Todays dish is ” Bhajniche Thalipeeth ” which is prepared widely in Maharashtrian household as well as North Karnataka.Its basically a “spiced pancake or flatbread made from multi grains flour “.Needless to say addition of multi grains makes it a very nutritious staple dish that can be eaten as hearty weekend breakfast or as snack or dinner.Hot hot thalipeeth straight from pan with curds and butter..aahh !!..just whats required to keep you full for hours….
In Maharashtra ,we easily get ready made flour mixture in shops called ” bhajni ” , that is the base for these thalipeeths.Bhajni is actually a flour made by roasting different grains and pulses .But i dont know if its available in other places too. So i always prepare it in home when needed just by mixing 5 flours in a proportion and spice it up with onion and chillies. The end result is always tasty and satisfying.And i couldn’t find much change in taste too.
I was introduced to this dish through my granny who’s from North Karnataka.As a knowledge transfer, i got the recipe from my mom.After marriage,when i prepared thalipeeth for the first time,my MIL was doubtful initially as though how it would taste,as thalipeeth was a new word for her.But once she munched the first bite, she declared -” hereon we can add Thalipeeth to our menu list. Wow !! its so tasty and very nutrituous too .. “. She quickly made few calls to her friends to tell them my culinary skills , my interest in learning new dishes ..blah blah…So what are you waiting for , if you too want to get some praises , prepare these easy and yummy thalipeeths right away…Im sure all these ingredients would be available in your pantry..
THALIPEETH
Ingredients
- 1 cup Jowar flour / sorghum
- 1 cup Rice flour
- 1 cup Wheat flour
- 1 cup Ragi flour / fingermillet
- 1 cup besan gram flour
- 1/2 cup Roasted groundnuts, ; coarsely powdered (optional but recommended )
- 2 big Onions, finely chopped
- 2 - 4 Green Chillies, ;finely chopped
- few leaves Curry Leaves, ;finely chopped
- Coriander leaves, - few springs ;finely chopped
- 2 tbsp White Sesame seeds / til
- 1 - 2 tsp Dhania powder / Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Jeera powder / cumin powder
- 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Haldi turmeric
- Salt, - as per taste
- oil to toast
Instructions
- Add onion,green chilli, coriander, curry leaves and salt in a wide mixing bowl.Mix it nicely by crushing onions with your hands for few minutes. This brings out more flavours from them.
- To the mixing bowl add all flours,groundnut powder,sesame seeds,dhania powder,jeera powder,chilli powder and haldi.
- Start adding warm water little by little and mix it nicely to forma dough. The dough should be such that its easy to spread. It should not be too hard (smoother than the chapathi dough ).
- Grease a plastic sheet / aluminum foil / parchment paper /banana leaf .Take a orange sized dough and pat it evenly with your hands to a medium thin pancake.Wet your hands in between with water to ease the patting.Make 1-3 holes on the thalipeeth so that they get cooked uniformly.
- Heat a griddle. When its hot, transfer thalipeeth carefully to the tawa.Method to transfer thalipeeth from sheet to tawa :When the tawa is hot ,put the sheet on the griddle ( rotti side facing the griddle ). Cook the rotti along with the sheet for 30 sec and then slowly remove the foil.Rotti gets transferred from sheet to the griddle.
- Pour some oil in the holes and all over the thalipeeth.Cover and cook till it becomes slightly brown in colour. Then flip the thalipeeth and continue cooking for about a minute or so till the thalipeeth becomes crispy. Cook on medium heat.
- Repeat the same with the remaining dough.
- Thalipeeth is ready to be served. Relish them hot with pickle ,spiced curd and a dollop of butter...
Notes
- The dough will be little sticky becuse of besan and other combination flours. So wet ur hand /grease your hand little to pat them easily.
- To the dough you can also add finely chopped vegetables like cabbage,methi leaves,spring onion,spinach or grated carrot,bottle gaurd,cucumber etc.
- In case you don't have jowar flour,try replacing it with some other flour like bajara (pearl millet ) or rava etc.
23 Comments
nandoos Kitchen
March 5, 2014 at 10:46 amhealthy and tasty thalipeeth. Looking yumm..
Priya Shiva
March 5, 2014 at 1:15 pmwow!! yummy and I want this now..
chikkus Kitchen
March 5, 2014 at 1:32 pmVery healthy and nutritious thalipeeth..yummy dear 🙂
Mitha Hegde
March 5, 2014 at 2:02 pmWow! Talented DIL of a Proud MIL! Will definitely try this smitha…. Looks soo good..Very healthy too… 🙂
Vibha Sp
March 5, 2014 at 3:22 pmhmm one of my favrate dish , but i do difrntly like from rice flour r from fingermellet flour, but i dont add oder flours , til ,dhaniya and jeera powder, but only jeera i add
Nalini Somayaji
March 5, 2014 at 3:35 pmYemmy Healthy Thalipeet …Smitha Kallurya …(Y)
Linsy Patel
March 5, 2014 at 4:28 pmNice healthy dish.
Gloria
March 5, 2014 at 4:34 pmThalipheet with a dollop of butter taste heavenly.. It’s my favorite breakfast option.. Looks too good.
Sony P
March 5, 2014 at 4:47 pmTasty and delicious thalipheet……. Love to eat with curd!!
Bhawna Bagri
March 5, 2014 at 7:11 pmHealthy and yummy thalipeeth….
Sushma Mallya
March 5, 2014 at 10:56 pmIt looks so good, havent tried thalipeeth using jowar…a must try for sure
Sangeetha Priya
March 5, 2014 at 11:44 pmhealthy flat bread!!!
Swathi Iyer
March 6, 2014 at 2:53 amvery nice thalipeeth that too with jowar.
Manjula Bharath
March 6, 2014 at 5:15 amwow very delicious and perfectly made thalipeeth 🙂 looks yumm !!
Indrani
March 6, 2014 at 4:13 pmThanks for this new dish.
Chitra
March 7, 2014 at 5:40 amLooks nice.its in my try list. Loved ur click.
prachi agarwal
March 14, 2014 at 5:09 pmhealthy and tasty. happy to follow u . also view my space http://prachisvegkitchen.blogspot.in/
Shruti J
April 10, 2014 at 12:15 amI’m absolutely in love this thaalipeeth! Simply amazing flavors… yet so traditional Looking forward to have more entries from your end 🙂
Akhila Parthasarathy
April 29, 2014 at 5:52 amLooks so yummy. Thank you for this.
Shine
May 13, 2014 at 9:56 amSimply amazing flavors…
Akhila Parthasarathy
May 13, 2014 at 10:11 amnice
Anonymous
November 26, 2014 at 1:12 pmGood explanation and thanks. I made it. It became wonderful
Christina
October 14, 2018 at 12:47 pmI’m not a great cook. But when I made this my husband loved it. Only difference in my recipe was that I made a batter instead of dough. So it came out like an uttappa. Tasted wonderful. Thanks a ton!!!