Lauki Thepla | Spiced Bottle Gourd Flatbread
Lauki Thepla or Doodhi Thepla recipe is a healthy and delicious bottle gourd flat bread. Thepla is an Indian flatbread which belongs to the cuisine. This thepla flat bread is made by mixing different types of flours and spices. Sometimes optionally, vegetable like fenugreek leaves or bottle gourd are added. Gujarati thepla can be had for breakfast, lunch, snacks, or dinner. Lauki ka thepla is made by mixing spices, flours and bottle gourd.
Servings 8 Thepla
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups wheat flour
- ½ cup gram flour
- 1 cup bottle gourd / lauki Peeled and grated
- 1 green chilli finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1- inch ginger peeled and crushed into paste
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 teaspoons red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 2 tablespoons thick curd/yogurt
- 2 tablespoons desi ghee/clarified butter per thepla
- To taste salt
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour, gram flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, chopped green chilli, ginger paste, garam masala, salt and grated lauki.
- Mix everything well. Keep on mixing till a firm dough is formed.
- Add curds only if needed. Normally bottle gourd releases water. But if the dough becomes too dry, add curd/yogurt little at a time and make firm dough.
- Do not let the dough rest as the bottle gourd in it will release water and make the dough sticky.
- Make balls of equal sizes. Dust the rolling board with flour. Flatten the dough balls and roll it into thin lauki theplas. Do not make them thick.
- Heat a tawa/griddle, spread 1 teaspoon ghee. Fry the lauki thepla by applying ghee on both sides. When the theplas turn brownish they are done.
- To keep bottle gourd theplas soft, apply more ghee/oil to the theplas.
Notes
- If the thepla dough becomes too dry, add curd/yogurt little at a time and make firm dough.
- Do not let the dough rest as the bottle gourd in it will release water and make the dough sticky.