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Thursday, 10 September 2009 05:48 |
There steamed gram flour cakes is a famous Gujarati Farsan (Snack) savored all over the world by all the Non Gujarati's. Made from gram flour and seasoned with the choicest ingredients makes it a delicacy. Traditionally Dhokla's are made from channa dal (split yellow chickpeas). But these are instant versions and taste just as delicious than those made from the dal itself and saves you time.
You can serve it as it is with the seasoning or sandwich it as shown in the picture with Green Chutney or a chutney of your choice.
Makes: 10-15 square pieces
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Steaming Time: 12-15 minutes
Ingredients for Dhokla
- 1 cup gram flour/besan
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon green chilli
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger paste
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- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon Eno fruit salt
- Salt to taste
Ingredients for Seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 4 - 5 Curry leaves
- 1.5 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon of freshly grated coconut
- 1 tablespoon of freshly chopped coriander leaves
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- 4 tablespoons of water
- Salt to taste (there is salt in dhokla as well, so just be careful to the amount of salt you add)
Method
Whisk together all the ingredients for the dhokla. It should be a thick batter that goes drip drip drip from the spatula rather than of a pouring consistency.
Prepare a steamer, preferably a dhokla or an idli steamer with 3 cups water at its bottom. Grease the dhokla thali's/plates with oil. Pour the dokhla batter to each plate, such that they fill only half the height of the plate.
Steam for about 12 - 15 minutes on high with lid covered. Turn off heat and allow it to rest for 5 minutes in the steamer with lid opened.
Take out the dholka plates from the steamer and cut them into square or diamond pieces. Arrange them on a serving platter.
For Seasoning
Heat oil in a small pan; add mustard seeds, sesame seeds and curry leaves. Allow them to crackle. Turn off the heat.
Add the water, sugar, salt, lemon juice to the above seasoning.
Using a small quarter spoon, evenly sprinkle over the cut dhokla pieces.
Garnish with coriander leaves and coconut and serve warm or cold.
To make Sandwitch Dhokla
Arrange a set of dhokla's on a serving platter. Apply Green chutney on the top side of these dhokla's. Now place another Dhokla's on these chutney topped Dhokla's. Viola, You have have delicious sandwich dhokla.
Again season these sandwich dhokla's with the above seasoning mixture. Garnish with coriander leaves and Coconut and serve warm or cold.
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