Vegetables with gram flour dumplings

Name: Vegetables with gram flour dumplings
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: plain (all-purpose) flour or warm Indian bread, to serve; 10 ml/2 tsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi); 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground turmeric; 5 ml/1 tsp ginger purée; pinch of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground aniseed; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt, or to taste; 30 ml/2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro); 1–2 fresh red chillies, finely chopped (deseeded if preferred); 30 ml/2 tbsp tamarind juice or lemon juice; 30 ml/2 tbsp sunflower or light olive oil; 60 ml/4 tbsp sunflower oil; 2.5 ml/72 tsp salt, or to taste; 200 g/7 oz boiled potatoes, cut into 2.5cm/1in cubes; 1 garlic clove, crushed, or 5ml/1 tsp garlic purée; 1 small or ½ large aubergine (eggplant), about 200g/7 oz, cut into 2.5cm/1in chunks; 200 g/7 oz green beans, cut into 2.5cm/1in lengths; 200 g/7 oz carrots, thickly sliced; 2.5 ml//2 tsp ground turmeric; 400 g/14 oz can coconut milk; 185 g/672 oz/173 cups gram flour (besan)

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Gram flour is made from ground chickpeas and is a staple ingredient in both Gujarat and Rajasthan. High in protein and gluten-free, it can be used for both sweet and savoury dishes. For this recipe, Oondhiu, it is turned into little dumplings as a topping for a spicy mixture of vegetables cooked in a coconut sauce.

Ingredients

For the dumplings

185 g/672 oz/173 cups gram flour (besan)
pinch of bica

Asia
India
Main course
Starter
Vegan

Method

For the dumplings, sift the gram flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Add the aniseed, turmeric, ginger, fenugreek, chillies, coriander and salt. Stir together.
Heat 30ml/2