Recipe For Pumpkin Thepla

Pumpkin Thepla Recipe

Ingredients:
1/2 small red pumpkin, peeled, grated
2 cups wheat flour
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp dhana-jeera powder/coriander-cumin powder
salt to taste
1/2 tsp carrom seeds/thymol seeds/Ajwain/Owa/Ajmo
Water as needed
Oil for shallow frying
Wheat flour for dusting

Pumpkin Thepla

Method:
1. Knead dough using all the ingredients. Use water sparingly.
2. Cover and let the dough sit for about 1/2 hour. The dough looks like below.
3. Make small balls and roll into rotis or theplas.
4. Shallow fry on the pan drizzling very little oil.
5. Wrap in a clean kitchen napkin till ready to use.

Recipe For Pumpkin Thepla

Note:
1. To simplify my life, I used my food processor’s “shred” blade to grate the pumpkin. A grater can be used too.

making of Pumpkin Thepla