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Steamed Doodhi Muthias | Steamed Bottlegourd Dumplings

Steamed bottle gourd dumplings prepare with chick pea flour and wheat flour and other spices.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Calories:
Author: Srividhya G

Ingredients

  • Grated Bottle Gourd - 3 cups
  • Wheat Flour - ¾ cup + 2 tbsps if required
  • Chick Pea Flour - ½ cup
  • Semolina - 3 tbsps
  • Salt - 2 tsps
  • Sugar - 1 tsp
  • Lemon Juice - 2 tsps
  • Green Chillies - 3
  • Ginger - 1 inch piece
  • Baking Soda - ½ tsp
  • Hing - 1 tsp
  • Finely Chopped Cilantro - 2 tbsps
  • Oil - 2 tsps

For Tempering

  • Oil - 2 tsps
  • Mustard seeds - 2 tsps
  • White Sesame seeds - 2 tbsps
  • Grated coconut - 2 tbsps
  • Curry leaves - 1 strand
  • Chopped Cilantro - 2 tbsps

Instructions

  • Grate the bottle gourd and squeeze the water as much as you can.
  • Grind the green chillies and ginger together.
  • Now mix the chick pea flour, wheat flour, semolina, salt, baking soda, sugar and hing.
  • To this add the grated chilly-garlic paste, cilantro, grated and squeezed bottle gourd.
  • Mix them well and form the dough. DO NOT ADD WATER.
  • Bottle gourd oozes out water so do not add additional water. Keep kneading the dough and you will find the dough becomes damp enough.
  • If required add 2 tbsps of wheat flour.
  • Apply about 1 tsp of oil in your palm and make cylindrical rolls.
  • Grease the plate with 1 tsp of oil and place these rolls and steam them for unto 25 minutes.
  • Let them cool and chop them into small pieces.
  • In a separate tadka pan add the remaining 2 tsps of oil.
  • Add the mustard seeds, sesame seeds and coconut.
  • Let them roast for a minute and now add the chopped muthias.
  • Add the cilantro and curry leaves. Mix well and let it roast for couple of minutes.
  • Turn off the heat and that’s it. Muthias are done.

Notes

As I mentioned earlier you can steam in idly plates and chop them into small pieces.
You can also add green chillies while adding tadka and spice it up.
Do not add water will preparing the dough.
If you feel the dough is watery add chick pea flour or wheat flour.