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    Home » easy » Gujarat -- Mini Thali

    Gujarat -- Mini Thali

    Published: Apr 8, 2014 · Modified: Jan 15, 2020 by Pavani · 28 Comments

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    Blogging Marathon# 39 - Indian States: Day 8
    State: Gujarat
    Dish: Mini Gujarati Thali

    Gujarat is a state in the North-Western coast of India. It is known locally as Jewel of the West. Gujarat is the home of many many freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, successful entreprenuers like Dhirubhai Ambani (Reliance Industries), Azim Premji (Wipro Limited) and Jamsetji Tata. Gujarat played an important role in the economic history of India.

    Cuisine: Gujarat is primarily a vegetarian cuisine due to the influence of Jain vegetarianism and traditional Hinduism. When i think of Gujarat, I think of the wide variety of dishes they have. There are so many snack items, so many breads, so many of everything. Gujaratis travel with bags full of snacks wherever they go and most of them are probably homemade. Adding a little sugar or jaggery to some of the dishes is common in Gujarat, the sweet flavor is believed to neutralize the slightly bland taste of the vegetables. Sweets (desserts) are extremely popular too in Gujarat.

    Staple Food: Wheat, Rice, Lentils

    Specialties: There are hundreds of Gujarati specialties, here are a few: Handvo, Muthia, Patra, Undhiyu, Khandvi, Dhokla, Kachori so on and so on.

    Today's Dish(es): I wanted to try more than one dish from this amazing cuisine and with the time I had, I made a mini thali with simple and everyday Gujarati dishes. I have some good Gujarati friends and was lucky enough to enjoy their delicious home cooked dishes. Most of the dishes look so simple to make, but they are tricky and need some practice to make them perfect like Khandvi, Dhokla, Handvo etc.

    Vegetarian Thali
    Vegetarian Thali

    For my thali, here's what I made:

    • Simple Gujarati Bhindi nu shaak (Okra Curry)
    • Sev Tamatar nu Shaak (Tomato Curry)
    • Gujarati Aloo nu shaak (Potato curry)
    • Gujarati Osaman Dal
    • Lauki Muthiya
    • Jeera Rice
      Vegetarian Thali

      Gujarati Bhindi nu Shaak: I added spices that my Gujarati friends used to use in their dry curry recipes to make this simple curry.

      Gujarati Okra fry
    Gujarati Okra Curry

    Sev Tamatar nu Shaak: Recipe courtesy Rajani @ mykitchentrials.

    • Add the sev just before serving.
    Gujarati Tomato Curry

    Gujarati Osaman Dal: This is a very flavorful dish which is sweet, tangy and crunchy.

    Vegetarian Thali

    Recipe adapted from DK's Chefinyou.

    Lauki Muthiya: Recipe is here.

    Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked today for BM# 39.

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    1. Nivedhanams Sowmya

      April 08, 2014 at 9:40 am

      love them all!!! want to grab it from the screen... sighhhhhh

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    2. The Pumpkin Farm

      April 08, 2014 at 11:45 am

      you girls who prepare complete thali meal are simply amazing and you pavani with a todd at home, cant believe . also like your choice of dishes to go in the meal

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    3. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

      April 08, 2014 at 1:38 pm

      Looks awesome Pavani! Love all the subzi's...I also like the Gujarati flavors a lot 🙂

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    4. Usha Rao

      April 08, 2014 at 2:28 pm

      That is a wonderful mini thali. The spices used in the shaak are so simple and available in every Indian kitcthen.

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    5. vaishali sabnani

      April 08, 2014 at 2:32 pm

      Pavani you rock dear..lovely Gujju Thali..sev tameta nu shaak is very popular in our house, I love the bhinda nu shaak...in fact all the dishes look so so inviting..Kudos on that effort.Gujarat rocks!!

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    6. Sapana Behl

      April 08, 2014 at 2:44 pm

      What a wonderful thali that is ! Loved all recipes.....

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    7. Priya Suresh

      April 08, 2014 at 8:52 pm

      Wow Gujarati thali, that batata shaak makes me hungry, wonderful subzis there, wish i could make a thali like u guys.

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    8. Veena Theagarajan

      April 09, 2014 at 4:23 am

      love all of them could u pass me some? what a treat

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    9. Vani

      April 09, 2014 at 5:10 pm

      Amazing thali! Great job with the posting Pavani..I haven't been commenting much (here or anywhere else these days) but have been checking your posts. Keep 'em coming!

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    10. Jayanthi Padmanabhan

      April 10, 2014 at 7:32 am

      this is no mini thali. this is THE thali.. looks fabulous. love every item on it.. I ma going to try each one of them.. bookmarked

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    11. Gayathri's Cook Spot

      April 10, 2014 at 8:22 am

      Wow! This thali looks fantastic. Loving all the thalis being featured for Gujarath...

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    12. Varadas Kitchen

      April 11, 2014 at 12:21 am

      What a lovely platter. That is a pretty elaborate meal. Awesome!

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    13. Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi

      April 11, 2014 at 1:05 am

      Wow! What a lovely spread, Pavani.

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    14. Nalini's Kitchen

      April 12, 2014 at 6:33 pm

      Wonderful looking spread,looks so tempting.Nicely captured..

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    15. Kalyani

      April 13, 2014 at 2:37 pm

      Lovely spread ! And an entire thali wht toddler on tow ! U rock gal ;-))

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    16. Srivalli

      April 14, 2014 at 8:20 am

      What a lovely display pavani..in love with your gujju thali...wish I had tasted everything you made!

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    17. Archana Potdar

      April 18, 2014 at 12:49 pm

      Wow Pavani what a spread! I love it by the way by ground coriander do you mean the seeds or leaves?

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    18. Global Tastes & Travels Inc.

      April 19, 2014 at 12:08 am

      If you call this a mini-thali, would would you do for a full thali 🙂

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    19. Global Tastes & Travels Inc.

      April 19, 2014 at 12:08 am

      If you call this a mini-thali, would would you do for a full thali 🙂

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    20. Pavani N

      April 19, 2014 at 2:48 am

      Thank you Vani. Hope everything is going well with you and the kids.

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