Muthias are basically savoury dumplings, steamed and pan-fried. They can be eaten as snacks and also serve as toppings for pulaos too. Extremely healthy as they are steamed, you may also slightly shallow fry them to get a crispy snack. The ingredients for muthias remain the same, but the addition of veggies can be quite interesting. Today I made it with bottle gourd, and also added blanched baby spinach for extra punch. The name "muthia" apparently comes from the Gujarathi word "Muthi" which means fist and these dumplings are made into cylindrical rolls using the fist. You can serve Palak-Doodhi Muthias as it is or with Green chutney or Meetha (sweet) chutney. Its quite a healthy tea-time snack and you can play around with the toppings too. I used sesame seeds for topping, and it was very crunchy. Se
Update : Sending this to Vardhini’s Cooking with Whole Foods – Spinach, event by Kiran
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time : 20 - 25 mins
Serves : 3
Ingredients:
- Bottlegourd - ¼ kg (or 1 medium sized bottle gourd)
- Baby spinach / normal spinach - ½ cup, packed
- Besan / Gram flour - ¼ cup
- Salt - to taste
- Wheat flour / atta - ¼ cup
- Jeera / Cumin seeds - ½ TBSP
- Semolina - ½ cup
- Fennel seeds / Saunf - ½ tsp
- Oil - 4 to 5 TBSP
- Lemon juice - 1 tsp
- Sugar - ½ tsp
- Tempering : Mustard seeds, sesame seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida
- Garnish : Coriander leaves + freshly grated coconut
Method:
1) Wash, peel and grate bottlegourd. Squeeze out all the water and add to a large mixing bowl.
2) Wash, blanch,drain and chop the spinach. Add to the grated bottle gourd.
3) Add the rest of the ingredients except oil, tempering and garnish. Add the flours little by little and with NO additional water make into a smooth dough (Bottlegourd has a lot of water, so please be careful not to add any extra water).
4) Add 1 tablespoon of oil and punch it in the dough. Rest for 5-10 mins.
5) Using both your hands roll them into long cylindrical rolls
6) Steam them for 20 - 25 mins till then turn slightly white and cooked.
7) Cook, and cut them into ½" thick slices.
8) In a non-stick pan, add the oil. When hot prepare the tempering and once the sesame seeds has stopped crackling, add the cooked and cut muthias into that and saute a bit
9) Garnish with grated coconut and coriander and serve immediately.
Unknown says
Muthia looks healthy yummy...
Jeyashris Kitchen says
Muthias are tempting and it's my fav snack snack. Perfect entry for the events
Priya Suresh says
Wow wat a super healthy and catchy muthias.
Raji says
Addition of palak makes these even so more interesting..thanks for sending this yum dish to me Kalyani.
Rani acharyulu says
Wow tasty and healthy step by step muthiyas looks delicious.
Radhika says
very healthy snack Kalyani.
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Anjali Bapna Shukla says
Heavenly!!
I never thought of making muthias with this combo...amazing!! 🙂
And ya, they look so good in the pics...superb!
Indrani says
Totally healthy snack, kalyani..looks so vibrant and appetizing, Thanks a lot for linking it to my event
Aarthi says
What a awesome recipe...Delicious dear..
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Neha says
Very tempting looking muthia...
Kalyani says
looks yummy and delicious .....
Sangeetha M says
thanks for sharing this healthy and delicious snack...looks too good!!
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Sensible Vegetarian says
I love this one and looks superb.
Vardhini says
Steamed muthia's looks healthy and love the use of spinach too. Thx for linking to the event.
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Susan says
What a healthy and fascinating meal!
Thanks, Kalyani, for your BWW contribution. : )