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Methi Thepla – Your Recipe Rocks
May 18th, 2008 Madhuram Posted in From Other Blogs, Roti/Parathas, Vegan Main Dishes, Your Recipe Rocks | 
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I made Roma’s Methi Thepla for dinner on Monday. Even though she had mentioned that it was a travel food, I could not wait to try these until my next long trip. So I got methi greens on Sunday and made the theplas on Monday. We all loved it Roma. Thank you very much for the recipe.
My Notes:
1. I doubled the recipe. So for 2 cups of whole wheat flour I got 10 theplas.
2. I would like to share with all of you a tip which is very useful while preparing chapathis and puris. My mother-in-law read this in a tamil magazine.
Take some sheets of paper (preferably unprinted, so that the ink does not stick to the dough) and staple them to make a book. Roll out all the chapathis/puris and keep them in each page of the book. After rolling out all the chapathis, heat the griddle and by the time the griddle gets hot clean the place where you rolled out the dough and start cooking the chapathis one after the other. There are two uses – it keeps all the rolled chapathis moist without drying and it is also a time saver. Those in the US can use the grocery store’s paper bags to make the book. People in India can use the back side of the big calendar sheets. Try replacing the book every month.
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May 19th, 2008 at 4:45 am
beautiful theplas madhuram
May 18th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Thanks for sharing…. You know, your family is a lucky bunch!!
With all the wonderul food you prepare, they must think that they live in heaven 
May 18th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Madhu sounds good the book idea
, i will try too… Theplas are looking good and healthy too 
May 18th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Madhu, Awesome pictures and great tip. Inspired by your post, I tried a shortcut methi paratha today
May 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
the theplas look so delicious, Madhu! Thanks for the wonderful tip. I think it would save some space too. I always spread out my rotis on the dining table.
May 18th, 2008 at 9:41 am
thatsa brilliant idea madhuram!!!It will save so much time:).thanks for sharing.theplas look yummy!!!
May 18th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Thanks so much for trying out Theplas and I am very happy that you liked them. I learnt to make them from my cook who used to work for a Gujarati family earlier. Initially, the list of ingredients seemed so long that I got a bit boggled but when I got them ready I was happy to have followed the procedure.
I must say the tip of keeping rolled out chappatis in a paper book is really good. In most of your recipes I look out for tips. Thats the section thats really very helpful.
Thanks once again for trying out the recipe.
Roma
May 18th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Amma does this paper method madhuram.I too like the methi flavor in the roti
May 18th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Ive wanted to try romas theplas for a while too. Actually you could also use two tavas and use your mil’s book idea to cut the time in half. Nice photographs.
May 18th, 2008 at 6:21 am
Your theplas are round
If I followed the book method mine would look like an atlas ..each tepla shape would match a continent 