Dhokla

Dhokla is a vegetarian culinary dish that is found mainly in the Indian state of Gujarat and parts of adjacent states. It is made with a fermented batter derived from rice and split chickpeas. Dhokla can be eaten for breakfast, as a main course, as a side dish, or as a snack. Dhokla is very similar to Khaman, however Dhokla is made of batter derived from rice gram and is white in color, whereas Khaman is typically made from Chickpeas gram and looks yellow in color. Khaman has become widely popular outside Gujarat but is misunderstood or incorrectly known as Dhokla.

There are different kinds of dhokla prepared with different ingredients and ratios of chickpeas. Some of the popular kinds of dhoklas are:

· Khatta dhokla

· Rasia dhokla

· Moong dal dhokla

· Khandavi dhokla

· Cheese dhokla

· Toor dal dhokla

· Sandwich dhokla

· Rava dhokla

· Mixed dal dhokla

· Green peas dhokla

· Meetha dhokla

· Besan dhokla

· Khaman dhokla

Khaman is a similar gram flour-based food. Whereas dhokla is made with rice and chickpeas, khaman is made from chickpeas only. It is generally lighter in color and softer than dhokla. To make dhokla, a small proportion of baking soda is added while to make khaman more baking soda is added to make it more fluffy, spongy and porous.

Idada is another variety of dhokla, which is made by using different lentils like black grams, also known as urad dal, instead of chickpeas. Dhokla is very commonly used as a breakfast or as a snack in western parts of India including Madhya Pradesh, though nowadays it's available in every Indian state. It is an easy to cook and easy to digest snack.

Ingredients:

For Dhokla Batter:

-1 &1/2 cup Besan

-1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder

-I tsp Baking Powder

-I tsp Lemon Juice

-I tsp Oil

-Water

-I tsp Eno / Fruit Salt

-Salt to taste

-For Tempering

-1 tbsp Oil

-I tsp Mustard Seeds

-2-3 Half Chopped Green Chillies

-I tsp Sesame Seeds

-Handful Curry Leaves

-Water

-2 tbsp Crushed Sugar

-I tbsp Lemon Juice

-Salt to taste

Method:

For Dhokla:

First we have to prepare the batter. For this take a bowl, put besan, turmeric, baking powder, leMon juice, oil one by one and combine everything well. Add water and Make a batter of flowing consistency Now keep this batter aside for at least an hour. After I hour, add Eno, baking powder, some more drops of lemon juice and salt and Mix everything well. You will find a nice fluffy rising batter. Now take a cake tin, grease it with some oil and put the batter into it. Now put this into a steaMer, cover the lid and let it steam for at least 12-15 Mins. Now once the dhokla is ready, take it out of the cake tin, and cut it into square pieces. Now put generous AMOunt of sugar syrup on top of the pieces of dhokla and let them soak in that syrup. After few minutes you can enjoy your yuMMy dhokla.

For Sugar Syrup:

Take a pan. Put sOMe oil. Now add all the ingredients one by one along with water and lemon juice and then mix everything together. Your sugar syrup tempering is ready.

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Dhokla is a very popular vegetarian Indian snack from the state Gujarat.

It prepared with gram flour, hence, it is a gluten-free and vegan snack.