Besan Dhokla Recipe Ingredients:
Besan Dhokla Recipe 350gms Gram flour (Besan)
1 cup Curd (Stirred)
1 tsp Green Chilies (paste)
1 tsp Ginger (paste)
Salt to taste
1 tsp Soda bi-carb / Eno fruit salt
1 Lemon juice
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
1 tbsp Oil
For Tampering
Few Curry leaves
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
2 tsp Oil
Coriander leaves (chopped)
2-3 green chilies (vertically slit)
How to make besan dhokla:
- In a bowl add gram flour (besan), Curd and water.
- Mix well and make a smooth batter. The batter should be of thick consistency.
- Add salt and set aside for 4 hours covered with a lid.
- Take the ginger and green chili paste and add to the batter. Also add turmeric powder and mix well.
- Keep the steamer or cooker ready on gas.
- Grease a baking dish (it should fit in the steamer or cooker).
- Now in small bowl take a tsp. of soda bi-carb or eno, 1tsp oil and lemon juice and mix well.
- Add this to the batter and mix well.
- Pour the batter into the greased pan and steam for 10-12 minutes or till done.
- Cool for sometime and cut into big cubes.
- Heat little oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves allow to splutter. Remove and pour it over dhoklas.
- Garnish the besan dhokla with coriander and slited green chilies.
- Serve with hari chutney.
