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Methi Muthia

Ingredients

  • Ingredient
  • 2 cups fenugreek leaves methi, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour aata
  • 1/2 cup gram flour chick pea/ garbanzo flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
  • 1/2 tsp minced green chillies thai
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • a pinch of baking soda
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 1/2 tsp cumin powder
  • 1/2 tsp coriander powder
  • salt to taste
  • oil to fry

Instructions

  1. Take a bowl and add the fenugreek leaves in it and add 1 teaspoon of salt and mix well.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Knead it to a soft dough ball.
  3. Make small cylindrical shaped dumplings and keep them on a plate.
  4. Heat the oil to a 365*F and fry the dumplings in batches until slightly browned and crunchy.
  5. Use a wire mesh strainer and allow the dumplings to drain and bring them to room temperature before storing to use as a snack.

Recipe Notes

Tips for frying :- Ensure you put in equal sized pieces
Keep the temperature even – too hot cooks the food outside and leaves it raw within. Not the right temp enables soaking up of oil into the food and it won't fry up correctly in addition to giving you an oily product.