undhiyu
Gujarati dish

Cooking Time
30min

Prep Time
45 min

Serves
5
Categories
Cooking tools used
Cuisines
Ingredients
Main Section
coconut (shredded)
1
cup
Shredded
coriander leaves
1/4
cup
lemon
2
unit/count
sesame seeds
3
tsp
coriander powder
3
tsp
salt
2
tsp
sugar
4
tsp
red chilli powder
1
tsp
turmeric
1
tsp
ginger
1
inch
green chillies
1
unit/count
Garlic flakes
4
unit/count
raw banana
1/2
cup
Washed, Peeled & cut lengthwise into 1 inch
yam
1/2
cup
Washed & diced
Flat Beans
1/2
cup
Also called surti pappadi or avarakya, cut into small pieces
Baby potatoes
8
unit/count
Peeled & slit in length into 4 halves. Do not slit till end.
Brinjal
5
unit/count
Slit in length into 4 halves. Do not slit till end
ghee
3
tbsp
Ajwain
1
tsp
water
1/2
cup
Besan
1
cup
fenugreek leaves
1/4
cup
Fresh leaves
asafetida
1/4
tsp
baking soda
1/4
tsp
oil
1
tsp
Step 1
Grind coconut, ginger, green chilly, garlic & coriander leaves by adding little water. Then add sesame seeds, coriander powder, red chilly powder, turmeric , salt, sugar & lemon juice, 2 to 3 tbsp water & grind altogether into fine paste.
Step 2
Next soak the sliced raw banana & diced yam in water & keep it aside. Slit brinjals & potatoes lengthwise. Then add little i.e. 1/4th of the total ground masala inside the slit of brinjal & baby potatoes. So do not slit the brinjal & potatoes till the end. Also note that if potatoes are hard then half cook the potatoes & then slit it into 4 halves & then apply the masalas into the slits
Step 3
Then take a cooker, put ghee in it, put Ajwain seeds into it & stir till it crackles then add the stuffed brinjals & potatoes into it, add little of the left over ground masala on the top of it.
Step 4
Then add the raw banana, yam, then again layer it with ground masala, add 1 tsp salt, then add flat beans, then layer it again with whole of the left over ground masalas, put 1/2 cup of water & close the lid & cook it in cooker giving 7 whistles.
Step 5
Next take a bowl & mix together Basen, fenugreek leaves, hing, baking soda, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp red chilly powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric, 1 lemon juice, add 3 to4 tbsp of water, oil & make it into smooth firm dough.
Step 6
Then make small flat balls of the dough by applying oil on palm -Refer photo no.2.
Step 7
Then take a flat pan, apply oil in it, keep the basen flat balls over it , put oil around & over the basen balls & cook it into golden brown on both sides & keep it aside - Refer photo no.3.
Step 8
Now take a kadai, put 1 tsp ghee into it, open the cooker, put the cooked vegetables with masala into the kadai, add the basen balls, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup water & simmer with closed lid for 5 minutes.
Step 9
Undhiyu is ready to be had with hot chapatis or phulka.
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