Lauki Thepla Recipe - OpenCookbook

Step-by-step

firstly, peel the skin of lauki and grate finely discarding the seed.

take 2 cup of grated lauki into a large bowl.

also, add ½ tsp chilli powder, ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp cumin powder and ¼ tsp ajwain.

further add 1 chilli, 1 tsp ginger paste, 1 tsp kasuri methi, 2 tbsp coriander and 1 tsp salt.

mix well making sure all the spices are well combined.

now add 2 cup wheat flour, ½ cup besan and ¼ cup curd.

knead the dough adding more wheat flour if required.

knead for 5 minutes or until a soft dough is formed.

further, add 2 tbsp oil and continue to knead well.

pinch a ball sized dough and dust with wheat flour.

dust with wheat flour and roll to small disc. further, roll it in thinly like chapati or paratha.

now on a hot tawa place, the rolled thepla and cook for a minute.

furthermore, when the base is partly cooked, flip the dudhi thepla.

also, spread ½ tsp olive oil / ghee and press slightly both the sides.

flip again once or twice till both the sides are cooked properly.

finally, serve lauki thepla with raita and pickle. dudhi na thepla

firstly, make sure not to take bitter lauki for preparing thepla.
also, if you like spicy thepla then increase the amount of chilli.
additionally, lauki has good water content, so do not add any extra water while kneading dough.
finally, lauki thepla recipe tastes great when prepared thinly.