Vegetable curry with dumplings

Name: Vegetable curry with dumplings
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: Indian bread, to serve; 2 unripe bananas, thickly sliced; 125 g/4 ½ green beans, cut into 2.5cm/1in lengths; 150 g/5 oz sweet potato, cut into 2.5cm/1in cubes; 20 ml/4 tsp garlic purée; 200 g/7 oz aubergine (eggplant), cut into 2.5cm/1in chunks; 1.25 ml/¼ tsp asafoetida; 200 g/7 oz potatoes, cut into 2.5cm/1in cubes; sunflower oil, for deep-frying; 30 ml/2 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil; 5 ml/1 tsp ground turmeric; 20 ml/4 tsp chilli powder, or to taste; 15 ml/1 tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, finely chopped; 20 ml/4 tsp ginger purée; 1 fresh green chilli, finely chopped (deseeded if preferred); 15 ml/1 tbsp hot sunflower oil; 15 ml/1 tbsp water; 125 g/4 ½ oz/generous 1 cup gram flour (besan); a pinch of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1.25 ml/¼tsp salt; 15 ml/1 tbsp lime juice; 2.5 ml/½ tsp aniseed; 30 ml/2 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves; 50 g/2 oz desiccated (dry unsweetened shredded) coconut; 10 ml/2 tsp ground coriander

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Oondhiu is a fabulous mixture of fresh vegetables such as potatoes, green beans, aubergines, sweet potatoes and bananas, cooked with spicy gram flour dumplings and enhanced by dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi). This recipe provides a healthy and substantial vegetarian main course.

Ingredients

For the dumplings

125 g/4 ½ oz/generous 1 cup gram f

Asia
India
Main course
Spicy
Vegan

Method

For the dumplings: put the gram flour into a mixing bowl and add the remaining dumpling ingredients, up to and including the chopped coriander.
Mix thoroughly and add the hot oil, lime juice and water. Mix until a stiff dough is formed a