Palak thepla or Indian Spinach flatbread

I love these greens filled sweet-sour n spicy rotis...they provide a good change on the plain old wheat roti and add some punch of nutrition along.. they taste delicious with a dollop of butter or plain old yogurt or any kind of pickle or relishes (chunda , katki etc) 

In the busy planning of various curries, veggies, rice and some assorted bakings I often overlook the myriad taste and flavors that our indian rotis offer...stuffed, layered, spicy, sweet - naan , kulcha, paratha.. low-fat, so-fat you could cry :)

These particular rotis are from Gujurati cuisine with sweet and sour and spicy all combined to form a delightful flavor..they last very well too (if you dont eat them all hot off the girdle) and I can vow that I have never seen a Gujju uncle/aunty travelling without those theplas ;)

So without much ado :

1 cup wheat flour

2 tbsp besan/chickpea flour

1 cup cut palak/methi

2 tsp cooking oil

a pinch of aseofetida

a pinch or turmeric

1/2 tsp of red chilli

1/4 tsp of crushed cumin

1 tbsp sesame seeds (optional)

2 tbsp fine jaggery + 2 tbsp lime juice (microwave for 20 seconds if you can)

salt to taste

Mix all these ingredients and add water to form a firm but malleable dough. Dab with oil and keep for 10-15 mins. Form into small ball ,sprinkle some dry flour and roll out like roti . Lay on hot tawa/girdle. 

Turn once and apply some oil on the surface. Turn and pat with a flat wooden spatula. 

Apply oil (just spread back of an oil covered spoon) and turn and pat the other side. 

Take off the tawa when spots appear. 

These make about 8 theplas which are way too few to satiate my appetite and have some left overs..but I was short of time and thus reined in my hands..

Neway...Enjoy !