With the winter setting in the city, adding coldness to the weather, bringing out all the woolies, here is a special dish from Gujurat which will warm your heart.
Undhiyu, is a very special mix vegetable one pot dish that hails from Surat. The name itself suggests its peculiarity that this is an upside down dish. According to the elderly ‘Ba’ in my neighbourhood, the name of this dish is derived from the Gujarati word “undhu”, which means upside down. This dish is traditionally cooked upside down underground in earthen pots, termed “matlu”, which are fired from above.

The one pot dish has some of the most amazing vegetables which are found only during winter from November to February in the market, like Surati papdi,
sweet potato, Kaccha kela (raw banana), small brinjal (vangi), and purple Yam (kand) along with Potato and cooked along with the vegetables are those hand rolled methi muthiya.
Thus on a quest to warm my insides with some yummy warmth, I set out on the task to find some Undhiyu sold in Pune.

In the city, you can get it off the counter or order from home-chefs. It costs Rs 450/- to Rs 600/- a Kg and can be delivered anywhere in the city.
There are two types available in the city, the green Surti Undhiyu, which many say is the authentic one, while one cooked with red masala. Recommended to order a day before for freshly made Undhiyu, it takes half a day of slow fire cooking.

1. Surti Undhiyu, Rs 600 a KG ,
Vishal Chopda, Besto Foods & Ice Creams
Address : 15/3 ,Indrapushp Bldg Next To Ranka Jewellers , Karve Road . Pune- 411004
Contact 9890666210

2. Surati Undhiyu served in thali or can ask for a take away at MAYUR Thali at East Street, Camp. Every weekend.
Contact 8975920909

3. Surati Undhiyu. Chetan Gada.
Gada food corp/ Cook Xpress
Contact 7776995559
Rs 450 per Kg, they have kitchen and off the counter sales. , Mukund Nagar

4. AK’s Home Kitchen
Contact 9175906291
They offer the Undhiyu in red masala.

5. Sagar sweets
Contact 9422006101
17/2 Prasad Chambers, Dattakrupa Marg, Erandwane

6. Shivam Sweets and Namkeen , Wanowrie.
Contact 9226853388

7. Rasodu Cloud Kitchen
Contact 7066772727
https://www.rasodupune.com/

8. Gujjubai Majama,
Sai Heritage, Sr.no 204, A4, Aundh – Baner Link Rd, near Soy Affair, Shambhu Vihar Society, Wireless Colony, Aundh.
Contact 9967062475

9. Morbiwala Sweets And Namkeen
Opposite zhambare palace, Maharshi Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411037
Contact 9765808915