Chokan ja Muthiya

Name: Chokan ja Muthiya
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: Thathai Bhatia (Sindhi)
Ingredients: 1 cup choka (cooked rice); 1 cup whole wheat flour; ½ cup gram flour (besan); 2 tbsp semolina (sooji); 1 tbsp curd (dahi); Salt, to taste; ½ tsp turmeric; ¼ tsp asafoetida (hing); ½ tsp dhana-jeera powder (coriander-cumin powder); ¼ inch piece of ginger; 1 tbsp oil; 2 green chillies; ½ tsp mustard seeds; 1 sprig curry leaves; 1 tbsp coriander leaves (for garnish); 1 tbsp grated coconut (optional, for garnish)

Steam-cooked rice dumplings

Servesabout 8

CookSteam 15–20 minutes, then 10–15 minutes on a slow flame

Rice-and-flour dumplings (muthiya) kneaded to a semi-soft dough, steamed as thick logs, cut into 1-inch pieces and tossed in a vaghar (tempering) of mustard seeds, curry leaves and green chilli, then cooked slowly. Soft, savoury and mildly tikho (spicy); an evening snack. Uses up: leftover choka (cooked rice).

Method

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In a bowl, mix the choka with the whole wheat flour, gram flour and semolina. Add the finely chopped ginger, dhana-jeera powder, asafoetida, turmeric and salt. Add the curd last and knead to a semi-soft dough; add a little water only if the dough will not bind.
Roll the dough into long barrel-shaped logs about 1 inch in diameter. Arrange them in a steamer with gaps between them, because they expand as they steam.
Steam for . Remove and cut into 1-inch pieces.
Heat the oil in a pan over a medium flame. Add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and green chillies cut lengthwise. Add the muthiya pieces and mix well.
Cook on a slow flame for . Serve hot, garnished with chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut.

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Tips and variations

Add water to the dough only if it does not bind, and leave space between the logs in the steamer because they expand. The coconut garnish is optional.

Serve with

Hot, with Dharan ji chutney (green coriander chutney), as an evening snack.

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Nutrition

Estimated

Per serving

220 kcal

Protein: 7 g
Carbohydrate: 41 g
Fat: 3 g

We estimate about 8 servings from the weight of the dish.

Whole recipe

1,770 kcal

Protein: 53 g
Carbohydrate: 330 g
Fat: 27 g

Everything in the ingredients list.

These are estimates, worked out from the amounts in the recipe and typical values for each ingredient. Portion sizes and the exact amount of oil, ghee or sugar can change them a lot. How we estimate

Where this recipe comes from

Recipe from Panja Khada by Bharat and Deepa Chachara, shared by Kanta Gajria.

See the original recipe and photos