A favorite gujarati snack bread. Theplas are an inherent part of gujarati meals, and are used for regular meals, travelling and for picnics! eaten with curds and chunda, theplas can be enjoyed hot or otherwise. Sometimes whole jeera or til can be added to enhance the flavour of theplas. You can even add other ingredients like methi and doodhi to this recipe, to add more variety to your menu.
Visit a gujarati house, you will find theplas. You can eat it just without any accompaniment, giving you the satisfaction that you have actually had something substantial to eat.
Serve it for breakfast, in a lunch box or to children as a snack or even as a light dinner
Today I have given a twist to methi thepla by adding bottle gourd to make dudhi theplas .Normally i rarely buy bottlegourd ( lauki / dudhi )as I am not a lauki fan personally especially the sabji .Dudhi is considered to have medicinal value in the treatment of urinary tract infections, constipation, insomnia, fatigue,blood pressure and weight loss
Eating the raw vegetable is not recommended there being some concern that it may be harmful to the stomach and intestine, but the juice is considered an ideal weight loss aid, since 100 g of this vegetable has only 12 calories.
Ingredients:-
1 cup Wheat Flour
1 tbsp besan (chickpea flour)
2 crushed Green Chillies
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1/2 tsp Haldi (turmeric)
1 tbsp Ginger & Garlic paste
1 tsp Ajwain (carom seeds) / 1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
1 pinch Hing
3/4 cup grated dudhi ( lauki /bottlegourd)
1 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Cumin Seeds powder
1 tsp sugar
1/4 cup dahi (curd)
Salt to taste
Oil as needed
Method :
1.Wash dudhi Peel the bottle gourd with a peeler leaving shades of light green.Cut it half length wise and remove seeds from center of the bottle gourd.grate it on a grater,squeeze excess water and keep it in a separate bowl. Retain squeezed out water to knead the flour.Crush the green chillies in a mixie.
2.Add grated dudhi in a bowl & add salt ,red chilli ,cumin coriander powder,turmeric ,sugar,ginger garlic paste,crushed chiilies & keep aside for 10 minutes.
3.Mix wheat flour,ajwain / cumin seeds & besan in a flat bowl.
4.Mix the bottlegourd kept aside in step 2 along with besan & wheat flour.
5.Add 1 tsp oil and knead it. Dont add water while kneading as bottlegourd will ooze out some water . Add little water only if required.Let it stay for 15 minutes.
6.Then make even size small balls of the dough.
7.Roll them separately with a rolling pin into a round shape.
8.Heat the griddle and roast each of the rolled out theplas one by one.
9.First roast one side,turn it upside down.
10.Then put 1/2 tsp oil on the turned side and again it upside down.
11.Repeat the same with the other side.
12.When evenly roasted remove it from griddle.
13.Repeat this for all the balls.
14.Serve them hot with butter or mango pickle /garlic-chutney /pudina chutney or curd.
Alternative Additions
Instead of dudhi add ½ cup methi leaves to make Doodhi theplas. This has to be cooked on medium heat.
Serving Suggestions
Serve it as a snack with tea or coffee.
Serve for breakfast some pickle
Last but not the least, serve it with a sabzi of your choice
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