Thepla Recipe (Methi Thepla)
Thepla is a Indian flatbread made with whole wheat flour, gram flour, millet flour and spice powders. Optional ingredients like fenugreek leaves, bottle gourd or mix veggies can be used.
© Swasthi's Recipes
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1½ cup wheat flour (atta)
- ¼ cup bajra or jowar flour - millet flour (optional)
- 3 to 4 tablespoons besan (gram flour) (optional)
- 1 to 1¼ cup methi leaves (fenugreek leaves) (skip to make plain thepla)
- 1 teaspoon ginger grated or ginger garlic paste
- 1 to 2 green chili fine chopped or paste (skip for kids)
- ½ teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
- ½ to ¾ teaspoon red chili powder (reduce for kids)
- ½ to ¾ teaspoon garam masala (coriander powder)
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 4 tablespoons curd (¼ cup yogurt) (skip to make plain thepla)
- 1 tablespoon oil for dough
- 2 tablespoons oil for frying
Instructions
Make Dough
- Skip if making plain thepla - Rinse methi leaves in lot of water and drain them well. Chop them finely and add to a mixing bowl.
- Add all the ingredients except oil to the mixing bowl. Begin to mix well all the ingredients to bring out the moisture from methi leaves.
- Sprinkle water just as needed and knead to a soft non sticky dough. Pour 1 tbsp oil and knead it well. Taste test and add more salt if you want.
- Keep it covered and rest the dough for 20 mins. Divide the dough to 8 to 9 portions. Make balls and keep covered.
How to make Thepla
- Lightly dust flour over the rolling area. Place a ball over the flour and flatten it slightly. Smear flour on both the sides.
- Begin to roll to a 8 inch thepla of medium thickness. Similarly make about 5 and keep them aside on the platform. If you want you can cut them with a 8 inch lid.
- Heat a pan or tawa on a medium high heat until hot enough. Transfer a thepla to the tawa.
- Cook on a medium heat until half cooked on the bottom, then turn it and cook until golden spots appear on both the sides.
- In between press down the thepla with a spatula for even cooking.
- Drizzle about half tsp oil or more on each. Stack them on a cloth or kitchen tissue to keep them soft.
- Serve methi thepla with curd, pickle or aam ka chunda.
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Nutrition
Calories: 242kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 6g | Sodium: 108mg | Potassium: 310mg | Fiber: 9g | Vitamin A: 65IU | Vitamin C: 1.6mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 12.4mg
