CABBAGE AND BESAN DUMPLINGS (KOBI KA MUTHIYA)

Name: CABBAGE AND BESAN DUMPLINGS (KOBI KA MUTHIYA)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 10-12

You can eat it just by itself. One of my favourites. Make these delicious dumplings for your next meal. Healthy and nutritious your family will love it. Also known as Muthiyas, this is a gurati classic dish. This dish can be eaten steamed or fried or tempered (after steaming). In Gujarat, this item is known as Muthiya/Velaniya/Vaataa. Other varieties are made by using wheat flour and leafy vegetables but this is a unique recipe which variety of flavours. cabage and besan is indeed a good combination. After steaming, they are tempered which adds on the flavour.

Preparation Time
10 minutes

Soaking Time
Nil

Cooking Time
10 minutes

Makes
10 to 12 dumplings

CABBAGE AND BESAN DUMPLINGS (KOBI KA MUTHIYA) Recipe|Renu dalal

INGREDIENTS

For the dumplings

2 cups grated cabbage

¼ tsp asafoetida (hing)

3 tbsp besan (gram flour)

Salt to taste

1 tbsp semolina (rawa)

½ tsp dhania powder (coriander powder)

½ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)

1 tbsp coriander (kothmir)

¼ tsp ginger green chilli paste

½ tsp lemon juice

1 tsp sugar

For the tempering

2 tsp oil
1 tsp rai (mustard seeds)
1 tsp white til (sesame seeds)
3 kadi patta (curry leaves)

Accompaniments

Coriander chutney

METHOD

Mix all the ingredients together

Squeeze the mixture, make small dumplings and place them in a steamer

Steam for 8 to 10 minutes till done.

Remove from the steamer and allow to cool for a minute.

How to proceed

Heat the oil add the rai, til, kadi patta.

Saute the dumplings on both sides till they turn brown in colour.

Serve hot with coriander chutney.