the crispy rice base, it was so delicious. I suggest you really have a thin Rice pancake cooked in Butter.

    This is a Vegan dish if you replace the butter, in fact, the original dish calls for cooking oil, I replaced it with butter. I thoughts what's street food if not for indulgence.

    Chatamari from Nepali

    In this A to Z International Street Foods:

    A for Arancini / Arancini di Riso: Sicilian Rice Balls
    B for Bunny Chow

    How to make Chatamari

    Step by Step Pictures for making ChatamariHow to make Chatamari 1

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    Chatamari | How to make Nepali Pizza

    Ingredients Needed:

    For the Rice Layer

    1 cup Rice Flour
    Salt to taste
    Pepper to Taste

    For the Besan/ Chickpea layer

    1 /2 cup Besan / Chickpea flour
    Salt to taste
    Pepper to Taste
    1 /2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
    1 / 2 tsp Cumin Powder
    1 / 4 tsp Coriander Powder

    For the Vegetable Layer

    1/2 Onion finely chopped
    1 no Tomato diced
    1 / 4 Capsicum
    1 no Green Chilli finely chopped
    A PInch Turmeric Powder
    Salt to taste
    1/4 cup finely chopped fresh coriander

    Other Ingredients
    4 tbsp Mozzarella Cheese
    1 tsp Butter per chatamari

    How to make Chatamari

    For the Rice Layer

    In a bowl, mix the Rice Flour, Salt and Pepper. The consistency should be very thin and you should be able to pour the batter and swirl it on the pan.

    For the Besan/ Chickpea layer

    In a bowl, take the Besan, add Salt, Pepper and other spice powders. Add water and make a thin batter. Let this set for 2 mins, while you prep the vegetables.

    For the Vegetable Layer

    Shred all the vegetables very fine or thin. You can mix all the vegetables together with the seasoning and let it sit for a couple of minutes, while you prepare the layers

    Assembling the Chatamari

    Heat a nonstick pan with butter, quickly pour a ladleful of Rice batter and swirl it around to coat well.
    Simmer and pour the chickpea batter into circles and not completely covering the rice layer.
    Top it with the chopped vegetables and finally garnish with grated cheese. Cover with lid for the cheese to melt.
    This entire Chatamari needs to be cooked in slow flame.
    Serve hot with a sauce on side.

    Vegetarian Chatamari

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    Chatamari from Nepali
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    Chatamari | How to make Nepali Pizza

    Chatamari is a Nepali Pizza, popular as a street food. This is a sort of pancake made with Rice flour, topped with eggs and vegetables, cooked on the stovetop. Popular versions include chatamari topped with minced meat or even just vegetables and mostly topped with cheese and egg.
    Course Breakfast, Dinner
    Cuisine Nepal
    By Cook Method Stovetop
    Occasion Evening Snack
    By Diet Kid Friendly, Vegan
    Dish Type Pizza Recipes, Street Food
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 5 minutes minutes
    Total Time 15 minutes minutes
    Servings 2 people
    Author Srivalli

    Ingredients

    For the Rice Layer

    • 1 cup Rice Flour
    • Salt to taste
    • Pepper to taste

    For the Besan / Chickpea Layer

    • 1/2 cup Besan / Chickpea Flour
    • Salt to taste
    • Pepper to taste
    • 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
    • 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
    • 1/4 tsp Coriander Powder

    For the Vegetable Layer

    • 1/2 Onion finely chopped
    • 1 Tomato finely chopped
    • 1/4 Capsicum finely chopped
    • 1 Green Chilli finely chopped
    • A Pinch Turmeric Powder
    • Salt to taste
    • 1/4 cup Coriander Leaves finely chopped

    Other Ingredients

    • 1 tsp Butter per chatamari
    • 4 tbsp Mozzarella Cheese

    Instructions

    For the Rice Layer

    • In a bowl, mix the Rice Flour, Salt and Pepper. The consistency should be very thin and you should be able to pour the batter and swirl it on the pan.

    For the Besan / Chickpea Layer

    • In a bowl, take the Besan, add Salt, Pepper and other spice powders. Add water and make a thin batter. Let this set for 2 mins, while you prep the vegetables.

    For the Vegetable Layer

    • Shred all the vegetables very fine or thin. You can mix all the vegetables together with the seasoning and let it sit for a couple of minutes, while you prepare the layers.

    Assembling the Chatamari

    • Heat a nonstick pan with butter, quickly pour a ladleful of Rice batter and swirl it around to coat well.
    • Simmer and pour the chickpea batter into circles and not completely covering the rice layer.
    • Top it with the chopped vegetables and finally garnish with grated cheese. Cover with lid for the cheese to melt.
    • This entire Chatamari needs to be cooked in slow flame.
    • Serve hot with a sauce on side.

    Notes

    The original recipe calls only for cooking oil. I added butter to make it more interesting. This is a typical Vegan dish.
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    Comments

    1. Priya Suresh says

      April 04, 2018 at 1:24 am

      Nepali Pizza, am hearing for the first time. Seriously even Nepalis do pizzas, wondering here. However this stove top pizza is totally very interesting and quite new to me.

      Reply
    2. Sandhiya says

      April 04, 2018 at 5:25 am

      Me too, hearing for the first time. And love the fact the it doesn't use any all purpose flour for the base and it's a perfect gluten free base for pizza !!! Looks delicious,Valli. Bookmarked to try !!!

      Reply
    3. manjulabharathkumar2016 says

      April 04, 2018 at 5:38 am

      wow such an delicious looking nepali pizza , My daughter would like this kind of pizza too, will make it for her some day.. Stove pizza are my favorite as am too lazy to make the yeasted pizza base in the oven, The base with rice flour sounds really Interesting.. Your daughter is so generous in showing love for you creations valli 🙂

      Reply
    4. Pavani says

      April 04, 2018 at 6:52 am

      What an interesting pizza recipe Valli. This one is totally new to me. All those layers with rice flour, besan, veggies and cheese sounds so unique and delicious. I would love to try this some time.

      Reply
    5. Harini says

      April 04, 2018 at 7:02 am

      Totally new concept, Valli. My older one just told me that she is willing to try it. I am amazed by the simplicity of this. A distant cousin of our uthappam:)

      Reply
    6. vaishalisabnani says

      April 04, 2018 at 7:20 am

      I was reading about chatmari the other day and was fascinated by the name , really it gives the feel of chat ! It’s an excellent take on pizza and I am sure it will be a big hit with adults too , specially my hubby ! Will be trying it very very soon .
      Super pick for the alphabet C !

      Reply
    7. Padmajha PJ says

      April 04, 2018 at 1:26 pm

      The name itself is so nice Srivalli.I have never heard about this. Each BM edition is a learning experience for sure!

      Reply
    8. simplytadka2 says

      April 04, 2018 at 1:57 pm

      Wow.. looks so tempting and very new dish for me.. bookmark

      Reply
    9. Gayathri Kumar says

      April 04, 2018 at 3:34 pm

      Reading about it for the first time. What a wonderful pizza to have and that too based on rice and besan! The final pizza looks amazing Valli and it is so good to have Konda to relish your creations..

      Reply
    10. KP says

      April 04, 2018 at 9:54 pm

      You make it look so delicious.I will have it made and taste it.Thanks for coming up with outlandish yet delectable dishes.

      Reply
    11. KP says

      April 04, 2018 at 9:56 pm

      Lest you forget,I too blog in http://www.kparthas.blogspot.com though not on cooking!

      Reply
    12. srividhya says

      April 05, 2018 at 12:06 am

      You will be only one to go for hard ones ignoring the easy recipes. 😉 Love your passion. Awesome and this Nepali pizza sounds delicious and as you mentioned its easy to make too. Love it.

      Reply
    13. Sharmila - The Happie Friends Potpourri Corner says

      April 05, 2018 at 12:40 am

      Pizza without oven and yeast ,totally welcome.. Can be made easily in less time in stove top ..Bookmarking to try this out!!

      Reply
    14. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      April 05, 2018 at 3:22 am

      Valli, seriously this is such a great pick and love that you have made it egg less. This is such a great alternate our regular dosai and with the name if the pizza, the kids would happily eat it. First time, seeing two different batters vein layered one on top of another.

      Reply
    15. mayurisjikoni says

      April 09, 2018 at 12:46 am

      An interesting flatbread from Nepal. Gluten free and delicious. Would like to try this out for dinner sometime.

      Reply
    16. Priya Srinivasan says

      April 09, 2018 at 8:43 pm

      Ohh yumm, that looks delicious valli! I remember making chatamari for one of our mega BM! Thanks for reminding we sometimes never get to cook these dishes again, would love to go back and try certain dishes which we enjoyed making! Do think about a BM theme on this please!!! ????

      Reply
    17. kalyani says

      April 16, 2018 at 2:58 pm

      GF pizza + no yeast ! wow.. thats a great idea ! and so nice that Konda loves ur creations 🙂

      Reply
    18. Suma Gandlur says

      May 30, 2018 at 5:27 am

      Who knew our neighbors had their own version of pizza without need of turning on an oven? Great find Valli. I need to make it some time for my kids.

      Reply
    19. cookingwithsapana says

      June 19, 2018 at 9:57 pm

      I remember commenting on Nepali pizza from my phone but I guess it did not come through. T love this Desi style pizza and the ingredients used in it makes it more interesting.

      Reply

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