Dhokla
Dhokla is a comforting, mild dish made by steaming a batter of besan flour, curd & spices. Dhokla is a popular tiffin from Gujarat for breakfast & dinner and is relished with green chutney. Dhokla recipe is presented in this post with step by step pictures.
Servings2 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup gram flour / besan flour /chickpea flour
- 1 tablespoon rava / sooji
- 1.5 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon eno fruit salt plain
- 1 teaspoon green chilli ginger crushed
- 3/4 cup water adjust according to consistency
- 1/4 cup curd / yogurt
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon oil for greasing
- salt to taste
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh coconut grated
TO TEMPER :
- 1.5 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 2 green chillies
- a pinch asafoetida / hing
Instructions
- Grind green chillies and ginger together to a coarse paste.
- In a mixing bowl – take besan flour, rava, salt, ginger, green chilli paste and curd mix well.
- Then add water to make it to pouring consistency. Make sure there is no lumps formed.
- Add lemon juice. Finally add Eno fruit salt it will bubble up as soon as Eno is added. Mix well.
- Grease the tray with little oil and pour the batter to 1/2 to 3/4 inch thickness.
- In idly steamer pour water at the bottom say 1- 1.5 cups then place the tray on it. Steam it for 10-12 mins.
- Carefully open and check the doneness by inserting the toothpick in the center…If it comes out clean then its done. If its still sticky then steam for few more mins.
- Cool down for 5mins, then slightly scrap the sides then invert it…it will come out clean.
- Then heat oil and temper the items listed under ‘to temper’ and transfer the tempering to dhokla.
- Finally garnish with grated coconut and coriander leaves.
- Cut into squares and serve.
- Serve Dhokla hot with green chutney as a breakfast / snack!
Notes
- Make sure you get only plain Eno fruit salt as there are many flavours available too.
- After Eno fruit salt is added don't rest the batter for long…only 5-10 mins resting time is ok not more than that.
- Steam it only in medium low flame so that it gets cooked inside also.
- You can add a tiny pinch of turmeric powder for extra bright yellow color.
- While tempering don't skip sesame seeds it gives a nice crunch while eating.
- You can even add 1/2 cup water with 1 tablespoon sugar and bring it to boil then sprinkle it over the dhoklas to make it moist then transfer the tempering.
- I used my square baking tray to steam the dhokla.
Nutrition Facts
Dhokla
Amount Per Serving (125 g)
Calories 424
Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 6g
Monounsaturated Fat 10g
Cholesterol 4mg1%
Sodium 2341mg102%
Potassium 611mg17%
Carbohydrates 46g15%
Fiber 9g38%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 16g32%
Vitamin A 90IU2%
Vitamin C 7mg8%
Calcium 90mg9%
Iron 4mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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