Undhiyu puri is one of the best winter dishes.It is Gujarati traditional food at its best.Basically,it is a mixed vegetable curry.We cook it slowly in green pesto.Eat it with fried flat bread.It makes a heavenly combination when served with ‘Shrikhand‘.Traditionally you serve it with dollops of white butter or ‘ghee’/clarified butter.However, you can also make it vegan by just avoiding ghee in tempering.Gujarati food is a treat for every vegetarian and aspiring vegan.Rich in colors and taste.It is delightful to see a punch of flavors popping into your taste buds. It’s totally yummy!
The following recipe is one of the most meticulous recipe that we have documented and published,hence there are lot of steps to document.
Vegetable used for undhiyu. There is no fixed list.You may use whatever vegetables you get matching to the profile of traditional vegetables. Cook them by deep frying them or steaming them.
The green masala gives the flavour to the gravy. We use a mix of mustard,cumin,sesame and carrom seeds or ajwain for tempering.
Muthiya is the one of the tastiest ingredient of undhiyu.
Needless to say,you need to make many of these fried balls.You can also prepare this in advance.Everyone needs to get muthiya with vegetables.
Once you complete the preparation, then preparing undhiyu is a simple affair.
Just prepare the gravy and add the masala,vegetables.
Scroll below to read the recipe of Undhiyu
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh coriander,chopped
- 1 cup fresh green garlic
- 1 medium piece of ginger
- 1-2 cloves of garlic
- 1-2 gree chillies
- 2 tbsp shredded coconut (optional)
- 1/2 cup carrots
- 1 large sweet potato diced
- 1/2 cup yam diced
- 1/2 cup broad beans
- 3-4 Small brinjals
- 3-4 small potatoes
- 1/2 cup peas
- 1/2 cup purple yam
- 1/2 cup pegios peas
- 3 medium tomatoes, pureed
- 2 cup chickpea flour
- 1 tbsp semolina(sooji)
- 2 tbsp cup atta flour
- 2 tbsp /ginger-chilli-garlic paste
- 1/2 cup or handful methi/fenugreek leaves
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/8th tsp asafoetida(heeng)
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- pinch of soda(optional)
- 1/4 cup ghee/oil
- Salt as per taste
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 tsp carom seeds (ajwain)
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds (til)
- 1 tbsp mustard seeds(rai)
- Pinch of heeng/asafoetida
- 2-3 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tbsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Knead a tight dough with all ingredients.
- Divide into small equal parts of oval or round shape.
- Fry them in oil,Keep it aside.
- Except potatoes,brinjals,peas, steam all veggies for 10-15 minutes.(traditionally, all vegetables are fried one by one, instead of being steamed)
- You may need to steam hard vegetables seperately from the soft ones.
- Saute the steamed vegetables in 1-2 tbsp oil(optional if you want to have less oil)
- Slit the potatoes and brinjals crossways and insert the green masala,saute with 1-2 tbsp oil for 10-15 minutes in a pan
- Heat oil in a tempering pan.
- Add cumin,carom,sesame,mustard, seed.Let it splutter.
- Add a pinch of asafoetida(heeng) and green masala.
- Add the dry masala and tomato puree.
- Let it cook for 10 minutes, add the semi cooked veggies and muthiya
- Add 2-3 cups of water,cover and cook the undhiyu.
- Cook until all veggies are soft, turn of the heat, add lemon juice.
- Serve with poori/roti
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