August flower muthiya (farra)

Servings: 3-4
Preparation time: 12 minutes.
Boiling time: 15 minutes.
Seasoning time: 6 minutes.
Total time: 33 minutes.

As we know for healthy living we should eat multi grain Aata, in this recipe I used four different variety of Aata, gives rich fiber, easy to digest, the recipe is from Gujarat. I used august flower in this recipe, this is the variation of Muthia (from Gujarat). This recipe is almost oil free.

August Flower Muthiya, also known as Farra, is a nourishing traditional dish prepared by steaming made from seasonal blossoms of august flowes and flour.

By using different kinds of aata’ such as wheat flour, Ragi flour, rice flour or gram flour, this recipe becomes more nutritious, offering a good balance of fiber, protein, and minerals. The flavour of the August flower blends beautifully with the rustic taste of mixed flours, while gentle spices enhance its aroma.

Steamed rather then fried, this preparation is light on the stomach yet filling, making it an excellent choice for a healthy snack or even a wholesome meal.

August flower has bunch of healthy value, it cures night blindness as it contain vitamin ‘A’, it strengthens optical nerves, it has power to throwing out stomach worms and makes your stomach happy for long time. It is better to choose flowers that have not bloomed fully, however bloomed one is also very good.

Ingredients:

Aata (wheat flour): 1 cup
Rice flour: ½ cup
Ragi (finger millet) flour: ½ cup
Besan: ½ cup
Turmeric powder: 1 teaspoon
Salt: 2 teaspoon
Ajwain (thymol seed): half tea spoon
Refined oil/olive oil: 2 tablespoon
Butter: 50 gm (optional)
Coriander powder: 1 teaspoon
Coriander leaf: 2 table spoon (chopped)
Red chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
Green chilli: 1 no.
Asafoetida: 1 pinch
Baking soda: 1 pinch
Chat masala: ½ teaspoon
Cumin: ½ teaspoon
Mustard seed: ½ teaspoon
Sesame seed: 1 tablespoon

Preparation:

Chop august flower, coriander leaves and green chilli, keep aside.
Take one big ball, put Aata, rice flour, ragi flour and Besan, august flower, butter, salt, Ajwain, baking soda make the dough with the required quantity of water and make it like roti dough.
Divide this dough into 8-10 pieces (You can make more as per your wish), make it like stick by rolling it as shown in photo.

Method:

Boil 5 cups of water along with 1 teaspoon of oil. Put all rolls into the boiling water at medium flame.
All rolls come up and float (Boil it for 10 minutes); remove from the water and let it cool.
Cut it into small pieces (it is called “muthiya or farra”).

Seasoning:

Take a fry pan and heat oil, when it starts to smoke add cumin, mustard seed, and sesame seed.
Sputter it for few seconds and add boiled muthiya in it.
Shallow fry this for couple of minutes, add chat masala and remove from the fry pan.
Serve it into the serving bowl. Decorate with coriander Leaves.
Now August flower muthiya (farra) is ready to serve.