Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla
Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, dhokla / khaman dhokla. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Khaman is made with besan or chickpea flour and is yellow in colour. In contrast, the other Dhokla varieties are white and are prepared using rice flour mixed with chickpea flour. While Khaman Dhokla is sweet and zesty at the same time, the other dhokla is generally just tangy in taste.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook dhokla / khaman dhokla using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla:
  1. Make ready 2 cups Gram flour (baisan)
  2. Prepare 1 tsp Turmeric powder (haldi)
  3. Prepare 1-1/4 cup water or as required
  4. Take 1 tsp Icing Sugar
  5. Make ready 2 tbsp Semolina/Rava/Suji
  6. Get 2 tbsp Yogurt
  7. Get 1/2 tsp Citric acid (nimbo Salt/ tatri)
  8. Make ready to taste Salt
  9. Prepare 1 tsp Baking soda
  10. Get Soaking ingredients
  11. Make ready 1/4 cup water
  12. Prepare 1/2 tsp Sugar
  13. Get 1/4 tsp Salt
  14. Take 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  15. Get Bhagar ingredients
  16. Take 2 tbsp Oil
  17. Take 2 tbsp Mustard seed (rai dana)
  18. Get 2 tbsp Cumin seeds (Zeera)
  19. Make ready 15-20 Curry leaves
  20. Get Green chillies 6-8 (split in between or roughly chopped)

My mother-in-law adds a pinch of sugar to the batter to match every Guajarati's love for a hint of sweetness in their food. Khaman is a variation of the Rava Dhokla recipe I shared before. The primary ingredients in Khaman is gram flour, while for Rava Dhokla the main ingredient is semolina. Khaman is also called as Besan Dhokla or Yellow Dhokla due to it's yellow color from gram flour.

Steps to make Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla:
  1. In a bowl mix all ingredients except baking soda and rest for 15-30 minutes - Meanwhile ready ur steamer Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla1. Grease ur cake pan & transfer this mixture in it - Add baking soda and top with few drops of lemon juice, mix this foamy texture in all ur batter (do it quickly) & place it on ready (preheated)steamer
  2. Check it after 10-15 minutes, steam it until toothpick comes out clean Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla1. Meanwhile in a saucepan add all soaking ingredients cook until sugar dissolved, strain & set aside Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla1. When dhokla is ready add this mixture on top lil by lil with spoon (don’t need too soggy)
  3. When cool Cut in ur desired shape spread it on ur serving dish Dhokla / Khaman Dhokla1. In a pan heat oil add all bhagar ingredients,when it’s sizzling add on top of ur dhokla
  4. Decorate with chilli flakes, desiccated coconut & fresh coriander - Serve with raita, coconut chutney, lehsan chutney - Tadda - Enjoy

Traditionally Khaman is steamed in a stovetop pressure cooker without the whistle. Dhokla or Khaman Dhokla or Besan Dhokla is one of the popular Gujarati snack or tiffin or appetizer - yet another simple recipe that can be prepared in a jiffy. As the name suggest, it is prepared with besan or chick pea flour. Technically dhokla and khaman are different. Dhokla is made from a fermented batter of ground rice and chana dal.

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