Gatte ki sabji is one of the most popular dishes of Rajasthani cuisine. There is hardly any marwadi family that doesn’t make this curry. Since the climate in Rajasthan is very hot and dry, fresh vegetables are not available around the year. Many Rajasthani recipes depend on dry ingredients like different types of flours, millet, and beans. Gram flour and buttermilk are the main ingredients of this curry.
Gatte are basically cylindrical rolls of gram flour and other spices mixed into a dough and cooked in boiling water. These can be used for making a dry curry or a sauce-based curry like this one.
Apart from the sabji that is made at my home, I have enjoyed this curry the most at Rajdhani in Bangalore. Their saatpadi and gatta are to die for. I like to eat this with rice or hot puris. There is also a dry version of this curry which I will post some other time. For now, enjoy this mildly spicy and tangy curry. Happy eating!
Ingredients
For kadhi
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tbsp gram flour (besan)
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tsp red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp asafoetida (heeng)
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 2 green chillies slit
- 4 inch piece of ginger grated
- 2 tsp coriander
- ¼ tsp cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp oil
- 4 cloves
- Few fenugreek seeds
- 2 dry red chillies
- Salt to taste
For Gatte
- ¾ cup besan
- 1tsp red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp oil
- Few carom seeds
- Salt to taste
Recipe
Combine all the ingredients for gatte and make a stiff dough adding little water. Divide the dough into equal portions and roll them into cylindrical rolls using your palms.
Boil plenty of water and cook gattas till they float on top. Drain and let them get cool. Cut the gattas into approximately 1 ½ inch pieces and keep aside.
Whisk together buttermilk, gram flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, asafoetida, and salt.
Heat oil in a kadhai or a thick bottomed pan. Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, cloves, and fenugreek seeds. Once the seeds pop, add curry leaves, green chillies, grated ginger, and dry red chillies and sauté for few seconds.
Add the whisked buttermilk mixture and bring to boil while stirring continuously otherwise the kadhi will split. Once the kadhi boils add gattas, reduce the flame and cook for 2-3 minutes. Garnish with chopped fresh coriander and serve with rice or hot puris.
Vegetarian Khana 