India is an ultimate country when it comes to culinary delights. There are many states in India and each state has its own unique identity that manifests into the food it offers. If Maharashtra has Puran Poli then West Bengal has Rasgulla.
One such state that offers all the pleasure to your tastebuds is Gujarat. Here eating every meal is a celebration. Each ingredient is used with a lot of thought and the result is simply too good…
While we are vacationing in India, I’m bringing you this authentic recipe of Gathiya AKA Vanela Gathiya – made by the temple Chef. One of the uncles of my Hubby is an expert and he prepares sweets and special delicacies for Temples.
So, without further ado, here is the recipe of tasty Gathiya…
1. Make dough for Gathiya:
Tricky because you’ll have to get that exact consistency and smoothness.
Take besan i.e. Gram Flour. We took 1 kilogram. Add ajwain aka oregano seeds, hing aka asafoetida and salt. For spicier taste, add pepper.
On a side note, Ajwain and asafoetida helps in digestion and that helps in subsiding the grassiness of the gram flour.
Coming back to the recipe, mix equal amount of water and oil well. Use water in moderation because the dough has to be firm and cannot be loose at all.
Now add this water-oil mix to the gram flour and make dough. Massage well into a fine dough.
Pack the dough in a plastic bag or wrap so that it remains smooth and doesn’t dry out.
2. Side kicks:
Gathiya accomplices are equally great. You’ll need raw papaya, thick green chillies and onion. If raw papaya is not available, go for carrot.
Wash and take out seeds from papaya and peel it. Grate it long and thin. Now add salt, sugar, lemon juice, coriander cumin powder, hing, chilli powder, garam masala and mix well.
peel onions and cut them coarse.
Time to work with those chillies now. Wash, dry and poke thigh green chillies. Start frying them in a heated oil. To be specific, fry them till their skin is slightly wrinkled. Take them out of the pan. After they cool down a bit, add hing and salt. Believe me, I ate 2-3 of them straightaway. They are not spicy and still tickle the tongue.
Now, let’s make and fry Gathiya:
Remember the dough that we made and wrapped in the plastic bag. Time to take it out. Take a bit of it and start rolling it into Gathiya. Wait, don’t forget to start heating the oil in a pan.
Now, this rolling of Gathiya needs practice and that’s why I took this video of our uncle who was making it.
Dear thanks for the recipe! I always love trying new food. Shall try this soon.
Wow I feel like making it now and enjoying with a cup of tea
Amazing guju recipe….. Its a good tea tym snack…
This is a new kind of Indian recipe for me, I didn’t hear or seen it anywhere during my travels in India. I would love to try it, it doesn’t seem very hard to make. I might even find papaya at my local store!
I have never heard of this dish. None of our local Indian restaurants sell anything even remotely like this! Thank you for the recipe. I definitely want to try it.
You have explained everything in so much detail n made it look super easy
I never had gathiya before. I don’t know much about indian food but the few I have tried was insanely good. These looks so tasty! I am sure it is something my bf would love to make!
That sure looks delicious – I would be over right away to devourer some 🙂
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Looks so delicious! Would love to munch on these while enjoying a boardgame with my friends!
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this is new to me! looks yummy 🙂
It’s mouth watering dear.. Definately want to taste it
Wow, this looks so tasty! I’ve never had Indian food before. I’m excited to try an authentic recipe!
That looks really good! In all honesty I had never heard of this recipe before or some of the ingredients but it looks very tasty and lovely for the colder months!
This looks very delicious! I’m always intrigued but cuisine from other cultures so thank you for sharing this as I will definitely be trying it.
Oh wow this looks super yummy! One question though before I attempt on making them 🙂 Are these spicy?
Oh this made me so much to go in kitchen and try …if I made will sure come back n let you know
even if you’ve given me this recipe and step by step, i still would not be able to replicate what you’ve done 😛 I’m just now a good cook.
It’s true! India’s language and cuisine changes every 100 feet. Unity in diversity. And such fantastic food! The recipe looks great! Will be trying it soon
I’ve never heard of Gujarat but it looks absolutely delicious! I love Indian food. One of my dreams is to travel to India and enjoy the delicious flavors they have.
I have never heard of this food before but it looks good!
Oh god that looks very yummy. Healthy snack. Homemade is best now
Wow the dish looks yummy. It is new to me but would like to try out sometime soon.
That’s a nice recipe I have never tried this but now I would love to give it a try
This looks so yummy… I will definitely try out this recipe this weekend
This looks so delicious. I love Gujarati dishes, Khakhra is one of my favorite. I would love to try this recipe, bookmarked 🙂
Woah now this is so tempting. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I would definitely find it a try.
It looks like muruku? I bet it tastes awesome! Every bite packed with full of flavours of spices ? I don’t think we can buy it at any local store or Indian restaurants right?
This recipe looks interesting. Might try it with my kids.
I always wanted to try gujrati food. Thanks for sharing . looks delicious
Is gathiya really this simple??? Wow!!! means i can make it unlimited quantity yayy!!
I’m soo hungry right now! I want to try this. It looks and it sounds sooo delicious 😀 I saved it, I need to show it to my mom so she can make it to us 😀
this looks really good! I love finding something that I have never tried before!
This looks like an interesting recipe to try. I’ve been looking for other world flavors that my kids might like.
I really wanna taste this. Totally love this kind of snack.
Thanks for the detailed recipe! I haven’t try this yet but will try to make one someday.
Looks complicated to me. Never tried out any Indian cuisine yet so far. But it looks delicious munchy… gonna bookmark this into my to-do list of recipes.
Now i know how to do it!! thanks!!
This looks interesting, I have to admit that I don’t eat dishes from India often. What I have tried has been good but spicy. Never tried this before but regardless food, fun and laughter with others is always great.
Wow would love to try this recipe. My son loves Gathiya.
Can you send some over for me please? That looks yummy and crunchy!
“Time to eat! Laughter, chit-chat and sharing with others enhance the taste of Gathiya even more” this line fits so well while trying Gatiya. Moreover you have given recipe too so that anyone can cook and savor.
Yayy time to make some time to try out this Indian snack… it looks great…
You have me feeling hungry! I like the fact that this looks authentic and the cuisine looks yummy – wish I was there to try this 🙂 x
Cool! Thanks to you, now I know how to make this Gujarati dish! Will definitely attempt!
this looks really good. I have family who are gujarati. but they never made this for me. Thanks for sharing now I may try to just make this hehe.
I’m so intrigued! I wonder how it tastes because of the raw papaya… Its flavour is quite strong so I’m curious about how it would come together 🙂
Thanks for sharing the recipe! I will definitely try and share them out!
Love Indian food I really need to practise more in terms of the dishes. Lovely recipe!
How fascinating! I have never heard about this snack, gathiya, but I enjoyed your recipe. I love Indian food but I’m afraid I have only prepared the basics so far. I’m going to check out more of your recipes!
It’s the first time hearing about Gathiya. I am intrigued. I love all the videos and pictures too. Thanks for sharing.
This recipe looks amazing! We’re going to have to add this to our menu plan after thanksgiving is over!
This looks so unique! I haven’t heard of 1 or 2 spices, but I bet I can Google them. I love papaya! Thanks for the recipe!
I did asked my friends about this and now I got your recipe.. cool.. Wanna try this!
So interesting. I love learning about the story behind different foods. This recipe looks delicous.
I love gathiya.. ? Thank you for sharing the receip .. Now it will be easy for me to make this snack at home now..
I really enjoying eating exotic dishes that are full of spice and flavor and I think tha tI would enjoy being able to indulge in your cultural foods. Sounds great!
I really enjoy Indian food, especially because I can eat vegetarian and vegan dishes so easily. The spice is so intense!! Great details in the photos. Thank you for sharing your amazing cooking.
Looks like such a great, healthy meal with veggies and all!
I don’t think I ever made something similar, but I like trying new things.
I loooove gorging on piping hot ganthias during the festival of Uttrayan here in Gujarat..love the raw papaya salad served with it too
Yum yum… We should probably have a cross-share of recipe and then bring it to some sorta picnic or potluck for nice photos! The ingredients make me think that the dish is on the spicy side~
The way of making Gathiya sounds so interesting. I don’t know if I will ever have the patience. I would rather just eat it from the effort of someone else. LOL
This looks very tasty! thank you for sharing this recipe!!
I’m not sure have I tried it before or not! But this looks really yummy don’t mind trying something different from my usual snack!
This is the first time I have seen this recipe very interesting and healthy many great lakes used can try later