Dodka Bhaji – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Wash dodka really good and peel it.
• You can make chutney from the skin and veins of dodka.
• Cut off the stalk and chop it.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and let them pop up.
• Add cumin seeds, hing, curry leaves, and onion.
• Mix well and fry until onion gets a light golden color.
• Add tomato, goda masala, red chili powder, and mix well.
• You can use any other masala that you have stored with you like Kanda lasun masala or lal chutney in place of goda masala.
• Fry everything well together for just about 2-3 minutes.  
• Wash and soak chana dal in enough water for about 4-5 hours.
• You can soak overnight too so that it gets cooked quickly.
• Add soaked chana dal and mix well.
• Cover and steam the dal for about 7-8 minutes.  
• Remove the lid and mix everything well once.
• Add chopped dodka, salt, and mix well.
• Cover and cook until sabzi gets almost 80-90% cooked or for about 7-8 minutes.
• Remove the lid and mix once.
• When sabzi is almost cooked, add Maggi masala e magic and mix well.
• Cook just for another 2 minutes.
• Dodka sabzi is all ready.
• Take care while adding salt in sabzi as Maggi masala contains a little salt.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• You can have this sabzi with chapatti, fulka, poli or as a side dish with rice too.