Methi Thepla | Thepla Recipe | Fenugreek leaves Thepla

Cooking Time: 30min

Ingredients:

Item	Quantity
Wheat flour or Atta	1 and 1/2 Cup
Fenugreek leaves chopped	1/2 Cup
Gram flour or Besan	3 Tablespoons
Turmeric powder (Optional)	1/2 Tablespoon
Crushed Cumin	1/2 Tablespoon
Curd or yogurt	2 Tablespoons
Green chilli	6 in Quantity
Oil	6 Tablespoons
Ghee	2 Tablespoons
Garlic Cloves	8 in Quantity medium size
Black pepper Powder	1/2 Teaspoon
Carom seeds or Ajwain	1/2 Tablespoon
Sesame Seeds or til	1/2 Tablespoon
Salt	As per test

Recipe: 

1. We need to grind the green chilli and garlic cloves. So, if you want your thepla in green colour, you can also add a portion of fenugreek leaves in this paste. 
2. If we don't have crushed cumin, we can crush it here, in the above paste itself.
3. Let's make a dough, from wheat flour first, cause it need rest for about 10 min. Take a mixing bowl and wheat flour, freshly chopped fenugreek leaves, gram flour or Besan, curd or yogurt, green chilli and garlic paste, ghee or butter, black pepper powder, carom seeds, sesame seeds or til and finally salt as per test.
4. Mix the ingredients well and now add water bit by bit to make the semi-thick dough. Knead the dough 2 more minutes give it a rest for about 10 min. Cover it by a damp cloth, while giving rest to the dough.
5. After 10 min, take the dough to knead it once and make the same 4 to 5 portion out of it.
6. Roll the single potion at a time. Make a thin roti and cook it on a hot pan. While cooking applies some oil or butter or ghee on both of the sides. We need to cook it on medium-low flame otherwise it will get dry.
7. Your Thepla's are ready to eat, have it with curd or pickles. We can keep it for 2 to 3 days, it will remain soft and testy.

Tips:

1) If we want to keep it for 3 to 4 days, keep it away from water and keep it in an airtight container.

2) Add some sugar and pinch of salt in curd, while eating it with thepla, it will give some extra test to thepla.

This thepla is very delicious and has only 120 calories in single thepla. Its a best food carry, while doing 2 or 3 days trip. This is the most famous food from Gujarat. But in all over the India people loves to have this thepla any time in a day.

Isn't that interesting fact about thepla? 

These thepla's are quick and easy to make. Most of the time, while going to the picnic people used to carry these. There are different kinds of thepla available, but this one is very testy, because of the combination of fenugreek leaves and besan or gram flour.

There are zucchini thepla, soya methi thepla, Mooli thepla, Doodhi thepla, soya thepla etc. kinds of thepla available. We are gonna make sure, to provide all these recipes you with.

Fresh fenugreek leaves are very heath meal for us. In India, there are so many food items that are made from these leaves and its seeds. Its seeds are also used in traditional medicine, fenugreek can increase the risk for serious medical side effects.

This methi thepla is also a very healthy diabetic snack, diabetics can indulge 1-2 theplas as fenugreek leaves improve the insulin and glucose response. It helps in improving digestion and appetite. It is full of antioxidants and fibre, which eventually removes all toxins from our body. Fenugreek leaves help in reducing body weight and can be easily included in the diet for weight watchers.

Hope you guys also enjoy the recipe a lot and take it while going for a picnic. Don't forget to share your experience of a picnic😋 and methi thepla off-course. We are always happy to share these kinds of testy dishes with you guys.