Gourmet Walk

Bottle gourd Muthiya (dumplings)

Ingredients


1 medium size Bottle gourd (grated)
1 cup Wheat flour
1 cup Gram flour (besan)
1 tspn salt
1 tspn ginger garlic paste
1 tspn turmeric powder
1 tspn red chili powder
1 tspn sugar
2 tbspn oil
1 tspn sesame seeds
1 tspn mustard seeds
2 big red chillies


Method
1) In a large bowl add the grated bottle gourd to the wheat flour, gram flour and also add other dry ingredients except the mustard and sesame seeds
2) Make a tight dough like paratha
3) Then make three equal parts of dough and make those parts as long rolls
4) Steam boil those rolls for 10 min
5) Once cooled, cut them into small dumplings
6) In a pan , heat 2 tbspn oil and add mustard seeds. Wait till they splutter
7) Add the sesame seeds and pinch of asafetida (hing)
8) Add the dumplings and let them cook for 5 more min
9) Serve the hot muthiyas with tea


Servings: Around 10-12 medium sized dumplings