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Hello everyone, here is wholesome, tasty and filling
recipe of Lauki Thepla.
This is a Gujarati speciality dish, made with grated
bottle gourd ( lauki ), spices mixed along with wheat flour. Lauki thepla are
very tempting as well as nutritious.
This
versatile vegetable Lauki is low in fat
and cholesterol yet high in dietary fibre. It contains 96% of water content. It
is very much suitable for light and low-calorie diets.
Lauki Theplas would
be perfect for kids lunch box or even for adults too. It is best served with
yoghurt or any chutney, spicy curry or pickle.
Lets move to the delicious, easy and quick to make Lauki
Thepla recipe..:)
Ingredients:
·
Lauki / doodhi / bottlegourd - 1 cup (grated)
·
Wheat / Atta flour - 2 cups
·
Sesame seeds - 1 tsp
·
Ajwain seeds - ½ tsp
·
Turmeric pwd - ¼ tsp
·
Red chilly pwd - ½ tsp
·
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
·
Coriander leaves chopped - 2 tbsp
·
Amchur pwd -
½ tsp
·
Kasoori methi pwd - ½ tsp
·
Yoghurt -
1 tbsp
·
Salt to taste
·
Oil / butter as required
Method:
1.
Wash, chop and peel the skin of Lauki.
2.
Grate Lauki to fine shreds.
3.
Squeeze out the water from it and keep aside.
( don’t throw away the squeezed water. It is highly nutritious and can be used
in cooking)
4.
In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour and grated lauki.
5.
To it add sesame seeds, salt,
ajwain, turmeric pwd, coriander leaves, red chilly pwd, ginger garlic paste,
amchur pwd, kasoori methi pwd, yoghurt and combine well.
6.
Knead it to smooth soft dough by adding 2
tsps of oil. ( no need to add water as lauki itself lets out enough water. If needed
little sprinkles of water will be fine)
7.
The dough shouldn’t be watery or too
stiff. The softness should be the same
as chapatti dough.
8.
Now divide it to equal sized balls. ( don’t
allow the dough to rest, coz the lauzi lets out water on resting and the dough
turns sticky)
9.
Take one ball at a time. Dust it with wheat
flour and roll it to thin round discs using a rolling pin.
10. Heat the
girdle / tawa or pan on medium heat.
11. Once hot,
put the rolled thepla on it.
12. Apply ½ tsp
of oil or butter on it.
13. Wait for
few seconds and flip it to other side.
14. Drizzle oil
to the sides.
15. Once it
turns golden brown on both sides, remove from heat.
16. Repeat it
for all the theplas.
17. Healthy &
tasty Lauki Theplas are ready.
18. Serve it
hot as a breakfast or dinner.
19. It pairs
up excellent with yoghurt, pickle or with any spicy curry.
20. We enjoyed
Lauki Thepla with delicious Methi Chole.
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