I was thinking of making dhoklas from a long time. But I did not try it. As my husband’s birthday was two days back and I wanted to surprise him by making it. He likes dhoklas very much. I made it and gave him. He enjoyed having those dhoklas.
Ingredients: |
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| Gram flour/ Kadala mavu | – 1 cup |
| Curd | – ½ cup |
| Water | – ½ cup |
| Green chillies | – 2 |
| Ginger | – 1 inch piece |
| Sugar | – 1 tsp. |
| Lemon juice | – 1 tsp. |
| Eno fruit salt | – 1 & ½ tsp. |
| Salt | – as needed or 1 tsp. |
| Turmeric powder | – ¼ tsp. |
| Coriander leaves | – 2 tbsp. |
| Coconut grated | – 3 tbsp. |
| Oil | – 1 tsp. |
| Mustard | – 1 tsp. |
Method:
- Grind ginger and green chilli with little water. Use from the same measurement of water given.
- Take gram flour in a bowl and add the ground ginger green chilli, water, curd, lemon juice, turmeric, sugar and salt to it and mix well.
- Take the cooker container grease it with oil.
- Add the eno fruit salt to the flour mixture, at the time of steaming and mix well.
- Pour this mixture in the container and steam for 12 to 14 minutes in low flame.
- Insert a spoon to check if it is done. It should come out clean and not sticky.
- Keep for 5 minutes to cool down and then cut into desired shape.
- Heat oil and add mustard seeds.
- If you want, you can cut 1 green chilly into fine pieces and fry little and spread over the pieces.
- When it splutters, spread it over the cut pieces.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and grated coconut.