Oats Thepla / Oats chapati is a healthy Indian Bread. Chapati / Roti made of whole wheat is a healthy substitute for conventional rice. We all are more diet specific nowadays. To cut our daily calories, most of us are looking for healthy substitutes. Oats, Millets are some of the healthy alternatives. Instead of having plain chapati, we can mix oats, carrot, radish, grated cauliflower etc with wheat flour and knead it to chapati dough and make yummy and healthy chapati / thepla. This recipe explains how to make Oats Thepla / Oats Chapati with step by step photos. We can serve this Oats thepla with any veg gravies of our choice.
Oats Thepla Recipe | Oats Chapati Recipe
Preparation and Yield:
Preparation time
10 mins
Cooking Time
25 mins
Yield
10
Oats Thepla Recipe | Oats Chapati Recipe
Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Flour
1.5 Cup*
Oats
1/2 Cup
Ajwain Seeds
1/2 teaspoon
Salt
To taste
Oil / Butter
2 tablespoom
* 1 Cup = 250ml
Oats Thepla Recipe | Oats Chapati Recipe
Method
Take a mixing bowl, add whole wheat flour, oats, ajwain seeds, salt and mix well. Ajwain seeds adds a nice aroma to the dish. Add warm water little by little and knead it to a soft dough. Cover the dough with a damp cloth and set it aside for about 15 minutes.
Make lemon sized balls out of the dough and keep it aside. Dust each ball with flour and roll it to a slightly thicker chapati. Repeat the same for rest of the dough balls
Heat a tawa, place the oats thepla and allow to cook for 20 seconds. Add little oil to the tawa. Flip the thepla to another side and cook for another 20 seconds. Remove the thepla from the tawa. Repeat the same for rest of the rolled theplas
Now the tasty and healthy Oats Thepla are ready to serve! Relish with your favourite gravy!
Is it necessary to powder the oats?
wow! great recipe. Going to give this a go. Thanks for sharing this.
Simon
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