Dudhi na Muthiya

I am starting a new series; cooking or other blogs.

Kajal, Bee from Jugalbandi and Coffee from the the Spice Cafe have inspired me to make these.

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup semolina

1/2 cup millet flour

1/2 cup chickpea flour

1tspn sodium bicarbonate

1 large dudhi / bottle gourd or 2-3 courgettes / zucchini; grated

1/2 cup chopped fenugrek

2-3 cloves garlic; minced

2 inch piece of ginger; grated

3-4 green chillies; mince

1/2 tspn tumeric

2 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup Chopped coriander for garnish

For vaghar or tempering

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

1 tablespoon melon seeds

1 tspn mustard seeds

1 tspn cumin seeds

Method

1. Mix the 4 flours and sodium bicarbonate

2. Add the garlic, ginger chilli pastes

3. Add the chopped fenugrek and grated dudhi

4. Add half the oil, salt and water

5. Mix to form a fairly firm dough

6 Wet your hands and form log shaped muthia (see picture above)

7. Place in a slightly oiled steamer and steam for 20 minutes.

8. Let them cool

9 Slice into 1/2 - 3/4 inch slices, and pan fry in the remaining oil, place in a large dish

10. To prepare the tempering; heat the oil in a frying pan, add all the seeds, as soon as they start popping, pour over the muthia slices.

11. Garnish with chopped coriander

Serve with a minty yogurt raita