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Gatte ki Sabji Recipe

Gatte Ki Sabji is a popular dish from the Rajasthani cuisine. It is a typical curry recipe consisting of Gatta with a lot of Indian spices. 
Course Main Course
Cuisine North Indian, Rajasthani
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Calories 137kcal

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups Gram Flour or Besan
  • 2-4 tbsp Ghee or Clarified Butter
  • Salt, Turmeric, and Sugar as per your taste
  • 1 tsp crushed Ajwain
  • 2 tbsp Cumin seeds or Jeera
  • 1 tbsp Red Chili powder or as per taste
  • 1 cup Curd or Yogurt
  • 1-2 tbsp Oil
  • Water as required
  • 1 medium-sized Onion
  • 1 medium-sized Tomato chopped or puree

Instructions

Making the Gatta:

  • Take some gram flour or besan in a large mixing bowl. Add the dry spices one by one. Turmeric, Salt, a pinch of sugar(optional), Red Chili powder, Cumin seeds, crushed Ajwain.
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  • After mixing all the dry spices with besan, add about 1-2 tablespoon of ghee. Mix it gently.
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  • Now, add a little amount of water at a time and start kneading the dough.
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  • As the besan is kneaded well, take out small portions and give it a cylindrical shape.
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  • Meanwhile, boil some water in a pan.
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  • Place all the cylindrical besan pieces gently into the boiling water.
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  • Cover the pan and let it cook for 10-15 minutes or till it is cooked completely. You'll get to see some sort of whitish spots over the besan pieces.
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  • Now, let it cool down for a couple of minutes. After that, cut these into small pieces.
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Cooking the gravy:

  • Take some curd in a mixing bowl. Add turmeric, salt, sugar, coriander powder, red chili powder in it.
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  • Whisk the curd very nicely so that it mixes well with the spices and no lumps are present.
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  • Now, place a heavy-bottomed pan on low-medium flame. Pour the required amount of oil and ghee (1:1) in it. You can skip the oil and replace it with ghee only.
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  • Temper the oil with some cumin seeds and chopped green chilies. Add the chopped onions into it.
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  • After frying the onions for a while (till it turns slightly golden), add the tomato puree.
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  • Saute the veggies for 2 minutes. After that, add the curd mixture.
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  • Stir the mixture in the pan continuously on low flame so that everything is mixed with each other nicely. You can add a tablespoon of water if required.
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  • Let it cook until the oil separates out.
  • Now, add the besan dumplings into the pan.
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  • Give it a mix. Finally, add the left-over water in which the besan dumplings are cooked.
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  • Cook it for few more minutes and adjust the consistency of the gravy as per your choice. Finally, garnish it with some chopped coriander leaves and serve it.
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