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 roti – thepla recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time: 30 mins | Cook time: 15 mins | Makes: 12
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
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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!
Priti
May 16, 2009 at 6:07 amLooks just yum..love the pics 🙂
notyet100
May 16, 2009 at 6:10 amyummy platter,..:-)
DEESHA
May 16, 2009 at 6:23 amlovely theplas .. nice pictorial presentation .. i just love these
Suparna
May 16, 2009 at 6:27 amHi,
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
sowmya
May 16, 2009 at 6:28 amlooks delicious..
Prathibha
May 16, 2009 at 6:32 amLovely theplas…even i also prepare the same way, sometimes i even add besan to the flour..
Sireesha
May 16, 2009 at 6:35 amFabulous Platter:)
Priya
May 16, 2009 at 7:44 amMethi greens wat a healthy greens,awesome presentation and the dish is quite a healthy roti…prefectly rolled roti yaa!
Ammu
May 16, 2009 at 8:08 amLove the step by step clicks. Amazing dish.
indhu
May 16, 2009 at 8:42 amtheplas look sooo yummy… and love the step-by-step pictures… they are very useful 🙂
– Indhu (www.thayirsaadham.com)
Nags
May 16, 2009 at 9:21 amyou are back! The rotis look lovely 🙂 where do you buy boondi from? or do you make it yourself?
srikars kitchen
May 16, 2009 at 10:35 amwow.. nice entry.. last week i made thepla.. healthy roti.. nice click..
RAKS KITCHEN
May 16, 2009 at 11:14 amNags,
I buy Haldirams raita boondhi available in Mustafa 🙂
Mangala Bhat
May 16, 2009 at 12:16 pmwow! yummy! nice clicks
Happy cook
May 16, 2009 at 12:24 pmWow really perfect looking ones and delcious too.
Ramya Vijaykumar
May 16, 2009 at 1:21 pmmmm, so comforting to see rotis… I make it pretty much the same way, am hungry again!!!
jeyashrisuresh
May 16, 2009 at 2:40 pmi 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.
jeyashrisuresh
May 16, 2009 at 2:43 pman event is going on in this bloghttp://creativesaga.blogspot.com/(cooking with greens).Can send this to that event
Pavithra
May 16, 2009 at 3:26 pmWow that theplas are looking wonderful and very nice clicks… wish to have the whole platter. Yummy and comforting dish
meeso
May 16, 2009 at 3:58 pmOh, that looks so good! I am so hungry now!
Mahimaa's kitchen
May 16, 2009 at 5:01 pmmethi parathas cannot look more perfect than this. adding buttermilk and sauteing is very new to me. yummy and tempting pics as ever.
good one.
Gita's Kitchen
May 16, 2009 at 6:24 pmNice photos, the rotis look so perfect along with the raita 🙂
Vibaas
May 16, 2009 at 11:43 pmAdding sambar powder is a neat idea. Lovely pics. Thepla is my favorite and it looks perfect and tempting, raji.
delhibelle
May 17, 2009 at 12:18 amI adore methi thelas and these look just so beautiful with white dahi. WoW!
A_and_N
May 17, 2009 at 2:49 amWow, they don’t have besan?
Love the pics!
Ashwini
May 17, 2009 at 3:20 amWow my favourites roti. Yumm. Looks so delicious and very tempting.Nice presentation.
Chitra
May 17, 2009 at 1:42 pmI tried this once ,it was slightly bitter..Will saute and try next time..:)looks great!!
Rathna
May 17, 2009 at 8:22 pmLooks delicious Vijaya…nice recipe 🙂
Sandy
May 17, 2009 at 9:59 pmYummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm delishhh! Great Blog!
Cham
May 17, 2009 at 10:06 pmDelicious looking with raita and pickle!
rekhas kitchen
May 18, 2009 at 3:55 amhummmmm 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
Lena Rashmin Raj
May 18, 2009 at 10:13 amlovely theplas…..snaps are just superb…Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving comment.. 🙂
Laavanya
May 18, 2009 at 1:31 pmI love methi roti too… love your pics Raks.
Valarmathi
May 18, 2009 at 3:46 pmLovely Rotis. Like the step by step pictures. Neat presentation.
Archy
May 18, 2009 at 7:20 pmthepla looks so gud with raita an pickle !! nice pic !!
Uma
May 18, 2009 at 10:21 pmGood to see you back 🙂 Methi theplas look so good and tempting. Yum!
sriharivatsan
May 19, 2009 at 2:02 amAwesome pictures and itz really tempting..Cant be perfect more than this…I have never sauted, new one to me too..
Kayal
May 19, 2009 at 8:14 amI don’t add chilly powder while preparing methi roti…will try this way too. nice picture
AnuSriram
May 19, 2009 at 2:31 pmLooks lovely! Nice click!
Srivalli
May 19, 2009 at 4:37 pmlooks so lovely raji…
Yasmeen
May 19, 2009 at 10:26 pmlovely colors,I don’t miss making methi roti whenever I buy fresh methi:)
Radha Ramaswamy
May 20, 2009 at 1:38 amYour methi roti is very tempting.
Thanks.
Kitchen Flavours
May 21, 2009 at 9:35 amNice to see you back…..Like always helpful pitorial…Congrats to be featured in TOI. Methi roti looks droolworthy and healthy……
anudivya
May 21, 2009 at 10:55 pmLove 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.
Viki's Kitchen
May 23, 2009 at 1:25 pmMethi thepla looks gorgeous.
Madhoo.S.Gargya
May 24, 2009 at 2:36 amHi 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.
jayasri
May 25, 2009 at 9:05 pmOh!, 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 🙂
Sharmilee! :)
March 23, 2010 at 10:49 amHow did I miss this….lovely clicks….! just had theplas for dinner but pics sariya varala so have to make it again atleast for clicking 🙂
Neha
September 13, 2010 at 5:16 amyummy..nice methi thepla
Pavithra
December 9, 2010 at 4:06 amRaji 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.
Sailaja Damodaran
December 9, 2010 at 4:06 amcheck 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.
Unknown
July 6, 2013 at 9:28 amLovely Rotis
Durga Pugazh
September 28, 2013 at 3:54 pmTriedthis 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…
Anna Almeida
November 19, 2013 at 3:39 amI tried this recipe it was yum .Thanks Raks for this wonderful recipe.
Namitha Ramesh
October 10, 2015 at 9:32 amwhat type of pickle u presented in this pic
Raks anand
October 10, 2015 at 10:02 amMango thokku.
Unknown
August 10, 2017 at 2:20 pmFool proof recipe. Comes well every time I try. I just add a little ginger garlic paste. Yummy. Thanks for the recipe
Shobana Franklin