Khaman Dhokla Recipe
Ingredients:
- Gram flour (besan) sieved 2 cups
- Yogurt beaten 1 cup
- Salt to taste
- Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
- Green chilli-ginger paste 1 teaspoon
- Oil 2 tablespoons
- Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
- Soda bicarbonate 1 teaspoon
- Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
- Fresh coriander leaves chopped 2 tablespoons
- Coconut scraped 1/2 cup
Method:
- Take gram flour in a bowl. Add yogurt and approximately one cup of warm water and mix. Avoid lumps. Add salt and mix again.
- Leave it aside to ferment for three to four hours. When gram flour mixture has fermented, add turmeric powder and green chilli-ginger paste. Mix.
- Heat the steamer. Grease a thali. In a small bowl take lemon juice, soda bicarbonate, one teaspoon of oil and mix.
- Add it to the batter and whisk briskly. Pour batter into the greased thali and place it in the steamer.
- Cover with the lid and steam for ten minutes. When a little cool, cut into squares and keep in a serving bowl/plate.
- Heat remaining oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds. When the seeds begin to crackle, remove and pour over the dhoklas.
- Serve, garnished with chopped coriander leaves and scraped coconut.