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Khatta Dohkla
Food by Taste:
Spicy
Preparation Time:
10-15min
Cooking Time:
20-25min
Servings:
2
Type:
Snack Description
This Dhokla recipe is a Gujarati snack. It is one of a healthy snacks recipes. It is a steamed savoury cake made from rice and Chana Daal. Besan Dhokla is typically a tea time treat. This traditonal recipe will make you feel eating all the time...
Ingredients
1 cup of rice
1 tbsp Chana daal(yellow Gram lentil)
1 tsp of black gram skinless (urad dal)
¼ cup of yogurt
1 ½ cup of hot water
Salt to taste
1 one-inch piece ginger
4 green chillies
A pinch of Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Papad kharo or ½ tsp of soda bi-carbonate (baking soda)
1/4 tsp ENO(Regular)
1 tbsp Crushed peanut(optional)
1 tbsp Sesame seeds to sprinkle on top
1/4 cup of oil
2 tbsp of coriander leaves
For Temparing:
2 tbsp of oil
Mustard seeds
Method
Roast the rice and the dal on medium heat for four to five minutes. Allow it to cool and then grind into a semi-coarse powder.
Put the powder in a bowl. Add yoghurt (little sour), oil, papad kharo and hot water into the bowl. Mix thoroughly so that no lumps are formed and the batter is of pouring consistency.
Add salt and let it ferment for eight to ten hours. Make a paste of ginger and green chillies. Once fermented, mix the ginger, green chilli paste with the batter. Add turmeric powder, crushed peanut, and Eno.
Grease the dhokla platter or a thali. Boil water in the steamer/boiler.
Pour mixture onto the greased platter, sprinkle sesame seeds and keep it in the steamer to steam for 15-20 minutes or longer if layer is thick.
When done, let it little bit cool and cut into desired shape
Now heat oil in a very small pan, add mustard seeds, let it poped. Once seeds are popped, let it cool little bit and pour onto Dhokla
Sprinkle some finely chopped coriander leaves, shreded coconut can be sprinkled as well, and serve hot with green chutney.