Thepla Recipe is one of the many comfort foods to Gujarati’s. If you are on a long distance train or even on a trekking trip and you spot a Gujarati, you will definitely find them with Thepla.
Course : Lunch
Ingridients : 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder , (optional)
1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
1/2 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
1/2 cup Carrot (Gajjar) , grated
1/2 cup Mooli/ Mullangi (Radish) , grated
1/2 cup Methi Leaves (Fenugreek Leaves) , finely chopped
1 Green Chilli , finely chopped
Oil , for cooking the thepla
Salt , to taste
Instructions To begin making the Carrot Methi & Mooli Thepla Recipe, in a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients - whole wheat flour, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, chilli powder, asafoetida powder, fenugreek leaves and mix well. Add the yogurt to the flour mixture and knead into a firm smooth dough adding little water only if required. 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. Preheat the iron skillet on medium heat. Divide the thepla dough into equal portions.Roll the thepla portions into balls; flatten them with the palm of your hand.Dust the thepla dough with flour and roll them out into thin circles to approximately 6 inches in diameter. As you roll them out, you can keep dusting the dough in dry flour to prevent sticking when rolling them out.Continue the same process of rolling the thepla dough out with the remaining dough balls. It is ideal when you can roll out the all portions of thepla dough before you can start cooking them.