Thalipattu / Thalipeet / Thalipettu Recipe / Thalipeeth (A Marathi traditional flat bread recipe)

Thalipattu is a popular breakfast from Karnataka. Thalipattu is served with home made butter or ghee or yogurt or green coconut chutney.

Serves: 4

Preparation Time:
15 mins
Cooking Time:
20 mins

Ingredients:
1 cup rice flour
1 finely chopped onion
1 cup finely chopped dill leaves
1 cup finely chopped spinach(Palak leaves)
1 cup grated carrot
2 finely chopped green chilies
1 cup finely chopped cilantro(coriander leaves)
1 Tbsp cumin seeds(Jeera)
Salt to taste
water for kneading
1 tsp oil
More oil to drizzle while cooking

 

 

Directions:

Take rice flour, add onions, grated carrot, chopped dill leaves, chopped spinach, chilies, coriander leaves, salt to taste, cumin seeds and 1 tsp oil.
Start kneading the mixture into a stiff yet pliable dough by adding little water at a time. Make small round balls from the dough. Set aside.

To flatten these balls into round breads, take butter sheets.
Place the dough ball on butter sheet and using your palm start flattening the dough into a small round circle. (you may also use rolling pin and apply some oil  to avoid the dough to stick)

Add about 1/2 tsp oil on the griddle and put this flattened bread on griddle, butter sheet should be on top after few seconds(very less sec) take out the butter sheet and apply oil to flattened bread. ( or Add about 1/2 tsp oil on the griddle and with the help of the butter  sheet pick up and place the thalipattu on the griddle/pan. (make sure your plastic doesn't touch the hot pan))
Drizzle a little oil in the center and a little on both the sides once, while cooking. Cook approximately for two minutes on med heat on both sides.
Serve hot with homemade butter,yogurt, ghee, pickle or green coconut chutney

NOTE:
The dough will be little sticky because of onion. So wet your hand /grease your hand with oil to pat them easily.
To the dough you can also add finely chopped vegetables like fenugreek/methi  leaves , spring onion, cucumber etc.
Method:

Eggless Sponge Cake / Basic Eggless Sponge Cake

An easy cake recipe which gets ready in no time. Try this Eggless sponge Cake recipe for hassle-free ending.  This Eggless cake is great for vegetarians. Cakes are always a problem for vegetarians but these days, baking has become more interesting even without eggs. This basic eggless cake can be decorated howevery you want. You can even add different flavors.

Preparation time : 10 min

Cooking time : 5 min

Serves : 4 people

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose or plain flour (Maida)-cake flour can be used.

2 tbsp softened butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda (soda bi-carb)

1 tsp Vinegar --optional but will bring great texture in your cake

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

3/4 cup Milk -can be added more or less to adjust consistancy of batter

 

Method:

Preheat Oven at 350F (about 180C).

Take butter in a mixing bowl. To that add sugar and whisk well until it turns out creamy and combined.

Slowly add warm milk and make that in to thin paste. 

Sift maida(all purpose flour) in to wet mixture along with baking powder and baking soda mix very well.

Now add vanilla essence and mix well. 

The batter should be of a dropping consistency. 

Pour this into a greased cake pan. Place the tray on middle rack in preheated oven.

Bake for 10 minutes and check(You know it is ready when the cake starts leaving the sides of the pan) again  bake for another 15 minutes and check (insert a toothpick in the center of the cake and it should come dry and clean).

Remove from the Oven. Let it sit for few minutes - about 5 minutes. The cake is ready.

Tips:

Make sure to use butter  at room temperature.

Be sure to use warm milk.