Undhiyu Chapadi Recipe|Chapadi Tavo Recipe ~Rajkot Street Food

Undhiyu is a signature gujarati winter curry made for Uttaran ( kite festival). This is very traditional mixed veggies of gujarat and a famous regional curry of surat. There are so many variation of Undhiyu , mainly there are 2 different ways to prepare Undhiyu  surati and Kathiwadi. In Surati undhiyu eggplants and potatoes are stuffed with peanut , sesame and coconut where as In kathiyawadi undhiyu doesn’t have any stuffing. I have made the surati style undhiyu which is with the stuffing and is cooked in stages . Both the version do include methi muthia to it. Tavo Chapadi or Undhiyu Chapadi is a Rajkot special street food, which was initially made as prasad for mata ji ( Goddess) but it eventually became a street food  and is available all over rajkot.

Tavo is a mixed vegetable gravy prepared with onion tomato base  and Chapadi is similar to our Rajasthani Baati but this is a fried version. Tavo is also referred to as Undhiyu in this street food because of the mixture of veggies but the traditional undhiyu is totally different . First when I came across this street food I thought the undhiyu was the same with muthiyas in it but I was skeptical on how Chapadi and muthiya all in one would taste, this was months back. Recently I saw this recipe in a Gujarati TV show and then It hit my head that there is No muthiyas added to tavo and it is usually gravy type so that it is easy to mix in the crushed Chapadi and relish. I had Planned this recipe for my T – Tavo Chapadi it would have been perfect isn’t it but I didn’t get enough time to cook this elaborate dish yesterday. The dish might not look so delectable but trust me we enjoyed these thoroughly. Initially I had planned to make a super elaborate street foods from gujarat , pairing the Surati Undhiyu with poori  and Undhiyu chapadi  and Matlo Undhiyu  but I didn’t have enough time to execute . Tavo chapadi is served with some onions, lemon wedges,Papad and chaas  .. This gravy is packed with veggies and flavors, Goes so well with Chapadi . For people who don’t like oily food this is sure not for you as it needs lot of oil to prepare this dish and it is to the spicier side even though the sugar is added. To balance the spice level  butter milk or chaas is best drink to have with this. Adjust the spice level as you like , We eat moderately spicy food.For Surati Undhiyu I had made some poori’s and we enjoyed it with poori’s. Cutting the veggies is a task and it takes great lot efforts, surati papadi is a must other than that you can choose any veggies of your Liking I used 7 type of veggies for my Tavo and  8 for my Surati Undhiyu. It is considered great deal to make these undhiyu with lots of planning and execution but all the pain is worth more than anything.I am used to making elaborate meal but I would consider this dish is a thali by itself . I will share the tavo chapadi recipe for now and the surati undhiyu recipe will make an appearance later. Now quickly moving on to the recipe..

 

U for Undhiyu Chapadi |Tavo Chapadi

Theme ~Street Food Recipe

Ingredient

For Tavo

• Surati Papdi – 10-15 Nos ( Peel and remove the seeds)
• Bottle Gourd- 1 cup (Peeled and Chopped)
• Potato – Small 2 Nos ( Chopped)
• French beans- 1 1/2 cups( chopped)
• Carrot – 1 No ( chopped)
• Eggplant/Brinjal – 2 Nos ( chopped)
• Peas – 1 cup ( Fresh)
• Onion – 2 Nos ( chopped)
• Tomato – 2 Nos (chopped)
• Garlic paste – 1 tsp
• Ginger paste – 1 tsp
• Green chilli paste – 1 tsp
• Red chilli pd – 1 tsp
• Coriander pd – 2 tsp
• Turmeric pd – 1/2 tsp
• Carom seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Garam Masala – 1/2 tsp
• Bay leaf – 1 No
• Cardamom – 2 No
• Cloves – 2 Nos
• Star Anise – 1 No
• Cinnamon- 1 ” piece
• Asafoetida pd -1/4 tsp
• Oil – 3 tbsp
• Sugar – 2 tsp
• Salt as needed
• Coriander Leaves – For garnish
• Ompodi / ganthiya – For Garnish

For Tadka 

• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Red Chilli pd – 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp

For Chapadi

• Whole Wheat flour ( Coarse) – 2 cups
• Rava / Semolina – 1/4 cup
• Carom seeds
• Oil – 3tbsp
• Salt as Needed

Method 

For Tavo

• Chop the veggie and keep it ready.
• Grind the onion and tomato separately and transfer it to a bowl.
• In a sauce pan heat oil add carom seeds , bay leaf, cloves, cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, asafoetida.
• After they leave out a fragrance add ginger garlic paste and saute for few minutes.
• Add the onion puree and saute till the raw smell goes off.
• Then add tomato puree and saute for a while .
• Add red chilli pd , turmeric pd, coriander pd,garam masala , salt and cook them till the masala leaves out a nice aroma.
• Add the cut vegetables  and some water . Cover and cook till the veggies are well cooked.
• Once the veggies get cooked, prepare a tadka .
• Heat oil in a pan add red chilli pd and turmeric pd.
• Add water and boil it .Pour this tadka on the gravy ( If you want you can skip this step)
• Garnish with chopped coriander and ompodi or ganthiya.

For Chapadi

• In a bowl Mix wheat flour, rava,carom seeds, oil and salt. To Bread crumb consistency.
• Add water little by little and and knead a stiff dough.
• Divide the dough into equal parts and make disc shapes out of them.
• Heat oil in a kadai or a frying pan and drop the shaped chapadi.
• Fry them till golden brown from both sides in low flame.

To Serve 

• Serve the Tavo or Undhiyu in a bowl.
• Crush the Chapadi  and pour in some Tavo over it .
• Use your fingers to mix it well and enjoy them warm.

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