Methi thepla recipe with step by step photos.Methi Thepla is a gujarati flatbread variety.I tried Methi thepla for the first time and instantly fell in love with it. The theplas are very soft, with the spices added in it needs no side dish at all,Perfect for on the go snacky/breakfast.
This is one of the best travel recipes that you can opt because they stay soft and fresh even after many hours.
This is one of my fav methi thepla recipe, over the days I have modified the recipe according my family taste and now this is my keeper recipe.
Methi thepla Recipe – Ingredients
Recipe Category: Breakfast / Lunch | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Wheat flour – 2 cups
Fresh Methi leaves – 3/4 cup chopped roughly
Oil – 2 tbsp
Curd – 2 tbsp
Besan flour – 2 tbsp
Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds powder – 3/4 tsp
Jeera powder – 3/4 tsp
Salt – to taste
Water – as required to knead the dough
Step by step methi thepla recipe:
- .Chop the methi leaves roughly. Saute the methi leaves until it shrinks and reduces in volume.. Sauting the methi leaves avoids bitterness.In a bowl, add together wheat flour, salt, coriander powder, red chili powder, cumin seeds , curd, besan flour,oil, turmeric powder and required salt.
- Add the sauted methi leaves to the above mixture. Add water little by little and combine them together to form a soft pilable dough.The dough should have the consistency similar to a roti dough.Cover and leave aside for 15-30 mins. Pinch lemon equal sized balls and roll them to form smooth balls.
- Roll them into thin rotis.Heat tawa, carefully add the rotis , drizzle oil. Cook the theplas on both sides till cooked(until brown spots appear here and there).Serve them hot with onion raita/pickle.
Serve hot with curd and mango pickle…yum!
This is best for travel as it need no main side dish, you can serve with just plain curd / pickle.
My Notes:
- Pluck the leaves, rinse it well before sauteing to get rid of the dirt if any.
- You cna make them thin / thick theplas as per your choice.
- These rotis are very soft, they dont get spoiled soon so ideal for travel. It can be had as such or with any pickle.
- Sauting the methi leaves avoids bitterness in rotis. You can use buttermilk also instead of curd which makes the rotis even more softer.
Sashi
Theplas are deliciously Cool, love the red color pickle which you accompanied.
Sailaja Damodaran
Looks very soft.
Anonymous
hey, can we store it at room temp for 3-4 days or should it be refrigerated?
_Dev
Sharmilee! :)
@Dev : Keep in room temp as refrigerating it might harden the theplas
Priya
Such a fantastic rotis, truly healthy..
Panchpakwan
All time fav..looks so delcious,
Kamalika
lovely..one of my favourite dishes….
Pavithra
Looks yumm I love it too.. Love the clicks, as well as the pickle u served.
Pavithra
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Cham
They just look awesome!
Nags
they have been in my to-make list for a while now!
RAKS KITCHEN
Looks nice,I too love theplas as its too soft and keep gud for long time 🙂
A Homemakers Diary
perfect theplas…soft, spicy and healthy. love that cabbage leaf bowl. so cute.
Tina
Healthy and delicious…
Akal's Saappadu
looks perfect and delicious with that chutney/pickle beside!!!
Gulmohar
They look perfect and yumm..I'm getting the methi flavor till here
ARUNA
Awesome, looks very beautiful…nice presentation!!
simply.food
Theplas looks yummy and delicious.Nice click too.
Home Cooked Oriya Food
looks so good…
Valarmathi
Looks perfect and absolutely delicious.
SathyaSridhar
Haiii!!! Sharmiee,,first time here dear you got nice blog with nice recipes with nice photography..liked ur roti thepla tasted many times in my north indian frenz house, but i never tried on myself …good to see looks very easy to cook n good for the health na.
SathyaSridhar
Haiiii!!! Sharmilee,, first time here to your blog dear you got nice space with nice recipes with perfect photography.thepla roti is looks delicious n came out perfect…actually send u one comment before this but i didnt got a confirmation so i gave u another comment dear..
indosungod
Perfect! I have seen methi theplas which have besan added, I like that this is all wheat flour.
By the way what is that yummy side dish you have there?
Deepa
methi thepla looks so yummy..great clicks…great to carry when travelling too..
Sharmilee! :)
@indosungod : Thanks for reminding I had made it both with besan added and omitting it also.
Most of u'll are more interested in the side dish than my theplas ah?! Anyways its store bought onion pickle 🙂
Smitha
THey look delish..thanx for stopping @ my place!!
Smitha
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jayasri
hi sharmi, I love those theplas, the clicks are so good !!, I keep making them a lot, they look so good!!
ruchikacooks
Love the color of it! Looks delicious with butter on top 🙂
Pavithra Srihari
beautiful click dear … Methi thepla looks perfect …
arthi
Sharmi, the platter looks delicious. Roti looks so perfect and yummy!!! Nice presentation
Swathi
Sharmi,
Methi theplas looks really good. I need to make them.
Sonia
My mouth is watering now. It's my afternoon tea time and I want this right now. 🙁 I always find hard for fresh methi here.
The 3rd pic is so tempting. What's that in small dish with thepla? is it any homemade pickle? Pls post recipe for it too if you have. Looks so good. 🙂
Sharmilee! :)
@Sonia: Oh I've tried it with dried methi leaves once but it wasnt that tasty as fresh ones.Its store bought onion pickle. Will post it when I get to try it 🙂
gayathri
Gayathri,
I tried this last night. it was a huge hit in my home. My H loved this one. thankyou.
Sharmilee! :)
@Gayathri : Thanks for trying and letting me know…Glad that u liked it!
Anonymous
@ Sharmilee
My theplas never become really soft. They are always a little chewy. I also tried making the entire dough with curd.. still its a little hard. what do you think could be the problem.. Will adding more oil help.
Sharmilee! :)
@Anonymous : I am not exactly sure of the reason but guess should be the problem with the consistency of the dough …it should resemble close to chapathi flour dough..Hope this helps!
Fareeda
The recipe says salt to taste. To those of you who have actually made this recipe, what amount of salt did you use?
Thanks
Mammu Maans
how many rotis we get for the quantities of flour used here?
Sharmilee! :)
It will yield 4-5 small rotis
reema chaurasia
the theplas are looking very tempting……….the colour n texture looks wonderful….its a wholesome food….my mom aadds hing liberally in the dough…..this adds much more flavour n taste to the thepla…..i being half gujarati…..we have it often as dinner of for breakfast
Saahshi
Yummi.I like to try once
Jaisri
This I had tried once. My kids loved it.
Priya
Can we use kasuri methi instead of fresh methi leaves
SHARMILEE J
No it will sure alter the taste, fresh methi leaves works best here…
Ms Sekar
Hello Ma'am, wonderful Indian recipes. Totally new to me. I'm from Malaysia. And your instructions are very clear. Any substitute for Methi leaves?
SHARMILEE J
Try with other greens