Undhiyu
serves: 4 persons
Ingredients:
Vegetables:
- 1 sweet potato chopped into chunks (1 cup)
- 1 potato chopped into chunks (½ cup)
- 1 carrot chopped into chunks (½ cup)
- ½ cup tuvar lilva
- 3 small eggplants
- Half banana
Green Paste:
- 1 cup cilantro leaves packed
- ½ cup fresh grated coconut packed
- 6 garlic pods
- 1 teaspoon carom seeds or ajwain
Methi Muthiya or Fenugreek dumplings
- 1 cup gram flour
- 1 teaspoon corriander powder
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds or saunf
- Salt to taste
- Pinch of baking soda (optional)
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 tablespoon dry fenugreek leaves or kasuri methi
- Little water to knead the dough
For Tadka or seasoning:
- 3 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- ½ teaspoon carom seeds or ajwain
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon jaggery
Other:
- 1 cup water
- Oil to fry muthiyas
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Ingredients
Method:
- Wash all the vegetables and keep them aside. Slit eggplants into four parts without breaking apart. Cut banana into round pieces.
- Mix all the ingredients except water under Methi Muthiya in a bowl. Add water slowly and make a smooth dough.
- Heat oil in a pan. Take a teaspoon of dough and drop gently into the oil. Fry the Muthiyas till they are golden brown. Drain them on paper. Keep it aside.
- Add all the ingredients under Green Paste in a grinder. Add little water and make a smooth green paste.
- Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a pressure cooker. Add carom seeds and sesame seeds. Add green paste and fry for a minute. Add all the vegetables except banana. Mix well and cook for a minute. The vegetables should get coated well with green paste.
- Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, and jaggery and saute. Add banana and muthiyas. Add a cup of water and mix everything.
- Put the lid on and cook everything on a high flame for 2 whistles. Let the pressure go down completely. Open the lid and gently give a quick stir. Do not over mix.
- Garnish with chopped cilatro. Serve hot with roti and Gujarati Kadhi
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