Vegetables with gram flour dumplings

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook: 300 Classic Recipes from the Great Regions of India

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

Method

  1. 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.

  2. Heat 30ml/2