Spinach Muthia Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is prepared using spinach, gram flour and wheat flour. It can be made with cabbage, carrots, zucchini as well.
Spinach Muthia
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This is my little ones favourite. I make this often as her snack and she loves it. I thought of sharing it with you because many of you have been asking me the recipe when i shared it in my instagram, BTW if you are not following me on instagram, i think you have to follow..Each time i change the veggies in this, i make this using cabbage, carrots, zucchini as well. Will share all the version soon..
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Ingredients for Spinach Muthia Recipe
- Ghee - 2 tsp
- Spinach - 2 cups chopped finely
- Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Mavu - ½ cup
- Wheat Flour / Atta - ¼ cup
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
- Chilli Powder - ¼ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - ½ teaspoon to 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds ./ Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Water - 2 to 3 tablespoon as needed
- Sesame Seeds - 1 teaspoon optional
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
How to Make Spinach Muthia Recipe
- Take all the ingredients except ghee and sesame seeds in a bowl and mix well to a sticky dough.
- Now grease your hands and take small portion from it and shape it into dumpling.
- Place it in a greased steamer plate and steam for 8 to 10 mins on low heat.
- Now remove it and set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan, add these dumplings and saute for 2 mins till it gets little crispy, now sprinkle sesame seeds and toss well.
- Serve.
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Spinach Muthia Recipe | Spinach Dumplings Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoon Ghee
- 2 cups Spinach
- ½ cup Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Maavu
- ¼ cup Wheat Flour / Atta
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- ¼ teaspoon Chilli Powder
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 2 to 3 tablespoon Water
- 1 teaspoon Sesame Seeds optional
Instructions
- Take all the ingredients except ghee and sesame seeds in a bowl and mix well to a sticky dough.
- Now grease your hands and take small portion from it and shape it into dumpling.
- Place it in a greased steamer plate and steam for 8 to 10 mins on low heat.
- Now remove it and set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan, add these dumplings and saute for 2 mins till it gets little crispy, now sprinkle sesame seeds and toss well.
- Serve.
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Spinach Muthia Recipe Step by Step
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| Wash your spinach really well |
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| chop it very finely and set aside |
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| take it in a bowl |
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| add in gram flour |
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| add in little wheat flour |
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| turmeric powder |
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| Add in salt |
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| add little sugar |
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| cumin |
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| and a pinch of chilli powder |
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| mix well..if you want you can add very little water |
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| take small portion and shape like this |
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| place it in a steamer plate |
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| steam till done |
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| Heat ghee in a pan |
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| Add these dumplings in |
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| cook till it turns lightly golden |
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| add in sesame seeds |
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| toss well |
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| Serve |
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi, I tried making muthia once using a similar recipe. But it came out very hard. Could you tell me what might have gone wrong?
deeps
I do not have steamer plate. Any other way to cook it?in microwave?
Aarthi
@deepsyes u can cook it in microwave steaming
Aarthi
@Anonymousif u steam it longer then it may turn hard