Mouth Watering Gujarati Recipes!!!

 Undhiyu 
Yield 4-5, Prep time- 40 minutes, Cooking time- 30 minutes

Ingredients

Vegetables

Surti Undhiyu ( green Vegetable Curry)

·         Beans - 200 gms

·         Small Brinjal ( baby eggplant’s) - 5(100 gms)

·         Small potato - 8(250 gms)

·         Raw banana - 1(150gms)

·         Sweet potato - 1(150gms)

·         Yam - 100gms

Spices

·         Oil - 4-5 tbsp

·         Heeng (asafetida) - 2 pinch

·         Ajwain (Carom seeds) - 1/2 tsp

·         Salt - add to taste (1 tsp)

·         Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

·         Red chili powder - 1/4-1/2 tsp

·         Coriander powder - 2 tsp

·         Aamchur (Dried mango powder) - 1/2 tsp

·         Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp

·         Powdered Sugar - 1/2 tsp

·         Sesame Seeds - 2 tbsp

·         Peanuts - 2 tbsp

·         Cashew Nuts - 2 tbsp

·         Ginger(grated) - 2 inch long strip

·         Green Chili(chopped) - 2-3

·         Coriander(fine chopped) - 1 cup

·         Lemon - 1

For preparing Muthiya (Chunks)

·         Gram flour- 1/3 cup

·         Wheat flour - 1/3 cup

·         Salt - add to taste(1/6 tsp)

·         Dhania (Coriander powder) - 1/2 tsp

·         Red chilli powder - less than 1/4 tsp

·         Turmeric powder - less than 1/4 tsp

·         Methi (Fenugreek leaves) - 1/2 cup(finely chopped)

·         Oil - to fry Muthiya

Ingredients Needed for Undhiyu

Steps to prepare the Muthiya (chunks)

Mix all the spices and gram flour together and pour 3 tsp oil to it.

With the help of little water knead dough of this mixture and it should be a bit hard.

Cover the dough and leave it aside for 10 minutes.

Then, Make small pieces from the dough made for Muthiya and roll them into 10-11 rolls of 2 inches in length.

Pour oil in a pan and heat. Put the Muthiya into hot oil and fry.

When these turn brown and crispy take out from pan. Muthiya's are ready.

Steps to prepare Undhiyu:

Grind roasted sesame seeds, peanuts and cashew nuts into a coarse powder.

Grate ginger, chop green chilies and coriander (keep some of the chopped coriander aside) then mix all of these in a plate.

Add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder, Dhania (powder coriander), dried mango powder, Garam Masala, lemon juice and mix well. The spices required for Undhiyu are now ready.

Cut banana into 1/2 cm round pieces without peeling the banana.

Remove the edges from the beans. Cut them into 1 inch long pieces and split them into halves.

Cut the brinjals (baby eggplant’s) cap and make 2 long cuts in such a way that it is not separated from the base.

Peel potatoes and make 2 cuts in a way that it is joined on one side.

Fill potatoes and brinjals (baby eggplant’s) well with the spices and mix the remaining spices with the already cut banana, yam, sweet potatoes and beans.

Pour 4 tbsp oil into the cooker and heat.

Add Hing, Ajwain (carom seeds) and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder.

On roasting ajwain (carom seeds) add beans, pieces of banana, less than 1 cup water

vegetables filled with spices and vegetables mixed with spices also into the pressure cooker.

 Close the lid and allow Undhiyu to get cooked on a low flame for 15 minutes (Don't let much pressure to be created in the cooker and let the vegetables cook slowly from the steam.)

Turn off the gas. Let the pressure escape from the cooker.

Then, open the lid and add the fried yam, sweet potatoes and Muthiya without stirring the vegetables. Close the lid and cook vegetables for another 5 minutes.

Open the lid and garnish it with coriander leaves.

 Undhiyu is prepared. Pour steaming hot Undhiyu into bowls and serve with hot puri, paratha or roti.

If you need to see the video click on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mvwFcfCAyQ#t=732

Basundi
Yield 2-3

 Prep time: 20 minutes

Basundi

Ingredients:

3 cups milk or half & half
3/4 cup sugar(approx)
3-4 saffron strands
1/4 tea spn cardamom powder
2-3 tbl spn heavy whipping cream
1 tea spn sliced almonds

·         Sugar needs to be adjusted according to individual taste!

Steps to make Basundi (think sweetened milk)

Heat milk in a pan

 Keep the heat on medium and cook till the milk reduces to half.

Add the sugar and cook till the sugar is dissolved.

 Now add saffron strands diluted in little warm milk (You can directly added saffron to the cooking mixture).

Add whipping cream and mix well. The consistency of the milk should be very thick.

Take out from heat, add cardamom and almonds. Serve hot or cold.