Aani Basar-chickpea flour cutlet curry

Aani Basar-gramflour cutlet curry is a traditional Sindhi recipe.

We cook it on special occasions.It is an exotic and a lesser known recipe to other community kitchens.It is similar to Rajasthani 'Gatte ki sabji' .Both have chickpea dumplings.This is actually a vegan Indian fish curry.

The region of Sindh(unfortunately separated from India) and Rajasthan stood the challenges of time.This area has also seen many dry spells with no monsoon.

In the olden days there were no refrigerators,frozen or cut vegetables available.

Thus, such recipes were developed so that people could survive with minimal veggies.Also,home cooked food was required during travelling long distances.

Healthy Twist on the traditional curry

We fry the chickpea dumplings traditionally.

Then serve them with a gravy of caramelized onions.

However in this recipe,we steam the dumplings and saute' them.

This retains the taste yet reduces the calories.

This recipe may look tedious to you but it is worth the effort.

You may also make the curry as a batch.Even making dumplings in advance helps.

Store them in your refrigerator and make any day special.

Step-by-step instructions

Steps to make the aani cutlets

Adding the aani cutlets to the curry...

read the recipe of Aani Basar-gramflour cutlet curry below

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Aani Basar-gramflour cutlet curry

Aani is a traditional Sindhi curry usually served for lunch

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time50 mins

Course: Curries and Gravies, Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Indian Cuisine, Sindhi, Vegan

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: aani basar, basar aani, chickpea flour cutlet curry

Servings: 4

Ingredients

For aani cutlets

• 1 ½ cup besan or chickpeas flour
• 1 ½ tbsp khuskhus or poppy seeds
• 2-3 tbsp oil for the dough and 1 cup oil for frying
• 1 tbsp amchur or dried mango powder
• ¼ cup coriander with stalks
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp. ginger
• 1 tbsp. green chillies
• water for kneading
• Salt as per taste

For the gravy

• 2-3 tbsp oil
• 1 to mato diced
• 4 medium onions chopped
• 1 green chilly
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• ½ tsp cumin powder
• Coriander for garnish

Instructions

For the cutlets

• Mix all the ingredients for the cutlets.
• Add water slowly and knead a semi-tight dough.
• If you add too much water, it will be sticky and runny and lose shape.
• Take some of the dough.
• Press in with your palms to form small tikki or balls.
• You can now steam and saute these cutleys or deep fry them as done traditionally.

For the gravy

• In a pan,add oil.
• Now add chopped onions,chilli to it.
• Saute onions for 5 minutes with salt until they turn translucent.
• Add tomatoes and let it cook for 5 minutes.
• Now add the spices,cutlets and 1 cup water.Cover the pan.
• Cook for 10-15 minutes on a low flame.Turn off the heat.
• Garnish with coriander.
• Serve hot with roti/bread.

Notes

You may choose to even deep fry the cutlets instead of steam and saute

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• Sindhi Kadhi
• Sindhi tuvar dal kadhi
• Dal pakwan
• Sai bhaji
• Easy fish curry

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