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Dhokla recipe, how to make soft, spongy dhokla

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Dhokla-recipe
Dhokla recipe, a healthy snack made with besan (chickpea flour) which is way too easy and delicious too. Full video, step by step recipe.
At last I made Dhokla. I wanted to make this ever since I saw in Jeyashris blog which tempted me a lot, but lazy me never made time to try it out. Sometimes, when I decide to make there won’t be enough curd, sometimes besan, or any other ingredients. This time I had every ingredient and tried it and enjoyed💃🏻. It was super soft and spongy.
I have used eno to prepare instant dhokla, you can use the blue plain flavour or green lemon flavour. Lemon flavour works best. If you want to replace eno, replace eno with 1/2 tsp cooking soda for this dhokla recipe measurements. I recently made dhokla again and took for a potluck, thought of updating with video on how to make dhokla:

So here’s the Dhokla recipe which I made from the cook book I have…
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Dhokla recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Snack
Prep Time: 5 mins    |  Cook time: 15 mins    |  Serves: 4 | Author:

Ingredients

Besan / chickpea flour – 1 cup

Curd – 1/2 cup

Water – 1/2 cup

Green chilli – 2

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Sugar – 1 tsp

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Eno fruit salt – 1 & 1/2 tsp

Salt – As needed 

Turmeric powder(optional) – 1 small pinch

Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp

Coconut,grated – 3 tbsp

To temper

Oil – 1 tsp

Mustard – 3/4 tsp

Asafoetida – 1/8 tsp

Method

  1. Grind ginger and green chilli with little water*(refer notes). Take besan in a bowl, add the ground ginger green chilli, water, curd, lemon juice, turmeric, sugar and salt to it.

    2. Dhokla recipe step 1

  2. Mix well and keep aside. Take a wide flat bottomed vessel, (I used the cooker container) grease it generously with oil. Mix the eno salt to the besan mixture, at the time you are going to steam. Make sure to mix well.

    3. Dhokla recipe step 2

  3. Steam this mixture for 10-12 minutes. I steamed in the pressure cooker,without the pressure valve. Insert a knife to check if its done. It should come out clean. Keep for 5 minutes to cool down and then invert to a plate. Cut into desired shape.

    4. Dhokla recipe step 3

  4. Temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table and spread it over the pieces and garnish with coriander leaves,grated coconut.

    5. dhokla recipe step 4

Notes

  • *When you grind with water, use it from the 1/2 cup water that I have mentioned in the ingredients.Do not use excess water.
  • If you use excess water than mentioned then it will turn out gooey.
  • Make sure to use ginger and asafoetida generously for nice aroma. You can even add asafoetida raw, in the batter. A pinch will be enough.
  • Never add more turmeric, you may not tolerate that smell (experience 😉
  • If you don’t have eno fruit salt you can replace it with 1/2 tsp cooking soda.
  • You can add 1 tsp eno too if its new and fresh.

Tags:dhokla, how to make, spongy, soft

And serve it with green chutney. I cut them into squares, you can even cut it like we cut Pizza…
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Comments

  18. I too love dhokla with mint chutney, but had not posted yet…U are making me drool here…will be making it tonight…..wonderful clicks..love the bright yellow colour.

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  42. hai i tried your,naan,hotelsambar,tomato ghostu,veg kuruma,dum aloo everything comes very well my hubby like all the recipes.here in dhokla u mention the amount of kadala mavu 1 cup means how many grams.pls tell me mam.

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  134. I prepared this yesterday and the dhoklas came out great..my husband just loved it..Thanks for the recipe. I have posted it in my space today and linked to your recipe. Just one thing..you haven't mentioned lemon juice in the procedure.

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  152. Hi Raks, I tried this out today and the taste was good.. but i had one issue that it did nit stay in shape they were all falling apart.. is this something to do with the fruit salt measurement ??

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  186. Hi…. i made Dhokla using just what u mentioned (water used was a lil less), the dhoklas became a hit with my hubby wiping the whole bowl of it all by himself (I had to steal from what was kept for my mother-in-law). I am making dhoklas for the first time in my life 🙂 Thank u soooooo much.

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  210. Hi! my husband is allergic to besan flour. I always wanted to try this recipe & i love the taste of the dhokla. i also want my hubby to give it a try, but for the besan. Is there an alternative to the besan like moong dal flour or so…

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  216. Hi,

    What is the alternate for grinding chilli and ginger? I am yet to buy a mixer. 🙁
    Is there any other way to add chilli and ginger apart from grinding it?
    Please let me know

    Thanks in advance

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  236. Can i prepare dhoklas using the electric cooker than the pressure cooker? if yes, then how much time?
    Happy new year to u:) looking forward to many more delicacies from your end 🙂

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  246. Hi Raks,

    Tried this recipe and the taste of the dhokla was good. The one issue I had was the dhokla was dense. Denser than store bought for sure.
    Can you suggest some changes I need to incorporate, please?

    Thanks

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  248. More eno, lemon juice or curd. It should react to form bubbles which gives you the spongy texture. Also make as soon as you mix. Keep the batter inside steamer only after the water boils.

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  250. hi raks, tried your receipe now. it came out very well. loved the taste. thanks for the receipe. kids wanted it more sweeter. so i pored some warm sugar syrup on it. had seen this somewhere. it was good.

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