Recipe 12 - Khaman Dhokla

Khaman Dhokla

Gujju, here I come... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhokla

Ingredients:

• 1 cup gram flour
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• green chilly paste
• sugar
• salt
• turmeric powder
• water
• mustard seeds
• cooking oil
• curry leaves
• cilantro
• seasame seeds

Method:

• to a bowl, add 1 cup gram flour, 1/2 cup yogurt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice & desired amount of water to get it to batter consistency & set it aside for an hour
• then add turmeric powder, sugar, salt & green chilly paste for taste and mix thoroughly
• steam cook this for like 20 minutes or until the batter has hardened up well enough with no existence of raw batter
• separately, heat up a pan, add 2 teaspoons cooking oil, add mustard seeds & wait until it pops
• then add curry leaves, cilantro, seasame seeds & pour it on top of the cooked batter
• cut it into square/diamond shaped pieces (just the way you'd cut a birthday cake) before serving