Dhokla
Dhokla recipe in the indian category
Recipe ingredients:
- 200 g. gram flour
- 1 cup curd, yogurt
- 1 tablespoon green chili, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon chopped ginger
- 1 teaspoon soda bicarb
- 1 tablespoon green coriander, chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
- 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons oil
- Salt to taste
Recipe method:
- Take gram flour in a bowl.
- Add beaten Yogurt and warm water.
- Whisk well to remove all lumps.
- The mixture should have a thick consistency.
- Add salt and cover it and leave it to ferment for 3 to 4 hours.
- Make a paste of ginger and green chilies.
- Add this paste to the fermented mixture.
- Add turmeric powder and correct seasoning.
- Keep the steamer ready on the flame.
- Grease a dhokla mold or a shallow cake tin with a little oil.
- In a small bowl take one teaspoon of soda bi-carb, 1 teaspoon oil and juice of 1 lemon.
- Mix well and add this to the gram flour mixture.
- Pour the batter into the greased mold and steam for 12 to 14 minutes.
- Cool for sometime.
- Cut into squares and arrange in a serving platter/bowl.
- Heat oil in a small pan.
- Add mustard seeds.
- When the seeds begin to crackle, remove and pour over the dhoklas.
- Serve garnished with chopped green coriander leaves and grated coconut.