DHOKLA

DHOKLA

INGREDIENTS:

Besan – 350gms,

Curd – 1 cup,

Ginger and green chili paste – 2tsp,

Eno fruit salt – 1tsp,

Juice of 1 lemon,

Turmeric powder – a pinch,

Salt as per taste,

Oil – 1 tsp,


FOR TEMPERING:

Mustard seeds – ½ tsp,

Coriander finely chopped – ½ cup,

Green chili – 4 vertically slit,

METHOD:

In a bowl mix besan with curd, turmeric powder, salt and ginger chili paste mix everything well and cover the bowl with lid and leave it aside for 5hrs for the batter to ferment,

Now add eno fruit salt to the lemon juice and mix to the fermented batter

Grease a thali or a baking dish and pour the dhokla mixture over the dish evenly

Steam it for 10-12 mins, let it cool and cut the batter to squares,

Now heat a table spoon of oil in a kadai, when the oil is heated add mustard seeds and let it splutter, now add coriander leaves and pour 4 tsp of water to the tempering,

And pour this tempering over the dhoklas,

Garnish with grated coconut and slit fried green chilies and coriander leave serve it with hari chutney. Gujarati delicacy dhokla is ready.