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Gujarati oondhiya recipe.

Items Required:


750 grams (1 5/8 lb.) papadi 500 grams (1 1/8 lb.) kand (rataloo) 250 grams (9 oz.) potatoes 2 to 3 brinjals 1 teaspoon ajwain 1 teaspoon chilli-ginger paste 1/4 teaspoon soda bi-carb 1 to 2 tablespoons oil A few lettuce leaves Salt to taste Green chutney, garlic chutney, sweet and sour sauce, sev and oil (optional) to serve For the green chutney. 1 teacup chopped coriandder 4 green chillies 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1/2 teacup water 1/2 teaspoon salt For the garlic chutney. 10 cloves garlic 2 teaspoons chilli powder 1/2 teacup water 1/2 teaspoon salt. For the sweet and sour sauce. 1 teacup jaggery (gur) 1/2 teacup tamarind 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder 1/2 teacup water Salt to taste Chopped coriander for garnish


How to make:

1. String the papadi. Do not separate into two. 2. Peel the kand and cut into big pieces. 3. Cut the potatoes and sweet potatoes without peeling. 4. Make slits on the brinjals. 5. Mix all the vegetables. Apply the ajwain, chilli-ginger paste, soda bi-carb and salt. Mix thoroughly and apply the oil all over. 6. In a small earthen pot (matka), put a few leaves of lettuce at the bottom. Fill with all thevegetables and cover with the balance lettuce leaves. 7. Cover the matka, with an earthen lid and bake in a hot oven at 200 *C (400 *F) for 1 hour. 8. Alternatively, instead of cooking in a matka, wrap the vegetable mixture (without lettuce leaves) in aluminium foil and bake in a hot oven at 200 *C (400 *F) for 1 hour. 9. Serve with green and garlic chutneys and sweet and sour sauce, oil and seve. For the green chuntey. Blend all the ingredients in a liquidiser. For the garlic chutney. Blend all the ingredients in a liquidiser. For the sweet and sour sauce. Blend all the ingredients except coriander except coriander in a liquidiser. If too thick, add enough water to get the right consistency. Garnish with coriander.
 

 

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