Skip the sweets: try quick and crispy onion thalipeeth in 10 minutes

During the Ganpati festival, most homes are full of sweet dishes. But eating sweets every day can get tiresome, and a craving for something spicy and tangy soon follows. If you are bored of onion-poha, sheera or upma for breakfast and want to try something new, a quick and crispy onion thalipeeth is a good option. It tastes delicious.

Children and adults alike often resist eating onions and vegetables. Thalipeeth can be a good way to get them to eat these, since it uses a mix of different flours, vegetables and spices. Breakfast should include a variety of tasty and healthy dishes. Here is an easy recipe for onion thalipeeth.

To make thalipeeth, you need wheat flour, onion, green chilli, jowar flour, gram flour, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, oil and vegetables of your choice.

The method is very simple. First, mix wheat flour, jowar flour, gram flour and salt to taste in a large plate. Then add finely chopped onion, coriander, green chilli and vegetables of your choice, and mix well by hand.

While preparing the thalipeeth mixture, add water if needed, or knead the dough using the water released by the onion and vegetables. Cover the prepared dough and set it aside for a while. Then dampen a cotton cloth.

Heat a griddle. Take a portion of the dough and pat it into a thalipeeth using your hand or the damp cloth, then place it on the griddle and cook on both sides until crisp. While cooking, drizzle oil around the edges, as this makes the thalipeeth crisp and adds to the flavour. That is all it takes to make tasty onion thalipeeth quickly, ready to be served hot for breakfast.