MUTKULE - A ONE POT MEAL

This is a one pot traditional meal with goodness of fresh vegetables and greens. In this dish rice / bajra dumplings are cooked in a spicy flavourful vegetable gravy. You can also add some sprouts along with vegetables to make it more healthy.

Serves: 6 - 8

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups riceflour / bajra / combination of two

• 6 gloves garlic

• 4 medium onions

• 1 green chilly 

• 1 tsp jeera / cumin

• A handful Coriander leaves

• A handful Methi leaves

• A handful Dill leaves

• 1 capsicum

• 6 beans

• 2 carrots 

• 1/2 cup peeled green peas

• 1 large potato

• More vegetables of your choice ( optional )

• 1/4 cup sprouts (optional )

• 6 Tomatoes 

• 6 - 8 tbsp Oil

• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

• Water

• Salt to taste

• 2 tsp coriander pd

• 1/2 tsp turmeric pd

• 1/2 tsp chilly pd or to taste

METHOD

DOUGH FOR MUTKULE

1. Coarsely grind 2 onions,1 green chilly, jeera / cumin seeds, garlic, coriander leaves in a blender with little water,

2. Boil 1/2 cup water in a pan add this ground ingredients, 3/4 tsp salt and a pinch of turmeric pd.

3. Add rice flour and 2 tbsp of oil to this mixture and stir it well with a wooden spoon keeping on slow fire till the flour absorbs all the water and binds well.

4. If needed you can add little more warm water to it.

5. Remove from heat and transfer it to a big plate or wide bowl and knead it well into a soft dough .

6. You can apply some oil on your palm while kneading it.The more you knead the softer the dough is and finally the muthkulas also turn out soft. Keep aside for little while.

7. Take a marble size dough, and roll it in between the palms of your hand, and press lightly on top with your index finger, keep in a big plate apart from each other. (refer to the pic)

GRAVY FOR MUTKULE

1. Finely chop 2 onions.

2. Grind all the tomatoes in a blender.

3. Wash all the vegetables of your choice.

4. Break beans into big pieces. Peel green peas.

5. Slice carrots, cube potatoes and capsicum.

6. Clean and chop methi and dil (suha) leaves.

7. Stir fry methi and dil leaves with little oil in a small pan and keep aside.

8. Heat oil in a heavy bottom wide pan saute capsicum a little remove and keep aside.

9. In the same pan fry onions till brown, add ginger garlic paste, salt, chilly, turmeric and coriander pd.

10. Add tomato puree and roast it well till it dries up.

11. Add all the vegetables including potatoes roast well in the masala.

12. Add 3 - 4 glasses of water and bring it to a boil.

13. Add the mutkulas in this thin gravy and cook on slow fire covered with the lid for at least 30 - 40 min or till they are cooked.

14. You can also add more water as the gravy tends to become very thick as you are cooking.

15. Occasionally stiring it very carefully so that the mutkulas don't break or stick to the bottom.

16. Add capsicum, sprouts (optional ) and the fried greens (methi and dil leaves)

17. Cook till done and the gravy becomes thick.

18. Check and adjust salt and chilly to taste.

Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot as a one pot meal and enjoy.