Dhebra. Gujarati Methi Na Dhebra recipe is perfect tea time snack from the state of Gujarat. You can use either fresh methi leaves (fenugreek) or dried methi or kasuri methi, to prepare this dish. I have used fresh methi in this recipe.

Dhebra This stp by step photo recipe of bajri dhebra is more or less similar to any Indian flat bread - the vada made from dough of millet flour (bajri flour), methi leaves and spices are deep-fried or shallow fried. To create dhebra, sufficient water and salt is mixed in millet flour to make a dough. The resulting dough balls are then flattened on a chakla to a round shape using a belan (rolling pin). You can have Dhebra using 24 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Dhebra

Prepare of For dhebra:.
Prepare 1 cup of bajra flour.
Prepare 1 cup of wheat flour.
Prepare 1/2 cup of semolina.
It's 1 tbsp of rice flour.
Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
You need 1 tsp of black sesame seeds.
It's 1 tsp of carom seeds.
You need 2 tsp of red chilli powder.
You need 1 tbsp of kasuri methi.
It's to taste of Salt.
It's of Oil for deep frying.
You need of Water as required.
You need Pinch of yellow, green, red, orange food colour.
Prepare of For peanut dip :.
It's 1 cup of salted peanuts.
Prepare 1/2 cup of hung curd.
Prepare 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
You need to taste of Salt.
Prepare of For mint dip :.
You need 1 cup of fresh mint leaves.
It's 1/2 cup of hung curd.
It's 2 of green chillies.
Prepare to taste of Salt.

Then, both sides of the dhebra are streamed with vegetable oil on a tava, until small brown spots appear. This is a plain dhebra, made of millet flour (bajra atta). Now place Dhebra on a plate and keep it in a casserole after it cools off. Serve Dhebra with pickle or Chutney.

Dhebra step by step

Mix all the dry ingredients for dhebra.Add 1 tbsp of hot oil. Mix well..
Divide the mixture into 4 equal parts. Add pinch of yellow, red, green and orange colour in each part of mixture. Now knead a dough (little hard) by adding water as required..
So you get 4 different colors of dough ready..
Now make medium sized balls from the dough. Roll them into thin chapatis and keep aside..
Now take one, apply some oil, spread evenly and sprinkle some semolina on top. Repeat with all the chapatis. Place the chapatis one above the other..
Roll the 4 chapatis together as shown in the picture. Cut 1 inch thick pieces out of them..
Slightly press the pieces in between your palms. meanwhile keep the oil for heating..
Take the pressed pieces and roll them into puri size..
Once the oil is enough heated lower the flame and fry single dhebra at the time till crispy. Repeat with all..
Now prepare the dips. Grind together the salted peanuts, red chilli powder and pinch salt together. Mix the hung curd. Similarly grind together mint leaves, green chillies and salt. Mix with hung curd..
Peanut dip and mint dip is ready to be served along with the dhebra..
Serve the dhebra with the dips..

You can also prepare Aloo Matar with Dhebra as the two taste delicious together. Take out Gujarati Methi Dhebra from the fridge, heat it and eat. An iron and fibre-rich snack made with fenugreek leaves and bajra flour, methi na dhebra is so scrumptious that the plate will be empty in no time—so, take my advice and make more than you think is needed! served with curds, this makes an ideal afternoon snack. - Yogurt is used to knead the dough in dhebra while water is used to knead the dough in thepla. - cooking procedure meaning frying on tawa is same for both - because of different ingredients are used for both, taste and flavors are totally different. Dhebra is an Indian bread, popular in Gujarati cuisine. It is made of bajra flour, alone or together with other flours, and is often perked up with different ingredients like spices and herbs.