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Home » BREAKFAST-DINNER » Methi thepla recipe, how to make thin methi thepla

Methi thepla recipe, how to make thin methi thepla

May 16, 2009 by Raks Anand 57 Comments /

Methi thepla recipe

Learn how to make methi theplas, thin, soft and goes simply great with boondi raita as side dish.
This is also one of the recipes,that I got from my friend Sangeeta and tried.It tasted great. This is the first time I am trying and I liked it very much.

I love the taste and this methi roti or methi thepla and will often make appearance in the kitchen. It comes out really soft and stays soft even after long time. So perfect to pack for your lunch box and boondi raita is the perfect side dish for methi roti. You can indulge without counting the numbers!

Methi leaves

Methi roti – thepla recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time: 30 mins    |  Cook time: 15 mins    |  Makes: 12

Ingredients

Wheat flour – 1 & 1/2 cup


Methi leaves – 3/4 cup


Red chilli powder – 1 tsp


coriander powder – 1/2 tsp


Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp


Garam masala powder – 3/4 tsp


Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp


Cumin – 1 tsp


Salt – As needed


Oil – 3 tbsp


Butter milk – As needed


Method

  1. Remove the methi leaves from its stem,clean it and chop it coarsely.Fry the wet leaves in a kadai with little oil,just till it reduces in volume.
  2. methi leavesleaves chopedSauteed

  3. Add the sautéed leaves,salt,turmeric,garam masala powder,red chilli, coriander, turmeric powders, Cumin and oil and mix well. Add required buttermilk to make a soft dough,just like we make for roti/chappathis.
  4. All ingredientsMixed wellMade dough

  5. Make equal sized balls and roll to thin rotis.Heat a tava,sprinkle little oil and just toast the rotis like we usually do for chapathis.
  6. Methi thepla doughrolled theplamethi thepla cooked

Notes

  • Adding oil and buttermilk adds extra softness to the rotis.
  • I added sambar powder in place of red chilli coriander powder, as my sambar powder is a combination of this both.
  • Sautéing the methi leaves enhances the flavor and cut down the bitterness of the leaves.
  • Stays soft for longer time and also doesn’t gets spoiled soon,so ideal for travelling.
  • Rolling as thin as possible makes it very perfect!

Serve with any simple raitha or simply with curd and pickle.I served with boondi raita and mango thokku! Tasted great!
methi thepla

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Comments

  1. Priti

    May 16, 2009 at 6:07 am

    Looks just yum..love the pics 🙂

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  2. notyet100

    May 16, 2009 at 6:10 am

    yummy platter,..:-)

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  3. DEESHA

    May 16, 2009 at 6:23 am

    lovely theplas .. nice pictorial presentation .. i just love these

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  4. Suparna

    May 16, 2009 at 6:27 am

    Hi,
    Methi rotis are good for health! your presentation is so neat …feel gald seeing the neat pics 🙂 good job.Hope to c your posts more often,hope u had a great time 🙂
    Enjoy the weekend.
    TC

    Reply
  5. sowmya

    May 16, 2009 at 6:28 am

    looks delicious..

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  6. Prathibha

    May 16, 2009 at 6:32 am

    Lovely theplas…even i also prepare the same way, sometimes i even add besan to the flour..

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  7. Sireesha

    May 16, 2009 at 6:35 am

    Fabulous Platter:)

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  8. Priya

    May 16, 2009 at 7:44 am

    Methi greens wat a healthy greens,awesome presentation and the dish is quite a healthy roti…prefectly rolled roti yaa!

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  9. Ammu

    May 16, 2009 at 8:08 am

    Love the step by step clicks. Amazing dish.

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  10. indhu

    May 16, 2009 at 8:42 am

    theplas look sooo yummy… and love the step-by-step pictures… they are very useful 🙂

    – Indhu (www.thayirsaadham.com)

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  11. Nags

    May 16, 2009 at 9:21 am

    you are back! The rotis look lovely 🙂 where do you buy boondi from? or do you make it yourself?

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  12. srikars kitchen

    May 16, 2009 at 10:35 am

    wow.. nice entry.. last week i made thepla.. healthy roti.. nice click..

    Reply
  13. RAKS KITCHEN

    May 16, 2009 at 11:14 am

    Nags,
    I buy Haldirams raita boondhi available in Mustafa 🙂

    Reply
  14. Mangala Bhat

    May 16, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    wow! yummy! nice clicks

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  15. Happy cook

    May 16, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    Wow really perfect looking ones and delcious too.

    Reply
  16. Ramya Vijaykumar

    May 16, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    mmm, so comforting to see rotis… I make it pretty much the same way, am hungry again!!!

    Reply
  17. jeyashrisuresh

    May 16, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    i saw the recipe of thelpa in blog(forgot the name) but step by step procedure and few tips in the end is perfect.should try out soon.normally i clean and add the leaves as it is without sauting and never add butter milk.never come soft.thanks for sharing the recpe.

    Reply
  18. jeyashrisuresh

    May 16, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    an event is going on in this bloghttp://creativesaga.blogspot.com/(cooking with greens).Can send this to that event

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  19. Pavithra

    May 16, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    Wow that theplas are looking wonderful and very nice clicks… wish to have the whole platter. Yummy and comforting dish

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  20. meeso

    May 16, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Oh, that looks so good! I am so hungry now!

    Reply
  21. Mahimaa's kitchen

    May 16, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    methi parathas cannot look more perfect than this. adding buttermilk and sauteing is very new to me. yummy and tempting pics as ever.

    good one.

    Reply
  22. Gita's Kitchen

    May 16, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    Nice photos, the rotis look so perfect along with the raita 🙂

    Reply
  23. Vibaas

    May 16, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    Adding sambar powder is a neat idea. Lovely pics. Thepla is my favorite and it looks perfect and tempting, raji.

    Reply
  24. delhibelle

    May 17, 2009 at 12:18 am

    I adore methi thelas and these look just so beautiful with white dahi. WoW!

    Reply
  25. A_and_N

    May 17, 2009 at 2:49 am

    Wow, they don’t have besan?

    Love the pics!

    Reply
  26. Ashwini

    May 17, 2009 at 3:20 am

    Wow my favourites roti. Yumm. Looks so delicious and very tempting.Nice presentation.

    Reply
  27. Chitra

    May 17, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    I tried this once ,it was slightly bitter..Will saute and try next time..:)looks great!!

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  28. Rathna

    May 17, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    Looks delicious Vijaya…nice recipe 🙂

    Reply
  29. Sandy

    May 17, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm delishhh! Great Blog!

    Reply
  30. Cham

    May 17, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    Delicious looking with raita and pickle!

    Reply
  31. rekhas kitchen

    May 18, 2009 at 3:55 am

    hummmmm so beautiful pic. I didn’t even stop drooling on your naan pic. again one more came on that list yummy recipe so inviting yes a perfect full meal

    Reply
  32. Lena Rashmin Raj

    May 18, 2009 at 10:13 am

    lovely theplas…..snaps are just superb…Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving comment.. 🙂

    Reply
  33. Laavanya

    May 18, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    I love methi roti too… love your pics Raks.

    Reply
  34. Valarmathi

    May 18, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    Lovely Rotis. Like the step by step pictures. Neat presentation.

    Reply
  35. Archy

    May 18, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    thepla looks so gud with raita an pickle !! nice pic !!

    Reply
  36. Uma

    May 18, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    Good to see you back 🙂 Methi theplas look so good and tempting. Yum!

    Reply
  37. sriharivatsan

    May 19, 2009 at 2:02 am

    Awesome pictures and itz really tempting..Cant be perfect more than this…I have never sauted, new one to me too..

    Reply
  38. Kayal

    May 19, 2009 at 8:14 am

    I don’t add chilly powder while preparing methi roti…will try this way too. nice picture

    Reply
  39. AnuSriram

    May 19, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    Looks lovely! Nice click!

    Reply
  40. Srivalli

    May 19, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    looks so lovely raji…

    Reply
  41. Yasmeen

    May 19, 2009 at 10:26 pm

    lovely colors,I don’t miss making methi roti whenever I buy fresh methi:)

    Reply
  42. Radha Ramaswamy

    May 20, 2009 at 1:38 am

    Your methi roti is very tempting.
    Thanks.

    Reply
  43. Kitchen Flavours

    May 21, 2009 at 9:35 am

    Nice to see you back…..Like always helpful pitorial…Congrats to be featured in TOI. Methi roti looks droolworthy and healthy……

    Reply
  44. anudivya

    May 21, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    Love love love the addition of sambhar powder. It must give such a unique taste and smell. I will try it the next time I am making rotis.

    Reply
  45. Viki's Kitchen

    May 23, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    Methi thepla looks gorgeous.

    Reply
  46. Madhoo.S.Gargya

    May 24, 2009 at 2:36 am

    Hi there, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. This is my first visit to ur blog.You have a really nice blog.

    Reply
  47. jayasri

    May 25, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    Oh!, my God!, how did i miss this post, So beautiful clicks, I had also posted this recipe with a little change i don't use butter milk, I love methi theplas, my post looks soooo bland, I feel like removing it from my blog…, yours look so tempting & drooling….., wonderful post 🙂

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  48. Sharmilee! :)

    March 23, 2010 at 10:49 am

    How did I miss this….lovely clicks….! just had theplas for dinner but pics sariya varala so have to make it again atleast for clicking 🙂

    Reply
  49. Neha

    September 13, 2010 at 5:16 am

    yummy..nice methi thepla

    Reply
  50. Pavithra

    December 9, 2010 at 4:06 am

    Raji got to see ur Methi thepla picture in this blog http://vaangasamaykalaam.blogspot.com/2010/02/breakfasttiffin-recipes.html I saw some of my pictures too and warned her. When i was check other post got to see this.

    Reply
  51. Sailaja Damodaran

    December 9, 2010 at 4:06 am

    check this raks http://vaangasamaykalaam.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-04-23T04%3A52%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7
    looks like they stole ur methi roti picture.

    Reply
  52. Unknown

    July 6, 2013 at 9:28 am

    Lovely Rotis

    Reply
  53. Durga Pugazh

    September 28, 2013 at 3:54 pm

    Triedthis thepla this morning. Excellent, soft, delicious and nutritious too.. Also prepared Garam masala as oer recipe for this. Flavorful. Keep posting. Excellent workdone by you…

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  54. Anna Almeida

    November 19, 2013 at 3:39 am

    I tried this recipe it was yum .Thanks Raks for this wonderful recipe.

    Reply
  55. Namitha Ramesh

    October 10, 2015 at 9:32 am

    what type of pickle u presented in this pic

    Reply
  56. Raks anand

    October 10, 2015 at 10:02 am

    Mango thokku.

    Reply
  57. Unknown

    August 10, 2017 at 2:20 pm

    Fool proof recipe. Comes well every time I try. I just add a little ginger garlic paste. Yummy. Thanks for the recipe

    Shobana Franklin

    Reply

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