Khaman Dhokla

Here's the recipe of delicious, tempting Gujarati snack - Khaman Dhokla which can be made in no time.

Ingredients:

Besan (Gram flour) – 2 cups

Curd – 1 cup
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Salt – to taste

Sugar – ½ tsp
Green chili-Ginger paste – 1 tsp
Lemon juice – 1 tsp
Cooking Soda - 1 tsp

For garnishing:

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Grated carrot – 2 tsp
Grated coconut – 2 tsp

Green chillies (finely sliced) – 3 to 4 nos.
Curry leaves (finely chopped) – a few
Coriander leaves (finely chopped) – a few
Asafoetida – a pinch

Method:

1. Mix together 1 cup of yogurt with little less than a cup of water. Add gram flour (besan) to get a lump-free batter. It should have the consistency of dosa batter – more of pouring rather than dropping consistency. Adjust water accordingly.
2. Add turmeric powder, salt and sugar to the above batter. Leave it aside for at least an hour to ferment.  More the time, more the sponginess.
3. Just before steaming, take a bowl and mix lemon juice, cooking soda, little oil and whisk well. Add this to the batter along with Green chilli-ginger paste
4. Heat a steamer.  Grease a thali with a little oil and pour the batter. Cover the lid and steam for 10-12 mins.
5. Insert a toothpick to check the doneness. If the toothpick comes out clean, the dhoklas are done.
6. Allow it to cool for sometime and cut it into squares.
7. Heat a little oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds. When they crackle, add hing, curry leaves and grated coconut. Remove from heat and add grated carrot, coriander leaves and sliced green chillies. Sprinkle it on the dhoklas.
8.Serve with mint/coriander chutney.

For Green Chutney:

Mint leaves - 1 cup

Coriander leaves - 1 cup

Green Chillies - 2 nos

Jeera -a pinch

Amchur powder (or Raw Mango powder) - 1/2 tsp

Lemon - 1/2 medium size

Salt - to taste

Grind all the ingredients under this head except the lemon. Once made into a fine paste, transfer into a small bowl and squeeze some lemon juice into this and serve. 

Tips:

1. For extra sponginess, take half cup of semolina and whisk it with 1 cup of dahi. Mix this with 1 ½ cups of besan and proceed from point 2. The consistency of the batter will remain the same.
2. The batter should not rest after adding the soda.
3. The batter should be filled only to half of the container as the same will rise.
4. Wipe the water (if any) in the lid of the steamer as it will make the dhoklas mushy.