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    Undhiyu - Gujarati mixed vegetables with airfryer

    8th February 2024 by bhavana bhatia 2 Comments

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    Traditional Undhiyu puri is a dish with celebrates the vegetables of winter months. It is Gujarati traditional food at its best. Basically, it is a mixed vegetable curry. There is a great liking for mix vegetable recipes in India. Most people like aloo gobi matar, veg jalfrezi, mixed cabbage curry, mixed curry recipe like avial and sambar are also much celebrated. This one is the king of all recipes, cooked on special occasions like makar sankranti. It is really elaborate but totally worth the effort.  We cook assorted vegetables slowly in a prepared green masala or red curry as in kathiyawadi undhiyu. Eat it with fried flat bread, hot puris in traditional way. 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 recipes, that we have documented and published. Hence, there are lot of steps to document.

    Undhiyu
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    • Instructions to make Undhiya vegetables and muthia
    • Steps for tempering and masala
    • Gujarati Undhiyu recipe with air fryer vegetable

    Ingredients

    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 / steaming them or air frying them. These days you also get a packet of frozen vegetables for undhiyu.

    Veggies

    You may choose to use different kinds of vegetables , some of them that I used include.

    • carrots
    • sweet potato diced
    • yam diced
    • broad beans
    • small eggplants
    • small potatoes
    • peas
    • purple yam
    • pegios peas
    • tomatoes- pureed
    undhiyu ingredients

    Muthia

    Muthia gives a different texture in the undhiyu,you can use any lentil flour with wholemeal flour and spices to make this.

    • chickpea flour / besan
    • semolina / sooji
    • atta / wholewheat flour
    • ginger-chilli-garlic paste
    • fenugreek leaves / fresh methi
    • sesame seeds
    • red chili powder
    • asafoetida / heeng
    • garam masala
    • pinch of soda (optional)
    • ghee/oil
    • Salt as per taste

    Masala paste

    This is the paste that is used in tempering

    • fresh coriander chopped
    • fresh green garlic
    • ginger
    • garlic
    • green chilies
    • shredded coconut (optional)

    Tempering

    • cumin seeds /jeera
    • carom seeds / ajwain
    • sesame seeds / til
    • mustard seeds / rai
    • asafoetida/ heeng
    • oil
    • Turmeric powder
    • Coriander powder,
    • Red chilli powder
    • Garam masala
    • Salt
    spices for Undhiyu

    The green masala gives the flavor to the gravy. We use a mix of mustard, cumin, sesame and carrom seeds or ajwain for tempering.

    refer to recipe card for details.

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    Instructions to make Undhiya vegetables and muthia

    Traditionally the vegetables and muthia are deep fried,however I have used air fryer to prepare these.

    Below are the steps of Undhiyu muthia recipe

    fenugreek dumplings or methi muthia 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.

    • To make these, mix all the ingredients and knead into a semi hard dough.
    muthia preparation
    • Pre heat the airfryer at 170C|340F for 5 minutes. Make small muthia, brush them with oil, cook for 12-13 minutes at 170C|340F.
    undhiya prep airfryer step 3
    • If not using an airfryer, you can deep fry them
    undhiyu deep fry

    Preparation of hard vegetables in air fryer

    For hard vegetables such as potatoes and yam, brush them with oil and cook in a preheated air fryer for 11-12 minutes at 170C|340F

    undhiya prep airfryer step 1

    If not using an airfryer, you can deep fry them

    Preparation of soft vegetables in air fryer

    For soft vegetable such as banana and brinjl, brush them with oil and cook in a preheated air fryer for 9-10 minutes at 170C|340F

    undhiya prep airfryer step 2

    If not using an airfryer, you can deep fry them

    Preparation of beans

    For vegetables like different varieties of beans, I have steamed them for 12-15 minutes or until soft.

    undhiya prep airfryer step 4

    Once you complete the preparation, then preparing undhiyu is a simple affair. Just prepare the gravy and add the masala, vegetables.

    Steps for tempering and masala

    Once the vegetables and muthia is cooked,beans steamed, its time to prepare a tempering and add tomato puree with spices.

    • Heat oil in a tempering pan.
    • Add cumin,carom,sesame,mustard seeds.Let it splutter.
    • Add a pinch of asafoetida(heeng) and green masala.
    • Add the cooked veggies
    undhiya prep airfryer step 5
    • Add the spices with tomato puree
    undhiya prep airfryer step 6
    • Add muthia with 2-3 cups of water and peas. Mix slowly, cover and cook until all the water is absorbed.Check if the vegetables are soft, if not , you may choose to add more water. Add salt, lemon juice as per taste and garnish with green coriander.
    undhiya prep airfryer step 7
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    Gujarati Undhiyu recipe with air fryer vegetable

    Undhiyu is a wonderful winter mixed vegetable curry which is served with fried flatbread or poori.
    Prep Time30 minutes mins
    Cook Time1 hour hr
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Indian
    Keyword: gujarati, undhiyu
    Servings: 6
    Author: bhavana bhatia

    Ingredients

    For the green masala paste:

    • ½ cup fresh coriander chopped
    • ½ cup fresh green garlic
    • 1 medium piece of ginger
    • 1-2 cloves of garlic
    • 1-2 green chillies or as per taste
    • 2 tablespoon shredded coconut optional

    For the veggies

    • ½ cup carrots
    • ½ cup yam diced
    • ½ cup purple yam
    • 3-4 small potatoes
    • 1 cup broad beans
    • ½ cup pegios peas
    • 5-6 Small brinjals
    • 2 medium raw banana plantain
    • ½ cup peas
    • 5-6 medium tomatoes pureed

    For the muthia:

    • 1 cup chickpea flour
    • 1 tablespoon semolina sooji
    • 1 tablespoon cup atta flour
    • 1 tablespoon ginger-chilli-garlic paste
    • ½ cup or handful methi/fenugreek leaves
    • ½ tablespoon sesame seeds
    • ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
    • ⅛ teaspoon asafoetida heeng
    • ½ teaspoon garam masala
    • pinch of soda optional
    • 2 tablespoon ghee/oil
    • Salt as per taste

    For tempering:

    • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds jeera
    • 1 teaspoon carom seeds ajwain
    • 2 tablespoon sesame seeds til
    • 1 tablespoon mustard seeds rai
    • Pinch of heeng/asafoetida
    • 4 tablespoon oil

    dry masala mix (spices for tempering)

    • 2 tablespoon coriander powder
    • ½ tablespoon red chilli powder or as per taste
    • ½ tablespoon garam masala or as per taste
    • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 2 tablespoon salt or as per taste
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

    Instructions

    For muthia

    • Knead a tight dough with all ingredients.
    • Divide into small equal parts of oval or round shape.
    • Fry them in oil,Keep it aside or Pre heat the airfryer at 170C|340F for 5 minutes. Brush them with oil, cook for 12-13 minutes at 170C|340F.

    Cooking veggies

    • You may steam or deep fry veggies or you can also airfry them.Refer to below steps for air frying.
    • For hard vegetables such as potatoes and yam, brush them with oil and cook in a preheated air fryer for 11-12 minutes at 170C|340F
      For soft vegetable such as banana and brinjl, brush them with oil and cook in a preheated air fryer for 9-10 minutes at 170C|340F

    For tempering

    • 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 cooked vegetables, cook for 5-7 minutes
    • Add spices and tomato puree, cook for 5-7 minutes
    • Add the muthia, followed by water and peas, cook until the water dries out.
    • Cook until all veggies are soft, turn of the heat, add lemon juice.
    • Serve with poori/roti

    FAQs

    What is undhiyu eaten with?

    Traditionally, it is eaten with poori or fried flatbread.

    What is the difference between undhiyu and Umbadiyu?

    Undhiyu is cooked on cooktop pressure cooker or in a pan while umbadiyu is cooked in earthen pot.

    What are the variations of undhiyu?

    There are different types of this vegetable dish - jain undhiyu, matla undhiyu and surti undhiyu recipe

    Storage

    This recipe freezes well. You can store it for 3-4 days in an airtight container.

    Conclusion: Undhiyu masala is a dish where different vegetables are cooked together in aromatic blend of spices.

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    1. Urmila Joshi says

      January 16, 2024 at 6:51 am

      5 stars
      Undhiyu recipe is very good.

      Reply
      • bhavana bhatia says

        January 19, 2024 at 9:45 am

        thank you so much..

        Reply
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