Dhokla | How to make Dhokla

Dhokla

Ingredients

• For Batter:
• Bengal Gram flour / Besan/ Chickpea flour - 250 gms (1 & 1/2 cup)
• Curd/Yogurt - 1/2 cup (not very sour)
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Cooking/Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
• For seasoning to be mixed to the batter (to be added just before cooking)
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Turmeric a pinch
• Green Chili paste - 1 - 2 (or as per taste)
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Citric acid - quarter tsp (or lemon juice)
• Eno - 1 packet (green colour fruit lime) + some more for sprinkling on the plate
• (note: I dint know how much a sachet contains since I have a bottle so I assumed 1-1/4 tsp of Eno fruit salt)
• salt to taste
• For tempering
• Mustard Seeds
• Curry leaves
• Grated coconut
• Coriander leaves
• Little water + Oil to be topped on dhoklas.
• Technique
  
  1
  
  Blend initial 1/2 glass curds with 1/2 water.
  
  2
  
  To this include the besan and blend well to get an irregularity less player, the consistency ought to be of idli hitter, a greater amount of dropping not pouring consistency.
  
  3
  
  Gradually include more water if necessary else, include the pop. Keep it aside to climb for 1 hour. On the off chance that you are utilizing a weight cooker, fill the container with water, put a plate over which you will have utilize a plate for steaming the dhoklas. Thali plate could be utilized for steaming To the player blend in the citric corrosive, oil, salt, sugar, green stew glue and turmeric powder. Blend well. This must be carried out simply before spilling to the plate.
  
  4
  
  In the mean time have the skillet on stove, and let the water begin bubbling. At the point when the water achieves the moving stage, you can blend the eno to the player (Save little of eno for cleaning on the plate), blend delicately, you will see air pockets turning out.
  
  5
  
  My Notes : I dint have a thali plate which would fit my weight cooker and the individuals who would were excessively profound and slender for making a legitimate Dhokla. So I utilized my Baking tin which fit impeccably in my Rice Cooker and steam cooked the hitter.
  
  Tidy or sprinkle the plate with eon. At that point quickly spill the player to the plate. Place the plate painstakingly inside the weight skillet and spread with cover. You require not utilize the whistle. In the wake of blanket you will discover steam leaving the outlet, stew and don't exasperate for very nearly 5 -7 minutes. The player ought to be filled to just 1/2 as it will ascend. In the wake of including eno the player ought not rest. Measure of sugar could be expanded on inclination. Dhokla can likewise be steamed in kadai loaded with water and a plated titled over it.
  
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  Following 5 -7 minutes, evacuate the cover and evidence it utilizing toothpick or blade. In the event that the blade confesses all out and does not have any hitter staying, then its carried out. Blanket back and let it stay on fire for 1 min and switch off the gas and permit it for 5 minutes.
  
  7
  
  In a vessel, blend 3 tsp of water alongside a tsp of oil. Expel the plate from the dish, pour the water and oil blend preposterous. For flavoring, hotness a dish with oil, include curry leaves, sesame seeds, mustard seeds and finely cleaved green chilies. At the point when mustard begins popping, uproot and spill over the dhokla.
  
  8
  
  On the off chance that you need flawless molded ones and not the disintegrating, cut and handle tenderly.
  
  9
  
  My Notes : I remove them, after marginally cooling them, into squares.