How to make delicious Gujarati Undhiyu for Uttarayan/ Makar Sankranti

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How to make delicious Gujarati Undhiyu for
Uttarayan/ Makar Sankranti

• In Gujarat, Makar Sankranti holds a very special
  place among all the festivals. During this
  festival, people eat a special Gujarati dish
  called Undhiyu and heres how it is prepared.

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Recipe of Undhiyu for Makar Sankranti
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Recipe of Undhiyu for Makar Sankranti

• Introduction
• If youre a Gujarati, you already know how
  important Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti is. Though
  it is celebrated across India, Gujarati people
  celebrate it in a far more magnificent way. Along
  with surya pooja and kite flying, the Gujaratis
  eat a special dish called Undhiyu. Its utterly
  delicious.
• Here weve noted down each and every detail about
  how to cook authentic and lip-smacking Gujarati
  Undhiyu using pure Indian spices from Vasant
  Masala.

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Recipe of Undhiyu for Makar Sankranti
Recipe of Undhiyu
To prepare Undhiyu, firstly youll need to
prepare a round shaped food item called Muthiya
or Muthdi which will become one of the
ingredients for Undhiyu.
Ingredients for Muthdi

• 1 cup of chopped fenugreek leaves
• ¼ cup of whole wheat flour
• 3 tablespoons of besan/ gram flour
• ½ teaspoon of ginger and chilli paste
• ¼ teaspoon of Vasant Turmeric Powder
• 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon of Vasant Kashmiri Kumthi Chilli
  Powder
• ¼ teaspoon of Vasant Coriander Cumin Powder
  (Dhaniya Jeera Powder)
• Salt (As per your taste)
• 1 teaspoon of oil for the dough and ½ litre for
  frying
• 2 to 3 tablespoon of water

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Recipe of Undhiyu for Makar Sankranti
Method to prepare Muthdi

• Take a bowl, mix all the listed ingredients and
  prepare a dough.
• Once the dough is prepared, make small round
  shaped Muthdis from the dough
• Take a frying pan, pour half a litre of oil and
  deep fry all the Muthdis.
• Once the Muthdis are brownish in colour, take
  them out on a plate.

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Recipe of Undhiyu for Makar Sankranti
Ingredients for Undhiyu

• Fried Muthdi
• 7 mid-sized potatoes
• 7 small brinjals
• Two ripe bananas
• ½ cup of field beans or vaal dana
• ½ cup of toor dana or green pea
• ½ cup of green chickpea
• 1 cup of grated fresh coconuts
• ½ cup of green fresh garlic
• 1 teaspoon Ajwain or thymol seeds
• ¼ teaspoon of hing or asafoetida
• ¼ teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 tablespoon of ginger chilli paste
• ¼ teaspoon of Vasant Turmeric Powder
• 1 tablespoon of salt
• 2 tablespoon of sugar
• 2 tablespoon of Vasant Chilli Powder
• 4 tablespoon of Vasant Coriander Cumin Powder
  (Dhaniya Jeera Powder)
• 2 cups of coriander or dhaniya

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Recipe of Undhiyu for Makar Sankranti
Method to prepare Undhiyu

• In a large bowl, add coriander, grated coconuts,
  green garlic, salt, sugar, Vasant Coriander Cumin
  Powder, Vasant Chilli Powder, Vasant Turmeric
  Powder, ginger chilli paste, baking soda and oil.
  Mix everything nicely and put it aside. This will
  be the masala stuffing for the Undhiyu.
• In a big pan, heat the oil and add hing, toor
  dana, vaal dana, green chickpea, Vasant Thymol
  seeds and baking soda and mix them well. Now add
  some masala stuffing we had prepared earlier and
  mix them again. Now add ½ cup of water in it and
  cook it for 5 minutes on medium flame.

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Recipe of Undhiyu for Makar Sankranti
Method to prepare Undhiyu

• After 5 minutes, stuff potatoes and brinjal with
  masala stuffing and add them in the pan. Now add
  some masala stuffing again in the pan, add some
  water in it and mix them well. Now cook it
  further for 5 minutes on medium flame and cover
  the pan with a lid.
• After 5 minutes, check whether the potatoes are
  cooked well. Now add the Muthdi that we prepared
  earlier in the pan and cook it further for 2
  minutes on medium flame.
• Thats it. Authentic and delicious Gujarati
  Undhiyu is ready.

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