Friday, 26 July 2013

Paneer stuffed Methi Theplas

                                                         
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Picture  2

Ingredients:
For Stuffing
  • Grated Paneer - 1 cup
  • Chopped green chillies - 1 tblspn
  • Pepper crushed - 1 tspn
  • Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tblspn
  • Salt - to taste

For making dough
  • Wheat flour - 2 cups (my cup measures 240ml)
  • Besan flour - 2 tblspn
  • Chopped methi - 1/2 cup
  • Ajwain or omam - 1/2 tspn
  • White til seeds ( ellu ) - 1 tspn
  • Turmeric powder - a pinch
  • Chilli powder - 1/2 to 1 tspn
  • Dhania powder - 1/2 tspn
  • Ghee - 1 tspn
  • Salt - to tate
  • Water - for making dough

Other ingredients:
Oil - for shallow frying
Method:
  • In a bowl take all the ingredients given under for making dough except water ,  mix them well, moisture in the methi leaves and ghee is there so carefull in adding water, springle water at a time and make soft chappathi dough
  • keep this dough for 20mins by closing it with a lid or clean cloth
  • Take a bowl add all the ingredients given under Stuffing  and mix them well
  • Make small balls from the stuff mixture and keep it ready
  • Heat tawa, take small amount of dough, make cup like shape and stuff the paneer mixture ball inside close it  nicely and make chappathi by pressing slowly with a chappathi roller as in Picture 1
  • Put it in the tawa, after small brown spot comes on both sides apply oil or ghee and cook both side 
  • Another method is for beginners, take small amount of chappathi dough and make round chappathi 
  • Stuff the paneer mixture in one side and close it with another side and seal the opening by pressing it (like somasi) as in Picture 2
  • Put it in the tawa, apply oil or ghee and cook both side
  • Serve the tasty paneer stuffed methi theplas with a plain curd, masala curd or a pickle as side dish











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