Methi Paratha/Thepla - Aai's breakfast speciality !

Methi Thelpa - best way of eating fresh methi leaves and Aai's special recipe

Quantity - 7/8 regular sized theplas

Ingredients -

Whole wheat aata - 2 cups
Besan - 1/4 th cup 
Fresh Methi bunch - 1 
Ginger - 1 inch grated finely
Red chilli powder - 2 tbsp 
Haldi - 1/2 tsp
Hing - a pinch
Ajwain - 1/2 tsp
Jeera powder - 2 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Sesame seeds - 1 tsp 
Homemade curd - 1 tbsp
Peanut oil - 3 tbsp
Salt - as per taste
Homemade ghee - for roasting
Water - for kneading 

Procedure -

1. Wash methi leaves and remove them from their stalk . Finely chop the leaves.
2. In a parat , add aata and besan . Then add freshly chopped methi leaves and other masala - ginger , red chilli powder , hing , haldi , ajwain , coriander and jeera powder , sesame seeds . Mix everything well with the aata.
3. Now add wet ingredients - curd , 1 tbsp of oil and also add some salt here . Mix everything nicely before we add water for kneading . 
4. Start adding water slowly and knead into a soft dough . Then put 2 tbsp of oil and cover the dough for atleast 20 mins .
5. Heat a tawa and keep ghee handy for roasting
6. Divide aata into small balls and roll them into medium size thepla just like poli . 
7 . Roast on tawa and put generous amounts of ghee while roasting on both sides . 

Serve with dahi or with homemade ketchup :) Add butter or extra ghee on top to relish it more

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