Thepla ( Gujarati Recipe)

Gujarati plain thepla | thepla recipe | healthy sada thepla | with 19 amazing images.

Gujaratis love plain thepla just as much as a fat kid loves chocolate. Theplas are an inherent part of Gujarati meals, and are used for regular meals, travelling and for picnics! When you anticipate a busy fortnight, you can make a large batch of plain theplas and keep them in stock and relish with curds and chunda or bateta chips nu shaak.

Sometimes whole jeera or til can be added to enhance the flavour of healthy sada thepla. You can even add other ingredients like methi and doodhi to this recipe, to add more variety to your menu.

With just handful of ingredients that are easily available in our kitchen shelves, this plain thepla is so tasty because of the perfectly flavored dough.

This is the most basic thepla recipe made with minimum and basic ingredients. Preparing this sada thepla doesn't take much time and you can add thepla to your menu when you are bored of having the regular roti or chapati as Gujarati plain thepla can be had with any Indian sabzi. To make plain thepla, take whole wheat flour in a bowl, add oil and curd to it which helps in making the softer. Further, add some spices, turmeric powder for some color and red chilli powder for a hint of spice. Lastly we have added sesame seeds to add a flavor to the thepla you can also skip this step. Mix all the ingredients well and knead into a soft dough. At later stage, add few more drops of oil and knead it properly, cover and keep aside for 10 mins. Divide the dough into 14 equal portions and shape them into round balls. Press them gently between your palms and flatten it to roll out each portion into a 125 mm. (5") diameter circle using whole wheat flour for rolling. Heat a non-stick tava (griddle) over medium flame. On the hot tawa, place the rolled circle and cook each circle, using a little oil, till it turns golden brown in colour from both sides on a slow flame. To increase the shelf life of the plain thepla, use lots of oil while cooking; so that they will remain longer. Serve the hot with chunda or sweet mango pickle.

Also, the addition of curd in the dough is skipped while making thepla for travelling. Cool them completely and store them in an air-tight container or cover with an aluminum foil. Be generous with the oil while cooking, or you might end up with dry and hard theplas.

See why we find sada thepla healthy? Made mainly from Whole wheat flour which is excellent for diabetics as they will not shoot up your blood sugar levels as they are a low GI food.

We have a collection of top 10 Thepla Recipes which include Methi Thepla, there is also Methi na Thepla recipe for travellers which are rolled theplas having a shelf life of 7 days, Karela Theplas for diabetic, healthy Doodhi Theplas .

Included are some thepla wraps like Thepla Paneer Wrap and Methi Thepla Wrap made from fresh fenugreek leaves that can be eaten as snacks.

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