DOODHI MUTHIYA/BOTTLE GUARD DUMPLINGS

Yields: 3-4 servings

Ingredients:

Wheat flour: 1 cup
Bottle gourd: 1 cup(grated)
Chilli ginger paste: 1tsp
Salt: as required
Hing: 1/2 tsp
Oil: 4 tbsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Til: 1 tsp
Curry leaves: 8-10 leaves
Coriander leaves: 1/2 cup
Fresh Coconut: 1/4 cup
Water: as required

Preparation:

1. Take a bowl mix wheat flour, chilli ginger paste, hing, bottle guard, coriander leaves, 2 tbsp oil, salt. Water can be added if required.
2. Make muthia by pressing them within the palm of your hand. (That is where it derives its name from, Mutthi means fist in gujarati)
3. Now steam cook it in steamer for 8-10 minutes.
4. Remove and cut it into pieces.
5. Take a pan add 2 tbsp oil, add mustard seeds after it crackles add curry leaves and til. 
6. Immediately add the cut muttiya pieces and mix.
7. Garnish it with fresh coconut.
8. You can snack on it without any need of sides or dipping sauce.

Note:

1. You may want to squeeze out the water out of the grated bottle gourd and use it for kneading the dough. Generally this water itself should be enough and more to make a dough.
2. Traditionally Muthias are prepared in steamed version. However there is a deep fried version too.
3. Muthias can be prepared of not just bottlegourd but of other vegetables like cabbage, zucchini etc too.