Vegetable curry with dumplings

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

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