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Watch: Recipe for Gujarati undhiyu that's so good...

A medley of vegetables, this gravy is best eaten with steamed rice or unleavened flatbread



How to make Gujarati undhiyu at home
Video Credit: Stefan Lindeque/Gulf News

A hotchpotch of vegetables, the Gujarati undhiyu is quite delicious. This vegetarian dish is best eaten with steamed rice or rotis and is quite healthy as well. The name of this dish was derived from the word 'undhu', which when translated, means 'upside down', especially since the dish is traditionally cooked underground using earthen pots or what is natively known as 'maltu'.

Preparation time: 1 hour

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Indian beans (surti papdi), tomatoes, drumsticks, green banana, tindly, yam, potatoes, baby brinjals, rasa, sweet potato, methi muthia and fenugreek leaves
Image Credit: Anas Thacharpadikkal/Gulf News
  1. 100 gms Indian beans (surti papdi), which will be ground into a fine paste
  2. 100 gms tomatoes, chopped
  3. 100 gms drumsticks, chopped
  4. 100 gms green banana, sliced
  5. 100 gms tindly, sliced
  6. 100 gms yam, cubed
  7. 100 gms potatoes, cubed
  8. 100 gms baby brinjals
  9. ½ cup rasa (fresh coconut, coriander leaves, garlic, ginger, green chillies, sesame seeds, coriander seeds)
  10. 100 gms sweet potato, cubed
  11. 100 gms methi muthia
  12. 50 gms fenugreek leaves, chopped
  13. Salt to taste
  14. 2 tbsp carom seeds
  15. 2 tsp sugar
  16. 1 tbsp coriander powder
  17. 1 tbsp chilli powder
  18. ½ tbsp turmeric powder
  19. 1 tbsp peanut, ground into powder
  20. 1 tbsp coconut powder
  21. 1 cup water

Method:

Step 1: Mix all the vegetable in rasa and sitr fry it for 10 minutes. Once done, mix it well with your hand and keep it aside.

Guide to making Undhyu by Swades Restaurant
Image Credit: Anas Thacharpadikkal/Gulf News

Step 2: In a thick-bottom pan, pour in a little bit of oil and add the carom seeds. Once it starts to splutter, add the tomatoes.

Guide to making Undhyu by Swades Restaurant
Image Credit: Anas Thacharpadikkal/Gulf News

Step 3: Once it starts to splutter, add in the tomatoes.

Guide to making Undhyu by Swades Restaurant
Image Credit: Anas Thacharpadikkal/Gulf News
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Step 4: Next, add salt, sugar, coriander powder, chilli powder, ground Indian beans, peanut powder and grated coconut. Add water to the mix.

Add salt...

sugar...

coriander powder...

chilli powder...

ground Indian beans..

grated coconut...

peanut powder...

Next add water to the mix and stir it well.

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Step 5: Once the gravy starts to come to a boil, add the cooked vegetables and stir it for the next 10 minutes.

Time to add the cooked vegetables...

Stir well

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Step 6: Add the methi muthia and the chopped fenugreek leaves. Stir is once again and remove it off the flame.

Add the methi muthia...

...chopped fenugreek leaves

Stir well once more and remove it off the flame

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Step 7: Serve and enjoy with steamed rice or rotis (unleavened flatbreads).

Serve and enjoy!
Image Credit: Anas Thacharpadikkal/Gulf News

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