Dudhi Muthiya | Lauki Muthiya | Bottle Gourd Muthiya
a healthy, delicious snack from Gujarati cuisine.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 2 cups of grated bottlegourd (lauki/dudhi)
- 1 cup of wholewheat flour
- ¼ cup of semolina (sooji/ rava)
- ¼ cup of gram flour (besan)
- 1 large onion, grated
- 5 green chillies
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 tbsp crushed coriander seeds
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- salt to taste
- a pinch of sugar
- 1 cup of chopped coriander leaves
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp oil
For Tempering
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- ¼ tsp asafoetida
- few curry leaves
- 3 to 4 green chillies, slit vertically
For Garnishing
- 2 to 3 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves
Instructions
- Peel and grate bottle gourd. Squeeze the water from the grated bottlegourd.
- Crush the green chillies and ginger. Keep aside.
- In a mixing bowl,add grated and squeezed out bottle gourd.
- Grate onion, squeeze out the water from onions and add into the bowl.
- Add wholewheat flour, semolina and gramflour.
- Add crushed coriander seeds, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, crushed green chillies and ginger, turmeric powder, salt, baking soda, sugar, oil and chopped coriander leaves.
- Add few drops of water. Mix well and knead into a smooth dough.
- Shape the dough into cylindrical logs and place it on a greased plate.
- Place the plate in the steamer and steam for15 minutes.
- Allow the steamed rolls to cool and cut into pieces.
- For the tempering, heat oil in a pan.
- Add mustard seeds, sesame seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and green chillies. Saute for few seconds.
- Add muthias into the tempering and give a gentle mix.
- Add chopped coriander leaves and mix.
- Serve hot with chutney or as it is.