Gujarati Undhiyu with Muthias Dumplings

Gujarati Undhiyu with Muthias Dumplings recipe is not as complicated as it looks. The preparation time for Gujarati Undhiyu with Muthias Dumplings recipe is more important than the cooking part.

Ingredients:

For the stuffing:

• 2 tablespoons Chickpea flour
• 2 tablespoons cumin powder
• 2 tablespoons coriander powder
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• Salt to taste
• Chilly powder to taste
• 4 cloves of crushed garlic
• 1 teaspoon of crushed ginger (optional)
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• Sunflower oil about 4 or 5 tablespoons

Optional ingredients can be added to add extra flavour:

• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 2 tablespoons ground peanuts -preferably roasted and ground

For the tempering

• 1 teaspoon of dried mustard seeds

Vegetables for the actual curry:

• 5 or 6 small potatoes (baby potatoes are preferable but any small ones are good.)
• 2 onions
• 4 or 5 bullet chillies
• 3-4 small aubergines (brinjals)
• mixed frozen vegetables – can also use any fresh vegetables you have in the fridge.
• 2 fresh tomatoes
• A handful of valor beans (Dolichos Lablab or Hyacinth bean)
• A handful of papdi beans
• half a can crushed tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons of lemon
• 1 tablespoon jaggery
• Muthias (recipe for muthias is here)
• Fresh coriander or desiccated coconut to decorate the curry

Method:

For the stuffing:

1. Mix the Chickpea flour, cumin and coriander powder, salt , chilly powder, crushed garlic and brown sugar in a saucepan. Add a couple of tablespoons of oil and stir the mixture.  Warm this  mixture gently until you get an aroma of the spices. For those of you who are unsure, I would suggest that you cover the mixture and microwave it for a minute, stir it and microwave it again for another minute. Stir and allow to cool. The mixture should be moist as this will help blend the flavours to the vegetables.

2. Prepare the vegetables:
The potatoes, onions, tomatoes and chillies need to be prepared and left whole with just diagonal cuts – one at the top of the vegetable and one at the bottom end. The cuts should be long enough to enable you to stuff the spices as shown in my pictures below:

3. Heat 2 to 3 tablespoons of oil in a saucepan. Add the mustard seeds to the oil. Once the seeds start popping, gently take the vegetables one by one and lower them into the saucepan. Use a spoon if you are worried about the hot oil. My suggestion would be to put in the potatoes first, then onions, tomatoes, aubergines and lastly the stuffed chillies. Now add the valor, papdi and any other mixed vegetables you may have and sprinkle on any spices left over after stuffing the vegetables. The picture below may explain this better.

4. Allow the curry to cook on a gentle heat. I tend to add a few frozen mixed vegetables to the curry as they help to add moisture to the curry and also help the vegetables to cook well.

5. The trick is to cook this curry without stirring it. Cook it on a very low heat. To check if the vegetables have cooked, prick them with a knife. Once the potatoes are cooked, add the muthias to the curry. Add the crushed tomatoes, jaggery and lemon juice to the curry and allow it to cook for 5 more minutes.

More curry recipes using stuffed masala are:

• • Masala and Coconut Stuffed Aubergine and Potato Curry
  • Masala and coconut stuffed aubergine and potato curry
  • Stuffed Karela (Bitter Melon) Keto Friendly
  • Masala Stuffed Karela or Bitter Melon curry
  • Okra (ladies fingers) Stuffed with Spices and Herbs (Bherala Bhinda nu Shak)
  • Vegetable Curry stuffed with toasted Spices, Oats, Nuts
  • Stuffed peppers in tomato gravy (bharela marcha nu shaak)
  • Stuffed Hot Green Bullet Chilles or Bharela marcha

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