Dudhi na Muthiya is a traditional and nutritious snack from Gujarat which is a wholesome dish. It can be served as breakfast, evening snack or even as a complete meal.
Dudhi is bottle gourd and it is mixed with whole wheat flour, semolina, herbs and spices to make these Muthiyas. A soft dough is made, which is shaped as either long logs or the size of your fist. The name Muthia comes from the Hindi word Muthi, which is a fist. I have made these into logs and steamed. After they cook, these are cut into desired thickness and tempered.
There are a few points to note before you start making them.
1. Always grate the bottle gourd just before mixing, else it shall turn dark when exposed to air.
2. The proportions of the flours are important to get the right texture.
3. Do not add water right away, as the gourd oozes out a lot of water. Add water only if required.
4. The dough should be on the softer side, else the muthiyas will turn hard after steaming.
5. Once the knife comes out clean, let the rolls rest in the steamer for a while. They need some standing time. Cut only after they have reached room temperature.
6. Tempering can vary, you could use just mustard seeds and curry leaves or use sesame seeds and green chillies too.
Muthiyas can be enjoyed without tempering too, just simply steamed ones, one can sprinkle a lit bit of Methia Masala. The Gujjus sometimes dip them into raw groundnut oil and enjoy.
The logs can be frozen too, you can thaw them and temper before serving. Make sure to use lots of fresh coriander leaves as garnish. One can use grated coconut too as a garnish.
So let’s enjoy the steamed Gujju snack which I prepared for The Gujarati Farsan Platter under the theme Thali and Platter Festival.
And now to the recipe –
Dudhi na Muthiya
Ingredients
1½ cup wheat flour
¼ cup semolina
¼ cup wheat flour coarse
¼ tsp turmeric
¾ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp coriander powder
½ tsp garam masala
¼ tsp carom seeds
1 tbsp sugar
Pinch asafoetida
Salt to taste
2 cup bottle gourd, grated
1 carrot, grated
½ tsp ginger paste
2 green chillies, pounded
2 tbsp coriander, finely chopped
1 tbsp curd
1 tbsp oil
Tempering
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard
2 tsp sesame seeds
Pinch asafoetida
Few curry leaves
2 tbsp coriander, chopped
Method
Take all ingredients under Muthiya in a c large mixing bowl.
Make sure to grate dudhi right at the end.
Mix well with hands and knead it to a soft dough.
If required then only use water.
Take a large ball sized dough and make a nice long cylindrical roll, about 3” thick.
Similarly, make more rolls.
Cover and steam for 20 minutes.
Insert a knife to check, it should come out clean.
Remove and let them come to room temperature.
Once cool cut into slices.
Tempering
Heat 2 tbsp oil and add mustard seeds. Let splutter.
Add sesame seeds and curry leaves.
Immediately add the sliced muthia.
Toss and garnish with coriander.
Serve Dudhi na Muthiya with green chutney.
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Week 3
Platters
Day 11 Gujarati Farsan Platter
Dudhi na Muthiya
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup wheat flour
- 1/4 cup semolina
- 1/4 cup wheat flour coarse
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 3/4 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/4 tsp carom seeds
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Pinch asafoetida
- Salt to taste
- 2 cup bottle gourd grated
- 1 carrot grated
- 1/2 tsp ginger paste
- 2 green chillies pounded
- 2 tbsp Coriander finely chopped
- 1 tbsp curd
- 1 tbsp oil
Tempering
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
- Pinch asafoetida
- Few curry leaves
- 2 tbsp Coriander chopped
Instructions
- Take all ingredients under Muthiya in a c large mixing bowl.
- Make sure to grate dudhi right at the end.
- Mix well with hands and knead it to a soft dough.
- If required then only use water .
- Take a large ball sized dough and make a nice long cylindrical roll, about 3” thick.
- Similarly, make more rolls.
- Cover and steam for 20 minutes.
- Insert a knife to check, it should come out clean.
- Remove and let them come to room temperature.
- Once cool cut into slices.
Tempering
- Heat 2 tbsp oil and add mustard seeds. Let splutter.
- Add sesame seeds and curry leaves.
- Immediately add the sliced muthia.
- Toss and garnish with coriander.
- Serve dudhi na muthiya with green chutney.
Notes

The wholewheat flour version sounds healthier and will remember this version when I make them next time.
Wow, I love dudhi na muthiya and enjoyed it the last time I made it…this is surely a healthy snack to munch anytime!..I am so looking forward to all your platter…The platter was one concept I felt had a lot of options yet demanded loads of work. Trust you to do six of it!
Wow! This combination of wheat flour and sooji in muthia sounds interesting. I shall try this out next time for sure.
Perfect muthiyas for the farsan platter. We love dudhi muthiya. I use bottle gourd for making muthiyas more than for dal and south Indian dishes. 🙂 I make it pretty much the same way.
One of my favourite snack of all time. Love my mom’s one and I never made it, but now I have now started making it, as cannot get that 🙁 . I do not add semolina , but I think it will add nice texture as well help in binding.
Wow. this is such a healthy and nutritious snack and love the addition of bottle gourd. Bookmarking to try it sometime.