Instant Dhokla

Dhokla is a gujarati food, recipie is simple,so it is easy to prepare,for a change it is a good snack.


Ingredients -

1 cup - Gram flour (Besan)
½ tsp - Ginger paste or crush 1/2" piece of ginger
½ tsp - Green chilli paste or crush 2-3 chillies to paste
½ tsp - Turmeric powder (Haldi)
1 tsp - Sugar
1 tsp - Eno fruit salt
1 tsp - Salt
1 tbsp - Oil
3/4 cup - Water
1/2 cup - Sour curd OR 1/4 tsp - Soda-bi-carb and 2 tsp lemon juice

For Tempering (Tadka)

3/4 tsp - Mustard seeds (Rai)
3-4 - Curry leaves
2-3 - Green chillies-slit into long pieces
1 tbsp - Oil
1/2 cup - water
1/4 cup - White vinegar
1/2 tbsp - Sugar (optional)

Method -

1). Grease a 6" diameter round, flat dish with oil. Keep aside.

2). Sift gramflour to make it free from lumps.

3). Mix gramflour, ginger paste, chilli paste, salt, turmeric powder, sugar and oil and beat them in the curd. Beat till the barter turns smooth. Add water and mix .

4). Add eno fruit salt, stir gently .( If not taking curd then here pour lemon juice and add soda bi carbonate to the barter).

5). Now put this barter into the greased dish and place in the steamer.
Place a thin cloth between the lid and the steamer and close tight. Steam for 20 minutes.
OR
Microwave uncovered for 5 minutes.

6). Remove dish from the steamer / microwave and keep aside.

7). Heat oil for the tadka, add mustard seeds, curry leaves and green chillies. Sauté till slightly colored, add vinegar and water.
OR
Microwave oil,greenchillies,mustard seeds,water,vinegar and sugar for 31/2 minutes.

8). Pour the above over the dhokla and wait for 5 to 10 minutes till the dhokla absorbs the tempering mixture.

9). Cut the dhokla into desired sized pieces.

10). Garnish with chopped coriander and coconut (optional).

11). Serve with coriander mint chutney.