Khaman Dhokla | Dhokla Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup Gram flour/Besan/kadala mavu

½ cup curd

1 tsp Lemon juice

1tsp sugar

Salt - to taste

1 ½ tsp Eno fruit salt

½ tsp turmeric powder

Coriander leaves (finely chopped-to garnish)

Grated coconut (to garnish)

To grind

½ cup water

½ inch of ginger

2 Green chillies

To temper

1tsp Oil

½ tsp mustard seeds

¼ tsp asafoetida  

How to make it

• Grind the items given and keep aside.
• In a large mixing bowl add the besan, curd, turmeric powder, lemon juice, sugar and salt to it. Mix well and keep aside.

• Grease a flat wide bottomed vessel with oil.
• Mix the eno fruit salt with the besan mix at the time you are going to steam.
• Pour the content to the greased container.

• Steam this mixture for 10 minutes, I used Idli cooker.
• Insert a fork or knife to check if it is done or not. Cool it for some time and invert the vessel in a clean plate.

• Cut into desired shape.
• Temper the items given and garnish with chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut on top.

Notes:

1. Add the ½ cup of water to grind green chillies. Add this watery mix with the flour. No need to add extra water.
2. Take care you don’t over-cook the dhokla.
3. If u doesn't have fruit salt, you can replace with baking soda.