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Lauki Muthiya

Lauki Muthiya- a delicious healthy steamed snack made with bottle gourd
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Breakfast, Side Dish, snacks/starters
Cuisine: Gujarati Cuisine
Keyword: dumplings, healthy snack, lauki muthiya, muthiya, steamed snacks
Servings: 5 person
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Equipment

  • steamer

Ingredients

  • 2.5 cup Bottle Gourd / Lauki grated
  • 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour / Atta
  • 3/4 cup Gram flour / Besan
  • 3/4 cup Semolina / Sooji
  • 2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch minced
  • 1 tbsp Ginger / Adrak grated
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 2 tsp Sugar / Chini
  • 2.5 tsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
  • pinch Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 1.5 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • to taste Salt / Namak
  • 2 tbsp Cooking Oil
  • 1/4 cup Yogurt/Curd
  • 1 tsp pickle masala powder/ sambhar masala optional

tempering/ tadka

  • 2 tbsp Cooking Oil
  • 2 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai *
  • 1 tbsp White sesame seeds /til
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 12 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta
  • 4 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch slit lengthwise

garnish

  • 2 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
  • 2 tbsp fresh coconut grated
  • 1.5 tbsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras

Instructions

  • Peel the bottle gourd and grate it. Try to squeeze out as much as water you can from the vegetable and keep it in a large mixing bowl.
  • Do not discard the squeezed out water. save it as we use this water to make muthiya dough OR use to make your chapati dough.
  • In the bowl of grated bottle gourd add all the spices, yogurt, oil , soda and mix together.( except the tempering ingredients)
  • Now mix wheat flour, gram flour and semolina in this mixture and mix everything to make a medium soft dough.
  • You can add the squeezed water from bottle gourd only if needed.
  • Grease a steamer plate with some oil and also grease your palms with oil.
  • Make small rolls with your palms or make long cylinder shaped rolls and keep in the steamer plate , keep some distance between the rolls.
  • Add water in the steamer and when water start boiling place the steamer plate in it and Steam for about 20-25 minutes and then check by inserting a toothpick, if it comes out clean then they are done else steam further for 1o minutes.
  • Remove the muthiya rolls from the steamer and let them cool down slightly and then slice into around 1/2 inch thick slices.
  • Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan and then add mustard seeds, sesame seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and the sliced green chilies and then add 2 tbsp water in it and mix.
  • Add the sliced muthiya pieces and mix gently , now cover with a lid and simmer for 2 minutes.
    now open the lid and stir fry for a minute.
  • Switch off the heat and add chopped fresh coriander, lemon juice and grated coconut and mix.
  • Serve with tea, tamarind chutney ,green chutney or coconut chutney and enjoy !

Notes

TIPS-
  • The proportion of flour should be almost equal to the grated vegetables.
  • Curd and oil is added to make soft muthiya's
  • Addition of soda is must for making soft muthiya.
  • Dough should be soft not tight else muthiya also become dense and hard.
  • Slice the muthiya when it become cool else it may crumble.
  • After making the dough, immediately steam it else it may start releasing water and become loose to handle.
  • You can eat them without adding in the tempering for a healthy zero oil version.
  • Can also add few other grated vegetables with bottle gourd for variation.
  • You can adjust the quantity of red chili and green chili as per your taste preference.