Mulitgrain Flatbread / Bhajaneeche Thalipeeth

One more of my favourite Marathi dishes. This is as healthy as you can get. Bhajani che Thalipeeth or the way I call it multigrain flatbread contains a lot of nutritional value, its made up of various grains, lentils and pulses. I will put up a recipe of my mother's recipe on how to make the flour separately for those who are interested in making it from scratch. I have the liberty of using the one my mom makes :) The store bought ones are good enough too. You can get them in all Indian stores, its called Bhajaniche Peeth. When I make this its not an authentic recipe, it more of east meets west. But trust me its does taste scrumptious with a big dollop of yogurt!






Here is what you need if you would like to give it a go :
Shopping list:
2 cups of Bhajani Flour / Multi grain flour
Chives
Crushed peanuts
Chili powder
Salt to taste
A pinch of Sugar
Olive oil or Sunflower Oil for cooking, for the ones who like Ghee can use a spoonful of Ghee.
Some water to bring the dough together

Lets crack on:
Making the Dough:

1. Mix all the ingredients except for oil and add some water bit by bit until the flour comes together in a night dough ball. The dough needs to be  fairly tight.
2. Turn the dough into even size balls. Make them fairly big as they will get flattened into a bread.
3. Keep them aside for 5 mins.

Making the Flatbread / Thalipeeth:

1. Take a heavy based pan, like a griddle (plain not ridged) or  a skillet
2. Oil the pan well, so that the bread doesn't stick to the pan when cooking.
3. Press the dough down to the entire width of the pan and make a few holes once its pressed down.
4. Pour a bit of oil in each hole.
5. Put the pan on medium heat and cover it.
6. Check it after 2 mins, the top of the bread should look dry and the bread should start coming apart from the pan.
7. If the bread does not come apart, let it cook for some more time, but keep watching it like a hawk as you don't want it to burn.
   
8. Flip the bread and roast is on the other side, so that it crisps up nicely.

Turn off the heat and transfer them to a plate and serve with some lovely naturally set yogurt or brush the flatbread with Ghee or Butter and enjoy it crunchy :) You can eat this for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner!!