Recipe: Tasty Undhiyo

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Recipe: Tasty Undhiyo Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Undhiyo. Undhiyu, a traditional Gujarati curry prepared with many fresh vegetables and dhokli muthiya, is a must have item on festivals like Uttarayan (kite flying festival), Diwali, etc. and special occasions like marriage parties. This deliciously rich curry is usually enjoyed in winter as veggies like fenugreek leaves, surti papadi and tuvar lilva. Undhiyu is a one pot vegetable casserole dish that is the hallmark of Gujarati vegetarian cuisine.

Undhiyu is a full of flavor mixed vegetable curry from the State of Gujarat mainly from Surat region of India.

Undhiyu got it's name from the Gujarati word "undhu", which means upside down.

This dish is traditionally cooked upside down underground in earthen pots, termed "matlu", which are fired from above.

You can cook Undhiyo using 28 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Undhiyo

  1. You need of surti papdi (double beans)stringed split half by hands).

  2. Prepare of fresh tuvar dana/ lilvaa/fresh pigeon peas.

  3. You need of ivy gourd (tindi).

  4. You need of purple yam (Kand),peeled,cut into cubes.

  5. It’s of baby potatoes,peeled.

  6. Prepare of small variety of brinjal.

  7. You need of raw bananas cut into 1" pieces.

  8. Prepare of soda bi carb.

  9. Prepare of Salt.

  10. You need of methi muthiyas (recipe shared before).

  11. You need of oil.

  12. You need of water(to cook).

  13. It’s of To make green aromat paste.

  14. You need of fresh green peas.

  15. You need of chopped fresh coriander leaves.

  16. You need of whole fresh coconut,grated.

  17. It’s of green chillies (spicy variety).

  18. It’s of " ginger peeled and chopped finely.

  19. Prepare of big bunch of green garlic.(hara leshun).

  20. It’s of " raw turmeric,peeled and chopped finely(fresh haldi).

  21. It’s of lemon(juice).

  22. Prepare of Salt.

  23. You need of Other ingredients:.

  24. You need of white sesame seeds(safed til).

  25. You need of carrom seeds(ajwain).

  26. It’s of For garnish.

  27. It’s of Finely chopped fresh coriander.

  28. It’s of Grated fresh coconut.

Traditionally undhiyu is cooked into earthen pots on the LOW flame.

The pots are sealed, and all the vegetables and masalas are cooked slowly.

Cooking undhiyu in the earthen pots gives the rustic and delicious flavour to the dish.

Today, I am sharing a traditional Gujarati Style undhiyu recipe, which is entirely different than the surti undhiyu.

Undhiyo instructions

  1. Make methi muthiyas before hand(as per my recipe shared before).

  2. Grind green peas and chopped fresh coriander to smooth paste. Grate fresh coconut. Grind green chillies,ginger, fresh turmeric pieces, green garlic(along with it greens)..with salt and lemon juice to smooth paste..

  3. Mix grinded green peas- coriander paste,grated coconut and green chillies, ginger raw,turmeric garlic paste, white sesame seeds and carrom seeds…to make aromat green paste(masala). Divide this mixture into 6 parts..

  4. Mix tuvar dana with splited surti papdi,add 1 part of green aromat paste,add salt & a pinch of soda bi carb,mix well and let it marinate for 5 mins.(Both tuvar dana,& split surti papdi should be wash with water before hand..then add & mix green paste) Make 4 parts of this mixture..

  5. Soak ivy gourd/tindi in water for half hour(before chopping..as not to stain your fingers with black spots).Pat dry and chopped into small pieces. Add 1 part of green aromat paste, salt & a pinch of soda-bi-carb..mix and let it marinate for 5 mins..

  6. Soak baby potatoes in salty water for 15 mins,so it will be easier to peel its skin.After peeling,add a pinch of soda bi carb & one portion of green aromat paste mix and miranate for 5 mins..

  7. Peel and chopped purple yam (Kand) into cubes,wash them in water,and then strain. Add a pinch of soda bi carb and 1 part of green aromat paste in purple yam pieces mix well and marinate for 5 mins..

  8. Wash brinjals,pat dry, criss-cross on each,stuffed them with green aromat paste. Wash raw bananas, pat dry and cut into 1" pieces, criss-cross these cut banana pieces stuff them with green aromat paste..,sprinkle salt on them..

  9. Now to assemble all above marinated vegs,in pressure cooker..First add about 150 ml of oil in pressure cooker,heat it for two mins. Off the flame.(I used up oil use for frying methi muthiyas).

  10. Spread one part of tuvar dana- surti papdi mixture. On it spread marinated ivy gourd/ tindi mixture,on it spread 2 and portion of tuvar dana- split surti papdi mixture..

  11. On it spread marinated purple yam (kand) marinated pieces.On it spread 3 rd portion of tuvar dana- surti papdi mixture..

  12. On it spread marinated baby potatoes mixture..

  13. On it spread 4 th portion of tuvar dana- surti papdi mixture..

  14. On it arrange prepared raw banana & brinjals stuffed pieces…

  15. Lastly spread prepared methi muthiyas. Add 2 glasses of water and pour remaining 50 ml of oil. Close the pressure cooker lid.. Pressure cook undhiyo for 3 whistles. Rest for at least 1/2 hour before opening the cooker lid..

  16. At time of serving, add raw banana & brinjals sambariya., garnishing with chopped fresh coriander leaves and grated coconut..

  17. Tip: Before unturning undhiyo in big vessel from pressure cooker, remove brinjals & raw banana sambariya so they dont break when we gently toss the undhiyo..

  18. Raw veggies and seasonal herbs required for making Undhiyo..

  19. Relish this authentic Gujarati,winter delicacy UNDHIYO with hot puris, shrikhand, khandvi, dal, for Sunday Lunch..

Undhiyu is served with poori or bajra bhakri.

It can be eaten with phulka roti as well.

On Makar Sankranti festival, the meal consists of undhiyu, puri, chutney and jalebi.

This meal is a must in most families in Gujarat.

Undhiyu is a Gujarati mixed vegetable dish that is a regional specialty of Surat, India.