Zucchini Theplas – Nutritious and Yummy

Published On March 10, 2017
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By Heena Bharat
2 comments

Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
5 minutes
Difficulty Level
Intermediate

Ingredients

Zucchini/Turai - 1 medium sized
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tablespoon
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tablespoon
Jeera/cumin seeds - 1/2 tablespoon
Chopped onions (optional) - 1 of medium size
Chopped green chillies - 2
Oil - 4 tablespoons
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tablespoon
Amchur/dry mango powder - 1/2 tablespoon
Ajwain/carom seeds - 1/2 tablespoon
Saunf/fennel seeds - 1/2 tablespoon
Curd/Yoghurt - 1/2 cup
Chopped coriander leaves - a handful

Instructions

Wash, peel and grate the Zucchini. Add some salt and chopped onions to it and set aside for 5 minutes.
In a bowl, add wheat flour, some salt (just a bit as we have already added it to the grated zucchini), curd, 3 tablespoons of oil, and all the dry seeds/masalas (turmeric powder, red chilli powder, amchur, cumin seeds, ajwain and saunf) and the chopped chillies, coriander leaves and ginger garlic paste. Make a soft dough out of this mix.
Divide the dough into 8 equal parts and make small balls.
Take 1 ball at a time, flatten it between your palms, and roll it into the dry flour. Roll the flattened ball to 5-6 inch diameter just as we do for chapatis.
Meanwhile heat a non-stick tawa for frying the theplas. Put one thepla on it and cook it from one side.
Flip the thepla and apply some oil to it. Cook this side, turn it again and apply some more oil to the other side. This cooks the theplas from both the sides properly. You can see some brown spots on it once is cooked.
Likewise, make all theplas out of the flattened balls. Soft and healthy Zucchini Theplas are ready to serve now.
Serve it hot/warm with mango pickle and ginger tea. These can be stored in air tight containers for use the next day.
Note: Use the proper quantity of oil and curd for making the theplas soft and yummy making it convenient to carry for travels. You may also use the water extract from zucchini and onions and salt. However, do not add additional water for making dough for theplas.
Enjoy delicious Zucchini Theplas!

Servings : 4
Ready in : 15 minutes
Special Category : Healthy Food
Recipe Type : Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

2 Responses to Zucchini Theplas – Nutritious and Yummy

Ravi March 10, 2017 at 8:26 PM

Healthy and easy recipe

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- Heens March 11, 2017 at 11:31 AM
  
  Thanks 🙂
  
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Heena Bharat

Good food creates good memories and can win many hearts. Though basic cooking started in my Mumbai days, but being in Germany for few years, I started missing all Indian food especially street food. This has made me trying new and new dishes at home and even during the lockdown period in india, it has proved to be the need of the hour!!