Gatte Ki Subzi
A delightful dish of boiled gram flour dumplings in a low-fat yoghurt sauce from regal Rajasthan!
Ingredients:
- 200g/7 oz Gram flour
- ½ tsp carom seeds (celery seeds)
- ½ tsp Red chilli powder
- 1 tbsp fat free yoghurt
- 1 tbsp Rapeseed oil
For the sauce:
- 500ml fat free yoghurt
- 1tbsp Rapeseed oil
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chili powder salt to taste A pinch Asafoetida
- 1tbsp chopped green coriander leaves
Method:
- To make the gatte: Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
- Gradually add some water (1 tsp at a time) and knead to make a stiff dough.
- Divide the dough into 4 equal parts and roll each part into a cylinder of ½ inch diameter.
- Bring 1 litre of tap water to the boil in a broad pan, slide in the dough rolls and boil for about a minute.
- Drain and leave open for some time to allow extra moisture to evaporate.
- Cut the rolls into ¼ inch lengths. To make the sauce: Whisk the yoghurt to thicken slightly.
- Add 1 cup of water and mix well.
- Heat the oil in a pan and add the asafetida, cumin seeds, ginger, red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
- When the seeds start popping, add the gatte to the yoghurt.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring continuously.
- Lower heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.
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