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Lauki Thepla

Lauki Thepla are savory and spiced flat breads made with bottle gourd or opo squash (lauki in Hindi and dudhi in Gujarati), whole wheat flour, gram flour, herbs and spices. These tasty flatbread make for a healthy breakfast, tiffin or picnic brunches.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 12
Calories: 103 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • ¾ to 1 cup lauki - grated, (dudhi, opo squash, calabash, bottle gourd)
  • 1½ cups whole wheat flour
  • 3 tablespoons gram flour (besan)
  • 2 tablespoons curd (yogurt) - add 1 or 2 tablespoons more, if required while kneading
  • 1 small green chili - crushed to a paste in mortar pestle
  • 1 inch ginger - peeled, crushed to a paste in mortar-pestle
  • ½ teaspoon coriander powder
  • ½ teaspoon cumin powder
  • ½ teaspoon red chili powder
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • ¾ teaspoon salt or add as required
  • oil as required, for roasting

Instructions

Kneading dough
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  1. First rinse, peel and then grate the lauki in a bowl or tray or large plate. Grate about ¾ to 1 cup lauki. NOTE: Before your grate, check the taste of lauki. If it is bitter to taste, then throw it away.
  2. Add the herbs and spices - ginger-green chili paste, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder salt.
  3. Mix the spices, salt very well with the grated lauki and keep covered aside for 5 minutes. The lauki will release its juices during this time.
  4. Then add whole wheat flour and besan or gram flour. If you don't have gram flour, then skip or you can add chickpea flour. You can also simply make these with whole wheat flour. Mix well.
  5. Add curd (yogurt) and oil.
  6. Mix and then begin to knead into a dough. Make a smooth soft dough.
Rolling
  1. Make medium sized balls from the dough.
  2. On a dusted rolling board, take each ball and begin to roll it.
  3. Sprinkle some more whole wheat flour, if required while rolling.
  4. Roll to a round of about 5 to 6 inches in diameter.
Roasting
  1. Place the rolled dough on a hot tawa or griddle. Keep the heat to medium or medium-high.
  2. When you see air pockets, flip it.
  3. Spread some oil all over. Flip again.
  4. Spread some oil on this flipped side now.
  5. Flip once or twice until they are roasted well.
  6. Roll and roast the flatbread in batches. Place them in a roti container or a casserole/hot pot, so that they stay warm.
  7. Serve these hot, warm or at room temperature with mango pickle or curd/yogurt.

Notes

  • 1 teaspoon of prepared ginger-green chili paste.
  • Instead of crushing the green chili and ginger, use 1 teaspoon of prepared ginger-green chili paste.
  • Before grating the bottle gourd, check its taste by eating a tiny piece. If it tastes sour or bitter, trash it. Bitter tasting bottle gourd is toxic and harmful to the body. So do not consume it and discard it. 
  • Easily adjust the herbs and spices in the flatbread according to your tastebuds.  

Nutrition Information

Calories 103kcal (5%) Carbohydrates 13g (4%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 5g (8%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 1g Cholesterol 1mg (0%) Sodium 162mg (7%) Potassium 89mg (3%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 1g (2%) Vitamin A 31IU (1%) Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 1mg Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 1mg Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 1mg Vitamin B6 1mg Vitamin B12 1µg Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Vitamin D 1µg Vitamin E 2mg Vitamin K 1µg Calcium 14mg (1%) Vitamin B9 (Folate) 7µg Iron 1mg (6%) Magnesium 25mg Phosphorus 59mg Zinc 1mg

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 103

% Daily Value*

Calories 103kcal 5%
Carbohydrates 13g 4%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 5g 8%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 1g 5%
Cholesterol 1mg 0%
Sodium 162mg 7%
Potassium 89mg 2%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 1g 2%
Vitamin A 31IU 1%
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 1mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 1mg
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 1mg
Vitamin B6 1mg
Vitamin B12 1µg 42%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Vitamin D 1µg 5%
Vitamin E 2mg
Vitamin K 1µg
Calcium 14mg 1%
Vitamin B9 (Folate) 7µg
Iron 1mg 6%
Magnesium 25mg 6%
Phosphorus 59mg
Zinc 1mg

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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