I have heard about theplas from my buddy Shai and finally decided to make the same. This was made when there was an abundance of zucchinis and I had zucchini thepla planned out. The mistake was that I was a tad lazy and decided to not salt the zucchini to remove moisture. Have you all guessed what must have happened? Well, I made the dough and let it rest and came back to see that I had a really bad gooey dough. Lesson learnt and I settled with plain theplas since I had less time left.
The ingredients were ready, but had no idea about how the theplas should be. In other words, are they supposed to be thin or thick or crispy and so on. Thx to Shai who was patiently answering my questions over SMS. At one point I started laughing because she said that it has to be crispy and soft. My next question was whether it should be crisp like a papad and she said that they should not break. Well, I had it kind of figured out at that point and went ahead. When the theplas were done they were crispy and soft . Off to the recipe.
Masala Thepla (Indian Flat Bread)

Indian flat bread flavored with cumin seeds.
Ingredients:
- whole wheat flour - 2 cups
- besan - 1/2 cup (kadala maavu / chickpea flour)
- chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
- turmeric - 1 tsp
- asafoetida - pinch
- salt - to taste
- oil - 2 tbsp for dough + enough to make the theplas
- cumin seeds - 1 tsp (jeeragam)
- cilantro - 1/4 - 1/2 cup (coriander leaves)
- yogurt - 1/2 cup
Homemade yogurt can be made following this link
Instructions:
Mix whole wheat flour, besan, chilli powder, turmeric, asafoetida, salt, oil, cumin seeds, cilantro and yogurt. Make a stiff dough using water. Allow the dough to rest for half an hour.
Pinch a small portion of the dough and roll into a thin circle. Heat a griddle and cook the thepla. Dry roast each side and then spread oil on each side. When both sides have nice brown spots, the theplas are done.
Pictorial
1. Take whole wheat flour and besan in a bowl.

















Yummy theplas ready. Serve with pickle and yogurt.

Enjoy!
This sounds flavourful and tempting…nice thepla recipe
Vardhini coincidentally the day you posted this happened to be elections in Gujarat…i m a huge fan of theplas.. oh what bliss it is to dunk them in thick fresh curds…. They look smack on
Wow these look delicious.
Even my zucchini theplas went wrong too,i just finished them by adding more flour and finished as rotis.
Masala theplas looks great,will make some soon.
looks perfect and delicious
Wow…would love to try this recipe…looks so healthy…