Sunday, January 8, 2012

millet flour pancakes (ज्वारीचे थालीपीठ)


Ingredients:
Jowar Flour (millet flour) – 2 cups
Wheat Flour – 1/4th cup
Gram Flour/besan – 1 tb-spoon
Garlic – 3-4 cloves, grated
Onion – 1 medium, finely chopped
Handful of coriander leaves, finely chopped
Cumin seeds powder – ½ t-spoon
Coriander seeds powder -1 t-spoon
Red Chilli Powder – 1 tb-spoon
Turmeric Powder – 1/4th t-spoon
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
For serving –
Dollop of homemade unsalted white butter(Loni) or salted butter or curd.
Procedure –
1. Mix all the ingredients except oil and knead it into stiff dough using water. The dough should be more smooth than chapatti dough. Keep this dough aside for 10-15 minutes covered with plate. Again knead the dough and make tennis ball sized balls.
2. Take a clean plastic sheet and grease its one side with some oil.
Flatten one ball in the palm of your hand and place it in the center of the sheet. Pat the ball with palm and the fingers. If the dough is too sticky, dip fingers in water to make the patting easier. Keep flattening in circular motion to make a round flat disc but make sure that the thalipeeth has even thickness. Make five holes with your finger, one in the center and four around which will help to cook the thalipeeth evenly.
3. Heat the tava, add little oil in the center and gently remove thalipeeth from plastic sheet and place it on tava. Apply little oil in the five holes and cover the tava with lid. Let the thalipeeth cook for 3-4 minutes on medium heat. Open the lid let the thalipeeth release the steam and afterwards cook the other side until it turns crisp.
4. Serve thalipeeth hot with homemade butter, curd or pickle.
Variations -
You can add methi (fenugreek leaves) or spinach leaves or any vegetable along with onions or without onions. It will increase the nutrition value and taste. If you want more crispy and crunchy thalipeeth with authentic flavor add more oil and roast thalipeeth on a iron griddle/tava. Let me tell you, Thalipeeth on iron tava tastes awesome, non-stick pan can never beat that taste.

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