DN recipe: Govind Gatta

Rani Tibrewal
New Delhi/ 19 July 2016. Rajasthani traditional curries are generally made with curd. One of the famous curries is Gatte ki sabzi.

Today, Dynamite News brings you a traditional Rajasthani dish-Govind Gatta.

Gatta mix
Gram flour (Bassan)                               100gm
Fennel seeds (Ajwain)                             ¼ teaspoon
Salt                                                        to taste
Chili powder                                            ½ teaspoon
Curd                                                       1 tablespoon
Oil                                                          1 tablespoon
Soda                                                       a pinch

Stuffing for Gatta
Mawa                                                      1 cup
Salt                                                         to taste
Raisin                                                     6-9
Cashew nut                                             6-9
Black pepper powder                               ¼ teaspoon
Coriander leaves                                     freshly chopped

Gravey of the Gatta
Curd                                                        1½ cup
Tomato                                                    1 chopped
Green chilli                                               2 chopped
Ginger-Garlic paste                                   2-3 teaspoon
Oil                                                           2 tablespoon 
Cumin powder (Jeera)                               ½ teaspoon
Asafoetida (hing)                                      a pinch 
Coriander powder (dahniya)                       ¼ teaspoon
Turmeric (haldi)                                        ¼ teaspoon
Gram flour                                               1 tablespoon 
Salt                                                         to taste
Garam masala                                          ¼ teaspoon
Fresh Coriander leaves                             for garnish

Method
Mix Gram flour, curd, oil, salt, fennel seeds, soda and chilli powder. Stir it well and make soft dough of it. Cover the dough and keep it aside. 

Mix Mawa, salt, black pepper powder, freshly chopped coriander leaves together.

Now add chopped cashew nuts and raisin in the Mawa, mash it well. 

Now grease your hand with oil and take some dough and fill the stuffing in the Gatta and make a small ball of it. 
 
Boil the Gatta balls for 15 minutes. 

Heat oil in a frying pan; add cumin powder, asafoetida, coriander powder, turmeric, coriander powder and cook it for a while. 

Add chopped Tomato, green chilli and ginger-garlic paste. Cook it for 2 minutes. 

Add some mixture of mawa and chilli powder in the gravy, whisk the curd well and add it to the gravy.  Now stir the mix continuously till it comes to boil. 

Now add the boiled gatta in the gravy and add the water to the mix in which gatta were boiled. Stir the gravy continuously till it gets thick.  

Now garnish it well with freshly chopped coriander leaves. 
Your govind gatta is ready to eat.