Name: Spiced gram flour dumplings
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 30 ml/2 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi); 1.25 ml/¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 300 g/10 ½ oz/2 ½ cups gram flour (besan); 2.5 ml/½ tsp chilli powder; juice of 1 lime; 3.75 ml/¾ tsp salt, or to taste; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground turmeric; 1.25 ml/¼ tsp asafoetida; 30 ml/2 tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, finely chopped; 30 ml/2 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil, warmed; 30 ml/2 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil; 8–10 curry leaves; 2.5 ml/¼ tsp cumin seeds; 2.5 ml/½ tsp black mustard seeds

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

In this recipe for Methi Na Muthia, a golden gram flour mixture is combined with fenugreek and a range of spices, then formed into small dumplings and steamed. The cooked dumplings are then sliced into bitesize pieces and dressed with a spicy oil.

Ingredients

For the dumplings

300 g/10 ½ oz/2 ½ cups

Method

Sift the gram flour into a large mixing bowl and add all the remaining dumpling ingredients except the lime juice and oil. Mix thoroughly to combine.
Make a well in the centre, then add the lime juice and warmed oil, and mix again. Make