Today is the third day of the blogging marathon. Today it is a snack made using bottle gourd. Muthia is a savory snack which is steam cooked with ingredients that are healthy. I have adapted the recipe from Tarla Dalal. I halved the recipe and have made few changes since I did not have them in my pantry. The healthy savoury snack makes a perfect accompaniment with hot tea especially on rainy day.
You need
- Grated bottle gourd - 1 cup
- Onion - 1, grated ( A small one will do)
- Whole wheat flour - 1/2 cup
- Semolina - 1/2 cup (I used rice rava)
- Besan - 1/4 cup
- Green chilly, ginger paste - 1 tblspn
- Turmeric powder, Garam masala, cumin seeds, fennel seeds - 1/4 tspn, each
- Juice of 1 1/2 lemon (I used amchoor powder)
- Chopped coriander - 2 tblspn
- Baking soda - 1/4 tspn
- Hing - 1/4 tspn
To temper
- Oil - 2 tblspn
- Mustard seeds - 1 tspn
- Sesame seeds - 1 tspn
- Hing - 1/4 tspn
Method.
Grate bottle gourd and onion into a bowl. Squeeze and extract the juice from the grated bottle gourd. Add the rest of the ingredients to the grated bottle gourd and onion. Knead it into a soft dough and use the squeezed water if required. I did not use it.
Oil your hands and divide the dough into two. Shape the dough into two logs and place in a greased bowl. Steam cook in the pressure cooker for 20 minutes or till a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
The logs slightly expand on steaming. when cool, slice it into 1/2 inch slices.
Heat a shallow kadai with oil. Add mustard seeds, sesame seeds and hing. When the seeds crackle, add the sliced muthias and toss well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Serve with a chutney of your choice of tomato ketchup.
