Undhiu (Winter Mix Vegetables)

Ingredients:

1/4 kg Papadi beans
1/4 kg Brinjals
1/4 kg Potatoes
1/4 kg Sweet Potatoes
2 Ripe Bananas

To be ground into a masala:

3 spoons Grated coconut
2 Green chilies – Ginger paste
5-6Garlic cloves
1 cup Coriander leaves
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
1 tablespoon carom seeds (ajwain)
4 teaspoons Chopped coriander-cumin seed powder (dhania-jeera)
1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 teaspoon Sugar
1 pinch Asafoetida
1/4 teaspoon Soda bi-carb
Salt (As per taste)
10-12 Methi Muthia
6 tablespoons Oil

For Methi Muthias:

100 Gms. Methi leaves finely chopped
1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
1 pinch Asafoetida
1/4 teaspoon Soda bi-carb
1 tsp. red chili powder
1 - 2 Green Chili
1 tbsp. fresh ground coconut
salt to taste
6 tbsp. oil


For Muthias :

Mix all ingredients, make stiff dough with little water. Form into small oval, dumplings Heat the 4 tbsp. oil, fry ghatta for 2 minutes. Remove from oil. Keep aside.

Instructions:

1. Quarter the brinjals, sweet potatoes, potatoes and yam (kand).
2. Thread the beans and split into two.
3. Cut the bananas into three pieces and slit each piece vertically till just above the base.
4. Grind the ginger, garlic and green chilies to a fine paste.
5. Mix together coriander leaves, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, grated coconut and the ground paste.
6. Lightly stuff the bananas with a little bit of this mixture.
7. Mix the papdi with the remaining mixture.
8. Heat oil in a deep bottmed pan; add asafoetida and mustard seed, when it will crackle then add chopped yam and potatoes.
9. Sprinkle a little salt. Layer this with half the papdi mixture.
10. Arrange the chopped brinjals over this.
11. And layer again with the remaining papdi mixture.
12. Mix the soda with ¼ cup water and add into the vegetables.
13. Cover with a lid. Put half a cup of water on top of the lid and cook over medium heat up to 10-15 min, stirring occasionally and very gently.
14. When almost done, add the stuffed bananas and the muthiyas.
15. Mix it gently. Cover and simmer till the vegetables are completely cooked.
    Serve hot decorated with scraped coconut.
16. Shake the vegetables occasionally but do not use a spoon to stir.