Description
Anamika Arun recreates her favorite childhood tea-time tradition with an easy microwave dhokla.
Ingredients
For Dhokla:
- Besan (Chickpea Flour) – 1 1/2 cups
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Ginger paste – 1 tsp
- Sugar – 1 tsp
- Eno Fruit salt -1 1/2 tsp
- Cooking Oil -1 tbsp
- Green chilly paste – 1 tsp
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Soda Bi-carb – 1/4 tsp
- Lemon juice – 2 tsp
- Water – 1 cup
For tempering:
- Oil – 2 tbsp
- Green chillies – 2-3 (slit vertically)
- Water – 3/4 cup
- Mustard seeds (rai) – 1 tsp
- White Vinegar – 1/4 cup
- Sugar – 1 tbsp
- Curry leaves – 3 -4 (optional)
Instructions
- Grease a 7” round flat microwave dish. Set aside.
- Sift beasn and mix water, oil, turmeric powder, salt, sugar, chilly paste, ginger paste to it and make a smooth batter. Add lemon juice, eno fruit salt and soda bi-carbonate. Beat for 3-4 seconds.
- Immediately pour this mixture in the greased dish and microwave uncovered for 6 minutes on high mode. When done, remove and keep aside.
- In a separate small microwave dish, put all the tempering ingredients and microwave uncovered for 4-5 minutes.
- Pour this tempering over the dhokla and let it stand for at least 30 minutes, so that the dhokla abosrbs the moisture and flavours.
- Cut in 1 1/2; pieces and garnish with grated cococnut (optional) or/and chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve with mint-coriander chutney.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins