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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Methi Thepla

Again a comfort food from Gujju family!!! :) "Methi Thepla" is an authentic flat-bread prepared often for picnics, long distance travelling, monsoon, tea-time, tiffin box... You can call it 'Bread-Butter' for a Gujju! A dollop of 'Chhunda' (a kind of Sweet Mango Pickle)  and a thepla... and tummy full :) Spread it, roll it and enjoy....

I have had many different tastes and flavors of this traditional food too.. Crispy, soft, sweet, savory, fried, shallow-fried, pan-roasted, hot etc. etc... Here I have given a recipe of the one my mum used to cook... A little sweet and cooked on flat griddle with oil drizzles!!! :)


Makes: 6-7

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup Wheat Flour
3/4 cup Fenugreek Leaves
5-6 Mint Leaves
1/2 tsp Chopped Green Chillies
1 tbsp Yogurt
1/2 tsp Roasted Cumin Seeds
2 tsp Sugar
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
Salt, to taste
Cooking Oil, as required

STEPS TO FOLLOW:

- Mix wheat flour, cumin seeds, sugar, turmeric powder and salt all together in a bowl.
- Roughly chop fenugreek and mint leaves. Add them into the bowl along with chopped green chillies.
- Add around 2 tsp of oil into it and mix everything well. 
- Knead a soft dough using lukewarm water and cover it with a damp cloth. Keep it aside for sometime.
- Make lemon-sized balls out of the dough and roll them out to make around 7-8" in diameter. 
- Heat a flat griddle and put one onto it. Cook it for nearly 30-40 sec and flip it.
- Apply a little oil on partially-cooked surface and flip it again. Repeat the same process again.
- Cook it on both the sides evenly until golden-brown spots appear on it. Make remaining thepla the same way. 
- Methi thepla are ready to serve!!!

SJ's NOTE:

- Serving it with a cuppa tea and a pickle of green chillies is the best combo ever!!!
- My mum used to jaggery (not sugar) for a desi touch, but I don't much like it so replaced with sugar :) 

9 comments:

  1. it looks yummy and healthy with methi leaves....

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  2. Hey I have all the ingredients and I am trying this very soon,looks tempting :)

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  3. perfect breakfast and one dish which travel the whole world without any visa.

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  4. thepla looks wonderful...well methi leaves add flavor and taste with no bets

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  5. that is perfect thepla looks delicious.

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  6. Will certainly try these out am always envious of perfectly made theplas...they look ever so delicious :). Somehow I never imagined combining Methi with Pudina. Thanks for this Shruti!

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  7. Hmmm I can almost smell the yummy fragrance of Methi and Pudina. Such a firm favourite with me. I always feel that the proportion of oil and warm water makes all the difference to the dough and the final product. Am I right Shruti?

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