Muthia (Steamed Dumpling)
Muthias are steamed spiced dumplings, made with gram flour (besan), cabbage, and spices. They make a tasty appetizer or snack.Serves 4.
Ingredients
For Muthia
- ½ tsp sugar
- ⅛ tsp citric acid
- 4 cup cabbage very fine shredded
- 1 cup gram flour basen (available in Indian grocery stores)
- 2 Tbsp whole wheat flour
- 2 Tbsp chopped fenugreek leaves can be substitute with 2 tablespoons of dry fenugreek leaves or kastoori mathi fenugreek can also be replaced with chopped cilantro (hara dhania)
- 2 chopped green chili adjust to taste
- 1 tsp cumin seed jeera
- ½ tsp turmeric haldi
- 1 tsp salt adjust to taste
- 2 Tbsp oil
For Seasoning and Garnish
- 2 Tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 Tbsp sesame seeds til
- 4 whole red chili
- 2 Tbsp chopped cilantro hara dhania
Instructions
- Combine gram flour, whole wheat flour, fenugreek, cumin seed, turmeric, green chili, sugar, citric acid, oil, and salt in a bowl.
- Add the cabbage to the flour mixture and mix well to make soft dough. Add water if needed .
- Grease your fingers and divide the mixture into 14 pieces. Drop slowly onto the steamer and steam, covered, 18 to 20 minutes. Test by inserting a knife; blade should come out clean.
- Let the muthias cool. Cut each one into two pieces off and then slice them in two pieces.
Making Seasoning
- Heat the oil in the frying pan over medium high heat. Add the mustard seeds. Once they crack, add the sesame seeds and red chili and stir-fry the mixture a few seconds.
- Add muthias and stir-fry them for three to four minutes until they are light brown.Garnish them with chopped cilantro.
- Serve them hot or at room temperature.
Notes
Additional Notes
- Steam immediately after preparing the mixture. If you allow it to sit, it will be too soft. If you have more than one batch, hold the salt and add it one batch at a time or it will be too soft.
- Muthias can be refrigerated for 3 to 4 days.
- Muthias can be frozen before seasoning. When ready to serve, thaw the frozen muthias and season them.
- Muthias are great with cilantro chutney.
- Muthias can be served just after steaming, but before seasoning, with cilantro chutney.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
wordle today
August 10, 2022 at 3:07 amfantastic recipe I appreciate you sharing. And the video really helped me understand. I hope my muthia cooks as well as yours does.
Asha S.
February 9, 2021 at 2:47 pmI had never made this before. Simply easy and delicious! It’s delicious eaten with cilantro or tamarind chutney, or ketchup. Thanks. MANJULAJI!
Shubh
March 18, 2019 at 8:23 amMuthia is looking very interesting. Thanks for sharing such a yummy recipe.
Gurdeep Singh
December 29, 2018 at 4:50 amGreat recipe. Thanks for sharing
anil chauhan
September 11, 2018 at 2:34 amDear Manjula aunty,
Thank you for this great recipe i really like your recipe
Glory
May 24, 2018 at 10:21 pmAmazing recipe. Thanks for sharing. And I understood so well with the video. Hoping, my Muthia cooks well like yours. 🙂
Asma
December 29, 2014 at 4:16 amMethi muthiya bhi is tarah bana skate he?
Rashmi
February 11, 2014 at 4:28 amHi,
Muthia looks very interesting! i am going try for my next party. Please tell me which part of india is this Muthia dish from?
thanks
Sangita
October 9, 2015 at 9:57 pmGujrat
Payal
January 24, 2014 at 6:40 amHello Aunty,
I like your recipe. I tried it the way you have made yours. but My Muthiyas did not harden with Steaming. even after leaving it for 30 mins on the steamer. can you help. Do you think my Mithiyas were little too soft form the beginning? can I add some basan or Wheat Flour to same mixture and try again?
thanks for your help.
Payal
Manjula Jain
January 24, 2014 at 12:11 pmPayal,
Mix for muthia should not be very soft, may be add little more of besan and whole wheat flour.
Payal
January 24, 2014 at 1:18 pmThank you. I will try again.
Payal
Julie
January 5, 2013 at 7:46 pmDear Manjula,
I am a vegetarian and a big fan of your recipies. I have been making Mutias using cabbage, they are delicious. You did mention that they can be made with zuccini. I’m guessing you first grate them like in zuccini bread, but do you need to salt it and squeeze out the liquid or just use as is?
Julie
Manjula Jain
January 5, 2013 at 9:43 pmJulie,
Just replace the shredded zucchini with cabbage.
Saumya
August 10, 2012 at 6:31 amHello Aunty,
Have been looking to your website for quite long and cook several dishes of yours…Everything turned out very yummy…Saturday I’m gonna try Muthias of two types (Palak and Cabbage).
Thanks a lot for your ideas.
Regards,
Saumya
Roshni Simmons
July 3, 2012 at 6:22 pmGreat recipe, right now I am going to try the besan dosa. Yummy!
Sarika
May 24, 2012 at 8:03 amHi Manjula aunty,
I tried to make muthia, but something went wrong and it was not cooking at all…then I finally gave up…
I am a big fan of your cooking…this is first time that I made something and didn’t came out good 🙁
Please get some new Paneer recipe.
Reagrds
Sarika
sag
May 6, 2012 at 2:27 pmhello Aunty,
i tried this recipe today. it came out great. i added palak and cabbage
http://healthy-transition.blogspot.com/2012/05/muthiya-steamed.html
came out very good. Thanks for recipe
Swati
April 27, 2012 at 12:49 amHello Aunty,
I love your dishes and it has helped a novice like me to learn a few tricks of cooking. Is there a replacement for citric acid? Can I use lemon juice instead? Please reply. I plan to make this for some guests visiting us next week.
Regards,
Swati
Manjula Jain
April 28, 2012 at 12:06 amSwati,
Lemon juice will work grate.
shalaka
April 18, 2012 at 1:30 amHello Manjulaji,
Can we replace the citric acid with eno salt ? Is there any substitute for citric acid?
Regards,
Shalaka
Neeta Agashe
March 4, 2012 at 6:34 pmDear Manjula Tai, I am so thankful to you for this recipe.
Everytime I make this I remember you a lot. My husband
is on a Heart healthy diet,so he can have it anytime a day.
Here in Canada we get such a huge cabbage,I really could
not understand before,what to do with this other than our
regular 4/6 dishes. Now I am happy to know this recipe.
Thanks.
Archana
February 9, 2012 at 3:50 pmGreat recipe. We loved it. Thanks.
Pooja
November 20, 2011 at 12:48 pmHello Aunty,
I do not have steamer, what are the alternatives ? can I just steam like the way I steam dhoklas and then cut them into diagonal squares and add the tempering?
Thanks
Sindhu
September 25, 2011 at 7:41 pmDear Manjula aunty,
Thank you for this great recipe! I tried it today and came out very well. I added a little grated coconut at the end, as I didn’t have enough cilantro.
Shalu
August 29, 2011 at 4:07 amDear Manjuka Aunty,
I am keep a regular watch at ur upcoming new innovative recipes. They are always excellent. The upper recipe of muthia is verygood, i just watched it and will surely try it, once i get all the ingridients.
Thanks u very much for your kind effort in posting such nice recipes esp. without oil, for all of us viewers. May God bless u. Have a happy cooking now and always.
One query Manjula aunty:)
I saw the vegetable steamer u have used while making the muthias. From where i can get it? Iam currently living in Dubai. Can i get it here and with what name?
ps
August 26, 2011 at 10:17 amHi Mrs. Manjula,
I saw this recipe just recently and immediately decided to make it since I had all the ingredients. I love the fact that this is a protein rich snack food without much oil at all. My toddler loved it with some ketchup, and the adults enjoyed it with some hot sauce. Really good recipe, and I’ll be making it more often. I hope you keep posting recipes like this that does not require deep frying.
Pranavita
August 25, 2011 at 8:15 amDear aunty,
I had doubt regarding louki,should that be shredded with the skin or should we peel of the skin?
jit
July 30, 2011 at 3:21 pmManjulaben – Can I use Handvo flour instead of the mixture of the two you suggest? Please keep the recipes coming –they are a true inspiration.
Manjula Jain
July 30, 2011 at 4:33 pmJit,
I have never made Handvo, so I am sorry I won’t know.
sonal
December 26, 2014 at 2:36 amHey jit.. you can use handvo mixture for muthiya.. Sonal
Trupti
April 11, 2011 at 6:43 amHi aunty,
I like your muthiya recei..
But can I add garlic and ginger paste?
And can u tell me such easy and quick indian food recepi…
Coz I am student and sometime I have no idea to easy cooking iteam
Pls,suggest & help me….
Thanx
Nusi
February 2, 2011 at 9:02 pmHi Manjula aunty,
Thanks for all the lovely recipes!!
I had a question though…I do not have a steamer. Can you tell me where you got yours from please?
Thankyou again!
ritasn
August 14, 2010 at 9:27 pmManjula -ji, Pranam, thank you for always being such a blessed and valuable resource for traditional gujarati recipes. My husband is very happy at having found your muthia recipes (we just had some in a store-bought package) and now you have inspired me to make this easy and very healthy snack.
May the Divine bless you with abundance of peace, joy and happiness.
Om Shanti
Rita
anom
August 12, 2010 at 12:31 amAunty,
I dont understand what is citric acid, backing powder and baking soda… I only know nimbu phool and saji phool. can u explain me???
Manjula Jain
August 12, 2010 at 9:25 amAnom,
Citric acid and nibu phool is same.
Karen
August 11, 2010 at 4:31 pmI substituted zucchini in this I did squeeze it out but when the salt was added it did get very watery I added more basen. It was sort of like pancake batter. I also added ginger I ended up frying it like pancakes.
Then I made the gravy from the cabbage koftas and added a small can of diced tomatoes to entend it.
I hope you try this my family loved it. Its your recipes twisted up a little.Love all your vids Thanks!
urvashi punjiya
July 22, 2010 at 1:39 pmThis is great receipe, I always look for receipes where all the ingredients and the procedure are explained in detail . This one tops its all .
thank you,
urvashi
aparna
May 17, 2010 at 3:44 amcan u tell me what can be used instead of citric acid.
Manjula Jain
May 18, 2010 at 10:10 amHi Aparna,
Use few drops of lemon juice.
anjali
May 8, 2010 at 9:28 amyou are such a so intelligent lady. i watched so many other indian food websites but you are best. you teach in so easy way.
anjali
Bhumi
April 13, 2010 at 6:40 pmhello Manjula aunty,
thanks you for the recipe of muthia but i forget to put citric acid (soda) in my mixture so does it make any diffrence?
Thank you
Bhumi
Manju
June 14, 2010 at 12:38 pmcitric acid is not soda it is lemon juice. so do not confuse your self……..
Mahi
February 5, 2010 at 8:05 amHello Aunty,
I want to make these for a party, can I steam these and refrigerate ahead of time, like a week before. And then season it same day.
Thank you so much!
Mahi
Manjula Jain
February 5, 2010 at 5:00 pmHello Mahi,
you can refrigerate mithias for few days, if you are making week or more in advance I will freeze them and thaugh before seasoning.
Judy
December 18, 2009 at 9:47 amHello Manjula,
Can you use eno fruit salt in place of citric acid? I love your recipes and you have helped me cook some amazing dishes. Thank you for being vegetarian friendly.
Regards,
Judy
Poornima
December 13, 2009 at 1:20 amDear Mam,
it is a good and easy to make dish. I always learn dishes from your web site and want to know more about urad daal i know there are three types of this urad daal, But dont know how to make it. Please mention more lentils in your options. I suggested your web site to my friend who is newly married.
Thanks,
Poornima
Priyanka
October 23, 2009 at 8:24 pmhii majula aunty,
Your recipes are excellent.I like to watch your cooking videos weather i try them or not.I made muthias n it came out very gud.I wanna to kw if i can use lemon juice instead of citric acid.
thanks
Angel
October 14, 2009 at 9:00 pmHello Manjula,
I would love to hear your reply of my last query. Could the bitterness of the mithias be lessened if I put them in the fridger and fry them another day and can we have it with tamrind chutney instead of cilantro chutney?
Thanking you.
Regards…
Angel
October 14, 2009 at 8:30 pmHello Manjula,
I tried this recipe today and it turned out great except, that it tasted a bit bitter. I wonder if it was the besan but I don’t feel like throwing it away also! Eventhou it tastes little bit bitter, it still tastes great. Please advice how I could feed the guests, ie, by maybe serving with tamrind chutney or……
And it took me a bit longer to steam also. How high should the heat be?
Thanks.
Angel
October 14, 2009 at 1:20 pmHello Manjula,
Yours website is great! I wanted to know if we can use all purpose flour instead of wheat flour? Would love to make it today but don’t have the wheat flour!
Would appreciate if you could reply as soon as possible because I am planning to make this for a function.
Thanks.
Manjula Jain
October 14, 2009 at 1:41 pmHi Angel,
Replace the whole wheat with samolina flour or corn flour otherwise do without.
Angel
October 14, 2009 at 2:38 pmThanks a lot for your quick reply Manjula! I was waiting for it eagerly. I think I will just go without it. Hope it turns out well and tasty still.
Regards…
Vanita
August 26, 2009 at 8:45 pmDear Manjulaji,
I don not understand by steamer…..do you mean we have to steam them under boiling water? is there any other way to steam if i dont have a steamer?
also can i use soda bi carbonate instead of citric acid?
Sweetie
September 30, 2009 at 12:08 pmHello Vanita,
If you do not have a steamer, you can do any of the following:
1) Use a idli/dhokla maker and cook like you would cook idli/dhokla OR
2) If you don’t have idli maker stand then use your pressure cooker, add some water and let it come to a boil. Meanwhile, put the dough in a 1 and 1/2 inch thick layer in a greased steel plate or cooker dibba (whatever vessel you have that fits into and is safe in the cooker) and reduce the heat. Close the cooker but Do Not put the weight (whistle) ON. Cook as described in the video by Aunty for about 17-18 minutes and check OR
3) If you don’t have pressure cooker, just use any steel dibba or plate instead of the steamer used by Aunty and it should work well.
Hope this helps 🙂
Sweetie
Alpa
August 20, 2009 at 12:58 pmHello Manjula aunty,
I tried this recipe today and it turned out to be great! I was looking for good muthia recipe since long, and today I found it on your website. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Regards,
Alpa
Misty
August 4, 2009 at 10:48 pmThis is the 3rd time I find your cooking videos and I so love how vegitarian friendly and amazingly flavorful your foods are..SO happy to have found you~! thanks I love learning new things .
Respectfully yours ,
Misty
Fan
July 16, 2009 at 1:11 pmI love muthia and would love to make them, but I do not have a steamer like the one you used. Can you tell me where I can purchase one or what else I can use instead of the steamer?
Thanks,
Fan
Adam
July 14, 2009 at 9:34 pmThanks for this WONDERFUL recipe, Manjula! I’m eating one of these masterpieces right now and I’m in heaven!
I do have one question. Although I did oil my fingers, I found that after forming a few dumplings my fingers were coated in the batter and I had to wash my hands and re-oil. Is there an easier way to do this? I would even be willing to cook this in another form that didn’t require them to be formed into dumplings. I’m picturing something like a steamed cake or something. What do you think?
Thank you!
Adam
Paula
June 2, 2009 at 11:36 amHi, Manjula.
I also am a fan…you have many! Would rice flour be a suitable substitute for the whole wheat? I have Celiac disease and must avoid glutenous grains. Thank you for your help.
Namrata
June 18, 2009 at 2:26 amDear Paula,
You can substitute rice flour for wheat flour. You can also use Buckwheat or dhokla atta.
mitu
May 29, 2009 at 1:54 pmthanks a lot auntyji for such wonderful recipes, I want to try this recipe but I don’t have the steamer thing , could u plz tell from where can I purchase that thing.
Janki
May 28, 2009 at 11:18 amHello Auntie, can we replace citric acid with a few lemon drops ? and if we use lemon do we need to add soda or eno ?
Manjula Jain
May 30, 2009 at 2:59 amHi Jamki, that will work
soukhya
May 15, 2009 at 8:24 amthank u auntiji………..
smita
May 13, 2009 at 3:16 pmAuntiji,
I love this recipe, Thank you so much.
Sweety
May 2, 2009 at 11:58 pmHello manjula ji, like the way u present the receipe. please can u suggest, if we r not using citric acid for this and want to replace it with eno fruit salt what would be the measurement. thanks. want to try this receipe asap. thanks
Janna
April 28, 2009 at 6:00 amwhy do you not use Curry leaves ??
Archana
April 21, 2009 at 3:50 pmHello Manjula ji,
I am a big fan of yours. I like the fact that we can see you prepare as opposed to just reading a recipe. In this recipe you have mentioned that we can use doodhi/lauki too instead of cabbage. Could you please tell me how to use it? Would you grate the doodhi or just chop it or run it in the food pro? As it leaves water, I was wondering how it would work. Please let me know. tHank you.
Manjula Jain
April 21, 2009 at 10:25 pmHello Archana,
you will grate the doodhi and squize out some water from doodhi, every thing else remains the same.
Likes2Eat
April 14, 2009 at 10:21 amThese look great. Would you please tell me where to buy the type of pan you were using in this video?
Xan Rubey
April 13, 2009 at 3:44 pmThe muthias look wonderful! I want to try them but I would love to have the cilantro chutney recipe to go with them! Is that on your website? I couldn’t find it. Thanks for all your videos, I try everything and my family appreciates all the new and interesting foods!
Manjula Jain
April 13, 2009 at 10:35 pmHi Rubey, Check under chutney and pickle.
kinjal
April 13, 2009 at 8:30 amhi my grandma watches theses videos and would like to say that you are a great cook but can you do your videos in hindi?
Rhea
April 11, 2009 at 12:35 pmNamaste aunty…hope u r doing well iam a great fan of u and ur cooking… Aunty cud u please suggest a good food processor to me ..iam new in san diego, US..so i have no idea..which brand to buy …
i’ll really appreciate ur suggestion…thank you in advance…
plz take care
Anu
April 10, 2009 at 6:12 pmAuntyji,
Can I use a regular idli plate to make this ? The principle seems to be the same.Do you foresee any problems.
Thanks
Anu
Manjula Jain
April 10, 2009 at 8:04 pmHi Anu,
This should work fine.
Manasi
April 9, 2009 at 1:29 pmNamaste Auntyji,
Happy wishes to you on Mahaveer Jayanti (sorry, belated ones !).
I had querry, in your previous posts you had written about Diet in Lactating women. Can you suggest remedy(home made) for pregnanacy related morning sickness and nausea ?
Thanks and regards.
Manasi
Parminder Kaur
April 8, 2009 at 5:58 pmHi Manjula jee
I made Muthia yesterday , my husband he like it very much. thankyou very much for great recipie.
Do you Know how to make Handvi???? 🙂
thanks
PK
Parminder Kaur
April 10, 2009 at 3:09 pmHi Manjula
I emailed you before. i asked about Handave , but one one my gujrate friend said it’s name is Handva and one name is Khandvi. sorry for wrong name. is you know about this dishes please let us know. these are light dishes .
thanks
Parminder
Geeta
April 8, 2009 at 12:06 pmI like your receipe. I will definately make it. It is healthy and good for kids who doesn’t eat cabbage.
Thanks
Geeta
Jaya
April 8, 2009 at 6:12 amAuntyji,
From what State or region of India are “muthia” from?
Manjula Jain
April 8, 2009 at 8:07 amHi Jaya,
I think from Gujrat’
ahs
April 7, 2009 at 2:28 pmDear aunty,
I was just wondering where can we buy the kind of vegetable steamer that you use in the muthia video? Can it be bought from an american store? Also where will I find citric acid? Thanks for all the wonderful videos.
Ahs
Manjula Jain
April 7, 2009 at 7:40 pmHi Ahs,
this steamer is available in almost every store where they keep the kitchen utensils. and citric acid you can buy in any Indian grocery store.