Preparation Time : 40 min.
Cooking Time : 17 min.

Serves 4.

For the methi muthias

1 cup fenugreek (methi) leaves, chopped
1/4 cup whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)
1/4 cup Bengal gram flour (besan)
1 teaspoon green chilli-ginger paste
2 teaspoons sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon
1/4 teaspoon garam masala
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
a pinch soda bi-carb
2 tablespoons oil
salt to taste

For the tempering

1/4 teaspoon asafoetida (hing)
6 tablespoons oil

Ingredients

250 grams Surti papdi
250 grams purple yam (kand)
100 grams yam (suran)
100 grams small potatoes
100 grams sweet potatoes (shakkariya)
100 grams brinjals
1 to 2 bananas
1 tablespoon carom seeds (ajwain)
1/4 easpoon soda bi-carb
salt to taste

To be mixed into a masala

1/2 cup fresh coconut, grated
1/2 cup chopped coriander
1/4 cup green garlic, chopped
2 teaspoons coriander-cumin seed (dhania-jeera) powder
2 teaspoons green chilli-ginger paste
2 teaspoons chilli powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt to taste

For the methi muthias

1. Put the chopped fenugreek leaves in a bowl, add 1 teaspoon of salt and mix well.

2. Allow to stand for 5 to 7 minutes and squeeze out all the liquid from the leaves.

3. Combine the fenugreek with the remaining ingredients in a bowl and knead into a very soft dough by adding 3 tablespoons of water.

4. Spread this mixture onto a greased shallow glass disha and cover with a lid. Microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes.

5. Cool completely and cut into small squares.

How to proceed

1. String the Surti papdi, taking care not to separate the 2 sides.

2. Wash the papdi, add the carom seeds, soda bi-carb and salt and mix well.

3. Peel the purple yam, yam, potatoes and sweet potatoes and cut into big pieces.

4. Cut the brinjals and the banana into big pieces and cut a vertical slit in the centre of each piece.

5. Put the oil and asafoetida in a glass bowl and microwave on HIGH for 1 minute.

6. Add the Surti papdi, purplr yam, yam, potatoes, sweet potatoes and brinjals and 1/4 cup water, cover with a lid and microwave on HIGH for 10 minutes, stirring once in between.

7. Add the prepared masala, banans, methi muthias and mix well. Cover with a lid and microwave on HIGH for 4 minutes, stirring once in between.

8. Serve hot.

Tips

Oondhiya is traditionally served with puris and shrikhand.