Gujrati Khamman Dhokla

In evening, I was looking for some thing light and healthy for evening snack as morning breakfast of aaloo puri was very heavy on my tummy.  I searched my cook book and found this Dhokla recipe  ( recipe source neighbor aunt ). It's a very simple and easy to prepare and if you are calorie conscious then you are going to love it... :)

 From fellow bloggers only I learned that this is called khamman dhokla.

So let's get started and learn how to cook Gujrati Khamman Dhokla.. :)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup besan/ chickpea flour
• 1/2cup curd/yogurt
• 1 1/2 tsp sooji/semolina
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 2 tsp sugar
• salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp ginger green chilli paste.
• 1 tsp eno fruit salt
•  1 1/2 cup water.
• 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice

For Tampering:

• 1 tsp mustard seeds/ rai
• few curry leaves
• pinch of hing
• 2 tsp oil

Steps by step guide for preparing Dhokla:

• prepare lemon water by mixing 1 1/2 cup water, sugar, salt, lemon juice and keep it aside. We will need it twice :)
• Take another bowl and add besan, curd, turmeric, sooji, ginger chili paste ,1/2 cup lemon water and mix well.

Note: You will get thick batter, similar to idli batter.

• Grease idli plate/thali plate or you can use cake pan and keep it aside.
• Add Eno fruit salt to batter and mix well. Batter will become double in size.
• Pour this batter in greased pan and steam for 10 minute. 

Note: I use pressure cooker without weight/whistle for steaming

• For proofing insert toothpick or knife. If knife comes out clean and batter is not sticking to it, then it's done.
• Let it cool for some time.
• For tampering, in a pan heat oil .
• Add hing, mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilies and cook for  2 minutes. 
• Add 1 cup lemon water to tampering.
• Pour this tampered water on cooked dhokla.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut. Serve with mint chutney.

Tip: 

Sometime dhokla becomes dry. To make it moist and soft again  you can add more lemon water . 

Do you remember dholka that we get in restaurant is always soft and contains some amount of water. So always remember dhokla drinks lots of water :)

Happy Cooking!!