Maharashtra

Thalipeeth

Name: Thalipeeth
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Maharashtrian
Ingredients: 3/4 cup jowar flour (sorghum flour); 1/3 cup bajra flour (pearl millet flour); 1/4 cup whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour); 3 tbsp rice flour; 1/4 cup besan (chickpea flour, gram flour); 1 medium finely chopped onion; a handful chopped coriander leaves (cilantro); 2 chopped green chilli; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 1/2 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 tbsp sesame seeds; a pinch ajwain (carom seeds); Salt, to taste; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), about 3 tbsp, for the tawa; 2 tbsp white butter to serve butter

Five flours, one flatbread, zero rolling pin. Your palm does the work.

35 minTime

9 gProtein each

mediumSpice

The bhajani flatbread3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

410kcalsame

9 gproteinsame

8 gfibresame

35minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Jowar flour (sorghum flour)¾ cup

Bajra flour (pearl millet flour)⅓ cup

Whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour)¼ cup

Rice flour3 tbsp

Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)¼ cup

Onion1 medium, finely chopped

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful, chopped

Green chilli2, chopped

Cumin seeds1 tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1½ tsp

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Sesame seeds1 tbsp

Ajwain (carom seeds)a pinch

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)about 3 tbsp, for the tawa

Butter2 tbsp, white butter to serve

Method

5 steps

1Mix all the flours, onion, coriander, chilli, spices, sesame, ajwain and salt. Add water little by little and knead a soft dough.
2Grease a cool tawa or a sheet of banana leaf or plastic. Pat a ball of dough out thin with wet fingers into a round.
3Poke 4 or 5 holes in the round and pour a few drops of oil into each hole and around the edge.
4Cook covered on medium heat, then flip and cook the other side open.
5Serve hot with white butter and curd or thecha.

Serve it like this

Stack them in a cloth lined basket so they stay soft and warm, with a little ghee on top if you like.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Maharashtra

Thalipeeth

Five flours, one flatbread, zero rolling pin. Your palm does the work.

35 minTime

9 gProtein each

mediumSpice

The bhajani flatbread3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

410kcalsame

9 gproteinsame

8 gfibresame

35minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Jowar flour (sorghum flour)¾ cup

Bajra flour (pearl millet flour)⅓ cup

Whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour)¼ cup

Rice flour3 tbsp

Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)¼ cup

Onion1 medium, finely chopped

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful, chopped

Green chilli2, chopped

Cumin seeds1 tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1½ tsp

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Sesame seeds1 tbsp

Ajwain (carom seeds)a pinch

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)about 3 tbsp, for the tawa

Butter2 tbsp, white butter to serve

Method

5 steps

1Mix all the flours, onion, coriander, chilli, spices, sesame, ajwain and salt. Add water little by little and knead a soft dough.
2Grease a cool tawa or a sheet of banana leaf or plastic. Pat a ball of dough out thin with wet fingers into a round.
3Poke 4 or 5 holes in the round and pour a few drops of oil into each hole and around the edge.
4Cook covered on medium heat, then flip and cook the other side open.
5Serve hot with white butter and curd or thecha.

Serve it like this

Stack them in a cloth lined basket so they stay soft and warm, with a little ghee on top if you like.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Thalipeeth

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Thalipeeth

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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