Deep Fried Wheat and Chickpea Flour Dough Balls (Muthiya)
Ingredients
- Oil for deep frying
- 1 cup chopped methi (fenugreek) leaves
- ⅓ cup whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)
- 2 tbsp besan (Bengal gram flour)
- 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp green chilli-ginger paste
- 1 tbsp hot oil
Ingredients for 1 serving (115 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Heat the oil for deep frying.
Stovetop - 2
Combine all remaining ingredients together in a bowl, and mix well.
- 3
Divide dough into 15–20 equal portions, and shape each into a round ball.
- 4
Fry the balls in hot oil in batches of 10–12 over a slow flame until they turn golden brown in colour.
Stovetop - 5
Drain on an absorbent paper and serve.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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