A quintessential Indian flat bread that belongs to Gujarati cuisine is made with wheat flour, gram flour and is flavored with various additional ingredients like Fenugreek, Spinach, Beetroot , Bitter gourd etc. Theplas made with grated bitter gourd is ideal breakfast option for weight watchers and also is a diabetic friendly dish. Thepla is typically eaten with pickles and is a common breakfast in Gujarat and also a favorite travel/journey food. Thepla resembles Indian paratha a lot but is thin and made with minimum oil or butter unlike those ghee drenched Punjabi parathas. Let us quickly get on to the recipe of this amazing flat bread.
| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
| Cook Time | 10 minutes |
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- 1 cup Wheat flour
- 1/2 cup Gram flour Besan /
- 2 - 3 tbsps Bitter Gourd Grated / Karela
- 1 tsp Ajwain
- 1 tsp Ginger paste
- 1 tsp chili paste Green
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp chili powder Red
- 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1.5 tbsps Ghee or Oil
- 1/2 cup water Luke warm
- 2 tbsps butter Melted
Ingredients
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- In a large mixing bowl, add wheat flour and besan along with grated karela, ajwain, turmeric, red chili powder, cumin powder, green chili paste, ginger paste, ghee/oil and mix well with a spoon or fork.
- Now slowly add warm water and knead the flour mix to make a soft dough.
- Heat a flat bottomed tawa and meanwhile prepare the theplas.
- Pinch a lemon sized ball from the dough and roll out to make a thin roti on the dusted floor.
- Once the tawa is hot, place the thepla on the tawa and dry roast it from both sides.
- Now brush some melted butter on both sides one by one and roast till golden in color.
- Transfer the thepla on a serving plate and serve hot with mango pickle/green chili pickle/fresh white butter or curd.
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Love : Shaheen
