Dhokla Recipe
Dhokla is a Gujarati special snack made using besan flour, sooji, curd, herbs and spices. Dhokla is a popular tiffin from Gujarat for breakfast & dinner and is relished with green chutney. Learn to make Dhokla with the help of step by step pictures.
Servings2 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup gram flour
- 1 tablespoon rava
- 1.5 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon eno fruit salt plain
- 1 teaspoon green chilli ginger crushed
- ¾ cup water adjust according to consistency
- ¼ cup curd
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon oil for greasing
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh coconut grated
- salt to taste
To temper
- 1 and ½ tablespoon oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 2 green chilies
- 1 pinch asafoetida / hing
Instructions
- Grind green chilies and ginger together to a coarse paste. To a mixing bowl - take besan flour, rava, salt, ginger green chili 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 ½ to ¾ 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 minutes. 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 minutes.
- Cool down for 5 minutes, 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 hot with green chutney as a teatime snack!
Notes
- Make sure you get only plain eno fruit salt as there are many flavors available too.
- After eno fruit salt is added don't rest the batter for long - only 5-10 minutes 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 ½ 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 didn't have any thali plate of the required size so used my square baking tray to steam the dhokla.
Nutrition Facts
Dhokla Recipe
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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