Onion Thepla Recipe

Name: Onion Thepla Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup Wheat Flour (2 cups Whole Wheat Flour); 2 pieces Yellow Onion (2 Onion finely chopped); 1 piece Green Chili (1 Green Chilli finely chopped); 1 piece Ginger (1 inch Ginger finely chopped); 3 cloves Garlic (3 cloves Garlic finely chopped); 2 tsp Garam Masala (2 teaspoon Garam masala powder); 2 tsp Amchur (2 teaspoon Amchur (Dry Mango Powder)); 1 tsp Ground Turmeric (1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 1 tsp Black Pepper (1 teaspoon Black pepper powder); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil (1 tablespoon Oil for the dough); 0 pieces Clarified Butter (Ghee or oil for making the Theplas)

Onion Thepla Recipe - Thepla Recipes (Indian)

40 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making the Onion Thepla Recipe, we will first heat a kadai with oil, add cumin seeds and allow it crackle for few seconds.
2Add in ginger and garlic and saute till they turn soft, add chopped onions and cook until they turn golden brown.
3Once done add green chilies and all the spice powders like the garam masala powder, amchur powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder and salt to taste and mix well, cook for another few minutes till well combined and cooked and turn off the heat.
4Allow it to cool down and add this sautéed onions into a bowl with the wheat flour and oil. Add water little by little and form a firm dough which is not sticky.
5Rest for at least 10 minutes and shape them into medium sized balls.
6Dust it with wheat flour and roll it gently to make a Thepla. The diameter of the thepla depends on how thin or thick you want it to be. Repeat the same process with the remaining dough portions.
7Preheat the skillet on medium flame. Place the rolled thepla gently on it and cook on both sides, using oil or ghee till the thepla have brown spots on either side.
8Serve the Onion Thepla Recipe along with Yellow Pumpkin Dal, Bihari Karela and Aloo Ki Subziand raita to make it a complete meal for your everyday lunch.