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Dhokla

Dhokla
ruchi

October 3, 2010

Dhokla is a very popular Gujarati snack. It uses almost no oil, it’s nutritious and it’s easy to make.

Preparation Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 6
Difficulty: Easy

Dhokla Ingredients

Besan (chickpea flour) 1 cup
Fine Suji (Semolina) 2 tbsp
Water 3/4 cup
Salt 1/2 tsp
Eno 1 tsp
Ground sugar 1 tbsp
Cream of Tarter 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder (haldi) A pinch

Dressing Ingredients

Vegetable Oil 2 tsp
Mustard Seeds 1 tsp
Sesame seeds (til) 1 tsp
Kari leaves 10
Green chillies 5-6
Water 3/4 cup
Sugar 1 tbsp
Lime Juice 1 tbsp
Fresh Coriander Leaves To garnish

Method

  1. Sift besan in a large bowl. This is to get rid of all the lumps.
  2. Add suji, salt, sugar, turmeric powder and cream of tarter.

    3. Add besan, suji, salt, sugar and cream of tarter

  3. Add water to the bowl. Whisk the mixture for a few minutes and make it silky smooth. It will also become a little light. Wait for 10 minutes. Whisk it again.

    4. Whisk the dhokla mixture

  4. Add about one inch of water in a large sauce pan and boil it.
  5. Grease dhokla container. Keep aside.
  6. Add Eno to the besan mixture and a couple of tsps of warm water on top of it. Eno will imeediately foam. Fold it in the besan mixture.

    7. Add baking soda to the besan mixture

  7. Pour besan mixture into the greased dhokla pan. Steam dhokla mixture in boiling water for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat.

    8. Pour dhokla mixture to the steamer pan

  8. Take out the dhokla container and let it cool. Besan mixture would have puffed up.

    9. Puffed up Dhokla

  9. Cut the dhokla. Keep aside.
  10. Add oil in a frying pan. Add mustard seeds and wait till they crackle.

    11. Crackle the mustard seeds for Dhokla tempering

  11. Slit green chillies lengthwise and add them to the oil. Fry for a couple of minutes. Add kari leaves and sesame seeds and fry for a minute.

    12. Add slit green chillies to the Dhokla tempering

  12. Add 3/4 cup of water and let it boil. Once it starts to boil, turn off the heat and add lime juice to the oil.

    13. Add lime juice and water to Dhokla tempering

  13. Pour oil mixture on dhokla. Let it sit for 10 minutes. All the water will be soaked by dhokla.

    14. Pour the tempering on Dhokla

  14. Carefully remove dhokla from the pan using a spatula. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

    15. Dhokla is ready

Notes

  1. Dhokla is normally served cold.
  2. You may also serve it with Green Chutney.
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