Khaman Dhokla

             An awesome,nutritious evening snack prepared with gram flour (besan). 

Idli shaped dhokla

Prep time 2-3 hours
Cooking time 20 min
Serves 4


Ingredients:
2 cups Besan (gram flour) 
1 cup Sour Curd/yogurt 
1 tsp Baking soda 
1 tsp citric acid or 2 tsp lemon juice
 Green chili and ginger paste to taste
Water
For tampering:
1 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
3-4 lengthwise slit green chilies
1/2 cup warm water
Garnishing:
Coriander leaves


Directions:

• To gram flour add whisked yogurt and water little at a time.Whisk well in order to avoid any lumps.Mix it to get a thick consistency batter.
• Add salt and let it ferment for 3-4 hours.
• To the fermented mixture add turmeric,green chili and ginger paste.
• Heat the water in steamer and grease the mold big enough to hold all the batter.
• If the mold is small divide the mixture and go ahead.
• Just when the the steamer is ready to use add 1 tsp oil,dbaking soda and lemon juice to the batter and give a good mix. (adjust the quantities if divided the mixture)
• Pour the batter into the mold.
• Cover the steamer and let it steam for 10-12 min.
• Cook till done.Check by inserting a knife or toothpick,it should come out clean.
• When its slightly cooled,cut it into desired pieces.

Tampering:

• Heat remaining oil in a pan.Add mustard seeds and let it splutter.To it add slit green chilies.
• Pour it in warm water,mix.
• Sprinkle the mixture over dhokla and let it sit for 5-7 min till dhokla absorb some moisture.
• Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve either with tamarind or green chutney or both.

* You can also add 1 tsp of sugar in warm water if you want dhokla to be on sweeter side.

* For garnishing scraped coconut can also be used.

* For dhokla chat try adding bhujia/sev at the top.

* If you dont have steamer,heat water in a wide,shallow pan,put 1 or 2 bowls in it  upside down to balance the shallow cake tin or thali with batter.

* You can also use idli mold to make dhoklas like i did,and you'll get idli shaped dhoklas.