Thepla is an amazing travel food. You can eat it just like that without any accompaniment, and it still tastes yum. A great travel food and can be served up for breakfast or in lunch box. I personally like to have this as a snack with evening tea or coffee. I added my own twist to it by adding grated pumpkin. It was really tasty and my little one also enjoyed in bits and pieces. So here is the recipe... Happy cooking...
Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour - 1 cup + for dusting
Chickpea flour(besan/kadalai maavu) - 1 cup
Grated pumpkin - 1 cup
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Carrom seeds - 1 tsp
Yogurt - as required for kneading
Oil for cooking the thepla
Salt to taste
Method:
In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients. Add the yogurt to the flour mixture and knead into a firm smooth dough(first mix all the ingredients well to know how much yogurt you require as pumpkin has water in it).
Finally add the two tablespoons of oil to coat the dough and knead until it is firm and smooth. Cover and allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes.
Divide the dough into small balls. Flatten them with the palm of your hand. Toss them on flour and roll them out into thin rotis (thepla).
Heat a tawa/pan and place the thepla. Cook for about 30 seconds and then flip the thepla and smear about ½ a teaspoon of oil and cook thepla by pressing it lightly.
Flip to the other side and press and turn in a similar way. You will notice brown spots around the cooked thepla.
In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients. Add the yogurt to the flour mixture and knead into a firm smooth dough(first mix all the ingredients well to know how much yogurt you require as pumpkin has water in it). Finally add the two tablespoons of oil to coat the dough and knead until it is firm and smooth. Cover and allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes.
Divide the dough into small balls. Flatten them with the palm of your hand. Toss them on flour and roll them out into thin rotis(thepla). As you roll them out, you can keep tossing the dough in dry flour to prevent sticking when rolling them out. Continue the same process of rolling the dough out with the remaining balls.
Heat a tawa/pan and place the thepla. Cook for about 30 seconds and then flip the thepla and smear about ½ a teaspoon of oil and cook thepla by pressing it lightly. Flip to the other side and press and turn in a similar way. You will notice brown spots around the cooked thepla.
Serve it hot with pickle or curd. You can even serve it up with gravy curry.
Tips:
You can replace pumpkin with carrot, raddish, spinach, fenugreek leaves, bottle guard.
Sending this recipe to
Nivedhanam - Healthy diet lunch box
Priyas healthy diet page
Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour - 1 cup + for dusting
Chickpea flour(besan/kadalai maavu) - 1 cup
Grated pumpkin - 1 cup
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Carrom seeds - 1 tsp
Yogurt - as required for kneading
Oil for cooking the thepla
Salt to taste
Method:
In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients. Add the yogurt to the flour mixture and knead into a firm smooth dough(first mix all the ingredients well to know how much yogurt you require as pumpkin has water in it).
Finally add the two tablespoons of oil to coat the dough and knead until it is firm and smooth. Cover and allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes.
Divide the dough into small balls. Flatten them with the palm of your hand. Toss them on flour and roll them out into thin rotis (thepla).
Heat a tawa/pan and place the thepla. Cook for about 30 seconds and then flip the thepla and smear about ½ a teaspoon of oil and cook thepla by pressing it lightly.
Flip to the other side and press and turn in a similar way. You will notice brown spots around the cooked thepla.
In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients. Add the yogurt to the flour mixture and knead into a firm smooth dough(first mix all the ingredients well to know how much yogurt you require as pumpkin has water in it). Finally add the two tablespoons of oil to coat the dough and knead until it is firm and smooth. Cover and allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes.
Divide the dough into small balls. Flatten them with the palm of your hand. Toss them on flour and roll them out into thin rotis(thepla). As you roll them out, you can keep tossing the dough in dry flour to prevent sticking when rolling them out. Continue the same process of rolling the dough out with the remaining balls.
Heat a tawa/pan and place the thepla. Cook for about 30 seconds and then flip the thepla and smear about ½ a teaspoon of oil and cook thepla by pressing it lightly. Flip to the other side and press and turn in a similar way. You will notice brown spots around the cooked thepla.
Serve it hot with pickle or curd. You can even serve it up with gravy curry.
Tips:
You can replace pumpkin with carrot, raddish, spinach, fenugreek leaves, bottle guard.
Sending this recipe to
Nivedhanam - Healthy diet lunch box
Priyas healthy diet page
perfectly done!!! looks fabulous!! thanks for linking this to my event..
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