Monday, 16 December 2013

healthy & light breakfast- khaman dhokla

Gujrati delicacy Dhokla is an oil free and healthy breakfast.These spongy and juicy dish is easy to make and can be made for parties too. Follow t simple steps and get t applauds from your guests.

Ingredients:
(for about 18 pieces)
1. 1 bowl of gram flour (besan)
2. 4-5 tablespoon of curd.
3. Lemon juice (of a midiym size lemon).
4. Paste of green chillies.
5.ginger paste.
6.asafoetida (heeng) powder.
7. Salt( as per taste).
8. Baking soda or eno (1 table spoon).
9. Turmeric 1 tea spoon.
10. 2 tablespoons of refind oil.

For tadka:
1. 1 table spoon of sugar
2. 2 green chilies (slitted into half).
3. Parsley leaves .
4. Cumin seeds.
5. Mustard seeds.
6.A Cup of Water.

Preparation time: 30 mins.

Take gram flour add lemon juice and curd to it . Now add water and make batter keep remember to keep it whisking it there is no lumps left. The consistency and thickness should be like as of idli batter.
Now keep this aside for 15 mins.

After 15 mins. take a shallow pan (in my case i prefer pressure pan) put some water in it and keep it to boil without the whistle on .
Now take the batter add some turmeric powder, green chilie paste, ginger paste , asafoetida and salt, whisk. now add eno or baking soda and whisk a bit as soon as it start getting the bubbles pour this content into a greased mold or in the bowl in which u want to make the dhokla.

now once the water in pan is hot and steams began to form put a small stand inside and put the battered mold in it and close it without the whistle. Keep it on medium flame for next 20 mins.

Now to check whether the dhoklas are ready prick a knife inside. if it comes out clean it means its ready to be served.Now take it out softly in a plate and cut them into pieces.
It time to make tadka now. 
Take some refind in a tadka bowl put it on flame. now put some mustard seeds and jeera in it .next add the slithered chillies. . Add a cup of water to it. once the water starts to boil add sugar to it. let it be on fire for say a min . now pour it on dhokla with the help of a spoon. Garnish dhoklas with corriander leaves now.

The steamy ,yummy ,spongy dhoklas are  ready to savor now.
Enjoy and let me know your feedbacks.

Noopur

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