Saturday, November 17, 2007

Thalipeeth

It is a multi-grain mildly spiced flat bread, very nutritious & tasty.

The recipes for thalipeeth varies from kitchen to kitchen, I am giving you my away from home adopted version here.

In Maharashtra, a particular flour mixture called "bhajani" is widely used to make thalipeeth, which consists of many different types of roasted grains,spices & pulses.

Wheat, rice, corn, bajra, jowar, millet some dals like chickpeas, moong & spices like coriander seeds, are added together roasted & ground to have a typical aromatic flour. This flour is prepared in large quantities & stored & can be used as required. This same flour is also used to make bhajniche vadde.

At home thalipeeth is usually accompanied by matkich ussal, dahi(curd),loni (butter)& loncha?(pickle)!

This can be had as a main meal or as breakfast dish or just as a tea time snack on its own without any accompaniments !!In olden days this used to be a favorite travel snack as it stays good for 2-3 days.

Hope u enjoy it.




INGREDIENTS

2 Cups rice flour
1 Cup gram flour
1/4 Cup wheat flour/all purpose flour
1 & 1/2 Cup of finely chopped onions
1tsp. garlic paste
3 green chillies
1tsp. jeera
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
Cilantro/coriander (finely chopped)
Oil
Salt as required

Procedure

  1. Take a large bowl, put all the above ingredients into it and mix them well.
  2. While mixing, add appropriate quantity of water to form smooth and stiff dough.
  3. Form small balls from this dough. Take a large cotton cloth or kerchief / thick plastic bag greased with tsp. of oil and flatten a ball on the foil to get the shape of roti with wet hand (this will avoid the dough sticking to your hand).
  4. Pre-heat a non-stick pan on the stove with 1 tsp. of Oil.
  5. Now place thekerchief on the pan, with the dough on the pan surface and the kerchief facing upwards.
  6. Gently peelout the kerchief and let the dough to cook till it becomes light brown on both sides.
  7. Repeat the same for the rest. Serve it with butter, curds & pickle.