Gatte ki kadhi /gatte ki sabzi is one of the most endearing recipes from the royal state of Rajasthan.Gatta curry is a royal dish.It has a huge fan following the world over. I love Rajasthani recipes. Be it pyaj ki kachori or mirchi vada. Ghevar , papad ki sabzi or dal bati churma.Every dish has a unique flavor and low water usage.
How did it originate?
In the olden times, when the rains were scarce and vegetation was sparse. People had to cook with whatever little was available to them. This scarcity did lead to interesting recipes. This dish has a tangy spicy yogurt based chickpea flour curry. Yogurt gives the sourness and helps digest chickpea flour easily. Steamed dumplings or gatte can be made earlier and stored in refrigerator to enjoy a curry mid-week.Gatta sabji/gatte ki sabji is also known as besan sabji.
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Quarantine curry 2020
You can make it with minimal spices and ingredients. You can eat it with some plain tandoori roti at home. However, it is best eaten with bakhri or millet flat bread ('jowar roti'),some pickle and salad. This curry is especially a blessing in the need of the hour.
Most of us stuck at home, cooking and thinking what to make next? How do you make things special? Without using too many resources and ingredients. Best is to re-use left-overs and make sure we waste nothing. You can make this recipe out of left-over curd or yogurt. I am sure this period at home is going to change the way we think, work and stay for a long time.
Ingredients
- Besan/gramflour/chickpea flour
- Atta/wholemeal flour
- Beaten dahi/ curd/yogurt
- Tomato puree
- Oil
- Ghee/clarified butter
Spices:
- Green chilli- ginger
- Cumin seeds
- coriander seeds
- Pinch of heeng / asafoetida
- Coriander powder
- Red chilli powder
- Garam masala
- Turmeric powder
- refer to details from recipe card.
How to make gatte ki sabzi?
1. Knead a medium hard dough for gram flour dumplings. 2. Roll into long cylindrical shapes and boil in salty water for 20-25 mins
3. Heat oil and temper cumin, ginger and chillies. 4. Add tomato puree and let it cook.
5. Add the spices and let it cook for 5 minutes.
6. Cook until its dry and add yogurt and stir well.
7. Stir until oil oozes out.
8. Add the steamed gatte pieces along with some water and cook until it comes to a boil.
9. Serve hot with tandoori roti or jeera rice.
Equipment
You need basic saucepan for this curry. You may knead the chickpea dough in the stand mixer to make your gram flour dumplings.
Storage
You can make the gatte earlier and refrigerate. Make a fresh curry and add the gatte pieces and serve hot. Alternatively, you can also freeze the curry earlier and add fresh gatte.
Looking for more kadhi recipes?
Gatte ki kadhi recipe
Equipment
- sauce pan
Ingredients
Gatte
- 2 cup gramflour/chickpea flour / besan
- 2 tablespoon wholemeal flour /aata
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- pinch turmeric powder /haldi
- ¼ cup oil
- 1 tbsp. coriander seeds
Kadhi
- 1 tablespoon Ghee or clarified butter
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- A pinch of asafoetida
- 1 teaspoon chopped green chilli
- 1 cup tomato puree
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- ½ cup beaten curd
- 2 cups water Can use the water in which we have boiled gatte
- Salt to taste
- Cilantro leaves for garnish
Instructions
To Make Gatte
- Mix all the ingredients.Make a semi hard dough.
- Set aside for 10 min to set the dough.
- Make long strips out of the tight dough.
- Put these strips in boiling water.
- Cook for 20-25 mins.Check its readiness until a knife inserted comes out clean.
- Strain them and keep aside.
- Once cooled cut small pieces.
To Make Kadhi
- In a pan heat ghee.
- Add cumin seeds and let it crackle.
- Add asafoetida, ginger, green chillies and cook for few minutes.
- Now, add tomato puree with spices and cook until dry.
- Add the yogurt and cook until oil starts coming out from the gravy.
- Add water with gatte and let it boil.
- Simmer on low heat for 10-12 minutes. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve with steamed rice or roti.
Deepali says
adding anaardaana and partially crushed coriander seeds in the dough used for making gatta will enhance the taste further
bhavana bhatia says
Thanks for your suggestion 🙂