BhavnaDelicious, healthy, nutritious, steamed and tempered dumplings from Gujarati Cuisine – Vegetable Muthia, can be prepared with variety of veggies and flours. I usually use cabbage, spring onion, Dudhi(bottle gourd) and in fact some greens like Fenugreek leaves (Methi), spinach, kale, Dill can be used as well.
Steamed Oat Muthia or Muthiya
Ingredients
- Oats 2/3 Cup (10.67 tbs)
- Semolina 1/2 Cup (8 tbs)
- Gram flour 1/2 Cup (8 tbs) (chickpea flour)
- Wheat flour 1/2 Cup (8 tbs)
- Oil 4 Tablespoon
- Spring onion 2 Cup (32 tbs), chopped finely
- Ginger To Taste , minced
- Garlic To Taste , minced
- Green chillies To Taste , minced
- Sesame seeds 1 Tablespoon
- Yogurt 1/2 Cup (8 tbs)
- Baking soda 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder 1/4 Teaspoon
- Coriander powder 1/4 Tablespoon
- Cumin powder 1/4 Tablespoon
- Salt To Taste
- Sugar To Taste
FOR THE TEMPERING
- Oil 4 Tablespoon
- Mustard seeds 1 Tablespoon
- Sesame seed 1 Teaspoon (to taste)
Instructions
- MAKING
- 1.In a large bowl add all the ingredients except oil and baking soda. Mix well. Set aside.
- 2.Prepare the steamer by filling water at the bottom and placing the steam basket.
- 3.To the bowl with the ingredients mixture add the baking powder and sprinkle water little by little and mix well till it forms a soft dough. Wet the hands with water and take small portions of the mixture and place it in the steam basket.
- 4.Steam it for around 20 minutes. Remove from the steamer and let it sit till it can be handles. Slice it into large pieces.
- 5.In a frying pan, heat oil. Add the mustard seeds and let them splutter, followed by sesame seeds. Cover and let them splutter. Add a pinch of asafoetida and sauté for 2 seconds. Add the sliced steamed muthia and sauté for a few minutes or till it absorbs the tempering and is covered by the sesame seeds.
SERVING
- 6.In a serving plate, serve the muthia as snacks.
bhavna, please check your recipe. 8 tablespoons / 1/2 cup …of baking soda ??????? are you sure ……
You are saying 1/2 tsp but your website says above….
8 tablespoons of baking soda ???????????
Oops! Sorry…thanx a lot. I corrected it!
Hi,
I tried them today and they turned out good. Thanks.
Glad to hear that..keep enjoying!