Dhokla

Dhokla is a Guajarati dish served as breakfast. Guajarati’s make different varieties of Dhokla. My recipe is instant Dhokla and it is very easy to make.
 

Ingredients:

· Gram flour/Besan      2 cups.
· Water                        1 cup.
· Sugar                        1 tsp.
· Turmeric                    ½ tsp.
· Chili & Ginger paste   2 tsps.
· Baking soda less than ½ tsp.
· Eno fruit salt                2 tsp.
· Lemon                         ½ slice juice.
· Oil                               1 tsp.
· Salt                             1 ¼ tsp.

Seasoning ingredients:
· Oil                    1 tsp.
· Mustard seeds 1 tsp.
· Asafetida/hing  2 pinches.
· Curry leaves     few.
 



Procedure:

• Sift gram flour in wide bowl.
• Whisk thoroughly by adding one by one ingredient mentioned above to the gram flour except Eno fruit salt and oil.
• For softness, prepare a liquid solution with 1 tsp. of oil and 2 tsps. of water in a small bowl.
• Add the above liquid solution to the Besan batter and whisk it completely like a smooth paste.
• Now add Eno fruit salt at this stage. Light fermentation happens.
• Take a steamer/cooker, pour 2-3 cups of water in it and put a small bowl inside the cooker. This small bowl will work as a stand.
• Pour this batter in an oil greased wide vessel and cover it. Now place this vessel inside the arranged cooker and steam it like an Idly about 15 to 20min. (Don’t put the whistle)
• Now check whether it has completely cooked it or not, then remove the vessel from steamer/cooker and place it separately (to cool down).
• For seasoning take a pan add oil and mustard, once mustard starting splutter then add hing and curry leaves immediately. Switch off the flame and then add 1tbsp. of water in the seasoning, and pour that mixture on the cooked Dhokla.
• Cut into desired shape and size serve with coriander chutney.

Note:

Don’t add too much baking soda.
Please add water in seasoning because while eating you won’t feel hardness.
Please cover the vessel when you put in cooker/steamer.
Please follow my coriander chutney recipe.