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U - Undhiyu Chapadi

Undhiyu Chapadi is a popular winter street food of Rajkot. Undhiyu is a typical Gujrati mix vegetable ,and chapadi is a flat and fried version of Baati.
Course Lunch
Cuisine Indian Cuisine
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 5 hours

Ingredients

  • 1 cup oil
  • 2 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 3-4 bay leaves
  • 8-10 cloves garlic pounded
  • 1 tsp ginger paste
  • 100 gms French beans
  • 100 gms chauli
  • 100 gms surati papadi
  • 100 gms valor
  • 100 gms gavar fali
  • 100 gms green channa
  • 100 gms fresh peas
  • 100 gms tuver dana
  • 100 gms vaal dana
  • 100 gms cauliflower
  • 100 gms cabbage
  • 2 cups potatoes
  • 1 cup sweet potatoes
  • 1 cup rataalu
  • 2 drumsticks
  • 2 raw bananas
  • 6 Rajasthani chillies
  • 2-3 tomatoes
  • 2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 2- 4 tsp red chilly powder
  • 3-4 tsp coriander powder
  • 2- 4 tsp Undhiyu masala
  • Salt to taste

Muthia

  • 2 cups chick pea flour
  • 1 cup fresh fenugreek
  • 2-3 green chillies
  • 2 tsp fresh green garlic
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
  • Pinch cooking soda
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • Oil for frying

Stuffing for Rajasthani chillies

  • 1 cup ganthia / sev
  • 1/2 tsp sugar powder
  • 1/2 tsp Undhiyu masala
  • 1/4 tsp sesame seeds
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

Chapadi

  • 2 cups wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup coarse wheat flour
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Warm water to bind the dough

Chapadi

  • Mix the flours .
  • Add salt and oil .
  • Rub in the flour and adding warm water bind a semi hard dough .
  • Pinch out lemon sized balls and flatten them.
  • Deep fry on medium flame till golden and well cooked .
  • Keep aside .

Preparing the veggies

  • String the French beans and chauli and chop finely.
  • String the papadi and valor , break open the bean and tear into two.
  • String the gavar fali , trim the ends and chop into slightly bigger pieces.
  • Clean and cut drumsticks into 2-3” pieces .
  • Cut medium size flowers from cauliflower.
  • Cut cabbage into medium sized cubes.
  • Peel the potatoes , sweet potatoes and rataalu and chop into medium sized cubes .
  • Pound the garlic and ginger.
  • Purée the tomatoes .
  • Slit the green chilly, remove seeds and keep aside .
  • Leave the raw banana as it is , we shall cut at the end .
  • Boil green peas, tuver dana , vaal dana and green channa with a little salt .

Preparing muthiya

  • Add all ingredients under muthiya .
  • Rub well with hands .
  • Adding water gradually bind a semi soft dough .
  • Make small balls shaping with the fist and deep fry to a golden .
  • Keep aside.

Preparing chillies

  • Pulse the ganthia .
  • Add all ingredients to this mix .
  • Check for spices and fill the chillies and keep aside .

Making of Undhiyu

  • Heat oil .
  • Add cumin seeds .
  • Add cloves and bay leaves .
  • Add ginger and garlic , sauté for a minute .
  • Add all the chopped veggies .
  • Sauté for a few minutes .
  • Add salt and turmeric powder .
  • The veggies will ooze out water , so simmer the gas and cover the pot .
  • Let cook till 75% done.
  • Add the boiled peas , channa, Vaal and tuver.
  • Mix everything and let cook .
  • Once the veggies are almost done add the tomato purée , and all the spices .
  • Let cook for another 5-7 minutes .
  • At this point check for spices and salt . Adjust according to taste.
  • Cut the raw banana into 2” pieces along with its skin.
  • Add the raw banana and the prepared chillies .
  • Cover and cook for another 5 minutes .
  • Switch off the gas .
  • Add lemon juice .
  • Add the muthiyas , mix gently .
  • Cover and let stand for 10 minutes .
  • Serve along with Chapadi , raw onions , green chillies .

Notes

You can eat Undhiyu Chapadi at
Santosh Undhiyu Chapadi
Krishna Complex, 3-Archna Park Corner, University Road, Rajkot - 360005,
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