Dhokla

Dhokla

A famous gujrati snack dhokla

Ingredients:-

2 cups Gram flour (besan)
1 cup Yogurt beaten
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
Green chilli-ginger paste 1 teaspoon
Oil 2 tablespoons
Lemon juice 2 tablespoon
Soda bicarbonate 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
curry leaves 7 8
green chillies 4 5 (cut into 2)
1/4 cup water
Fresh coriander leaves chopped 2 tablespoons

Method
Step 1
Take gram flour in a bowl. Add yogurt and approximately one cup of warm water and mix. Avoid lumps. Add salt and mix again.

Step 2
Leave it aside to ferment for half an hour. When gram flour mixture has fermented, add turmeric powder and green chilli-ginger paste. Mix Heat the steamer. Grease a thali.

Step 3
In a small bowl take lemon juice, soda bicarbonate, one teaspoon of oil and mix. Add it to the batter and whisk briskly. Pour batter into the greased thali and place it in the steamer.

Step 4
Cover with the lid and steam for 20 to 30 minutes. check it with the help of toothpick if its wait  When a little cool, cut into squares and keep in a serving bowl/plate.

Step 5
Heat remaining oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds. When the seeds begin to crackle, add curry leaves n green chillies after few seconds add 1/2 cup water n remove from flame and pour over the dhoklas.

Step 6
Serve, garnished with chopped coriander leaves

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