Mooli Muthia

Ingredients

• 2 cups grated Mooli/Radish
• 1 tbsp Whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup Jowar flour
• 1/2 tsp Green chili paste
• 1 tsp Jeera powder
• 1 tsp Ajwain
• 1 tsp Saunf powder
• a pinch of turmeric
• a pinch of lemon Salt
• 1 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste

For Tadka

• 1 tbsp Oil
• 2 Red Chilies broken
• 1 tsp Sesame seeds
• Cilantro for Garnish

Method

1. Take the grated Radish in a bowl. Add all the rest of the ingredients(except the ingredients for tadka) and mix until it forms a very soft dough like texture.
2. You might need to add a little more or less of Jowar flour depending on the freshness of radish.
3. Make small balls with the dough and place them on a greased steamer and steam them for about 20 mins.
4. To check it whether its done use the toothpick method.Just prick them with the tooth pick,if it comes out clean then it is done otherwise it needs to be cooked for longer time.
5. Let them cool completely. Cut them into bite sized pieces and keep them ready for the tadka. Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add the red chilies and sesame seeds together.
6. Once the seeds start to splutter add the cut dumplings and reduce the flame to low and toast them for about 5 mins stirring often so that all sides gets crispy.
7. Serve them hot/warm with green chutney.