Gatte ki Sabji
Gatte ki sabji from Rajasthani Cuisine is a simple and delicious mild spiced yogurt based curry with gram flour dumplings , tastes delicious when served with hot steamed rice or roti .
Servings 5 People
Calories 328kcal
Ingredients
For Gatte
- 2 cups Besan / gram flour
- 1 pinch Asafoetida /hing
- ½ teaspoon Carom seeds /ajwain
- ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 3 tablespoon Oil
- 2 tablespoon Curd
- 3-4 tablespoon Water
- 4 cups Water for cooking gatte
for blending paste
- 1 no Onion, medium sized
- 4 no Garlic cloves , medium size
- ½ inch Ginger
For making gravy
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 3 no Cloves
- 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
- 2 green Cardamoms
- 1 no Bay leaf / tej patta
- 1-2 no Red Chilli ,dry
- 1 cup Curd
- 1 pinch Hing /asafoetida
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder
- 1 cup cooked gatte water
- ¾ -1 teaspoon Salt or as required
- 2 tablespoon Coriander leaves for garnishing
Instructions
Making Gatte
- In a deep bowl add besan /gram flour , red chilli powder , coriander powder , turmeric powder ,hing , ajwain , salt , curds oil and mix well .
- Sprinkle water part by part and bring everything together to form a soft and smooth crack free dough.
- Divide dough into small lemon size balls .
- On a rolling pin , take dough and roll into cylindrical shape sticks ( similar to soup sticks) .
- Cut dough sticks into required length so that it can be place in the kadai easily.
Cooking Gatte
- Bring 4 cups water to boil in a large kadai , gently add rolled gatte sticks into the boiling water.
- On a medium heat , cook gatte. till it starts to float.
- Once cooked , gatte starts floating and bubbles will be seen on them .
- Gently remove cooked gatte with mesh strainer or slotted spoon and keep aside.
- Reserve the water from the cooked gatte and set aside. It will be used while making curry.
- Once the gatte are cooled , cut it into small roundels and set aside.
Making Curry
- In a mixer jar / blender add 1 onion , garlic , ginger and blend to a smooth paste.
- Heat 2 tablespoon of oil / ghee in a pan , add cumin seeds , bay leaf , cloves , cinnamon sticks , cardamom and red chilly . Saute till fragrant.
- Add onion paste and saute till raw smell of onion and garlic goes off.
- Now add in red chilli powder , turmeric powder and coriander powder,hing , mix well everything.
- Keep the flame on low heat , beat curds well and add into to the above onion and spice mixture.
- Mix well everything on cook on a very low heat , add salt.
- Now add in reserved water .
- When oil starts to float to top of the curry , add cut gatte pieces .
- Keep on simmer , close lid and cook for 5 minutes for flavours to get absorbed.
- Turn off the heat , add chopped coriander leaves , stir well and serve .
- Serve Gatte ki sabji with steamed rice or roti.
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Nutrition
Calories: 328kcal