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Instant live dhokla recipe | live dhokla | instant dhokla

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Rest time 25 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 

For Instant live dhokla

  • 1 cup sooji - coarse rava
  • ½ cup gram flour - besan
  • ¼ cup urad dal flour
  • ½ cup curd
  • 1.5 cup sour buttermilk or as required
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp green chilli paste
  • ½ tsp ginger paste
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 2-3 tbsp water or as required to adjust batter consistency
  • 1 tsp eno
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

For garlic chutney

  • 15-16 garlic cloves
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • Pinch of hing
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tomato
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ¼ cup water or as required

For yellow chutney

  • ½ cup roasted peanuts
  • ½ cup chopped green chilli
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • Pinch of hing
  • 1.5 tbsp lemon juice
  • 4 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp oil

Serving

  • Oil
  • Garlic chutney
  • Spicy chilli chutney

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, add 1 cup sooji (coarse rava), ½ cup gram flour (besan), ¼ cup urad dal flour, ½ cup curd, salt to taste, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp green chili paste, and ½ tsp ginger paste.
  • Gradually add 1.5 cups sour buttermilk and make the dhokla batter slightly thick.
  • Then add 2 tbsp oil and whisk the batter for 3-4 minutes until it becomes light and fluffy.
  • Cover and let the batter rest for 25-30 minutes. After resting, the rava will absorb the buttermilk and become fluffy.
  • Then add 2-3 tbsp water to achieve a medium-thick, ribbon-like pouring consistency.
  • Now add ½ tsp ENO fruit salt and 1 tsp lemon juice. Mix well. Grease a plate with oil, add the batter, and spread it into a thin layer. Sprinkle some red chili powder on top.
  • In a kadai, add 3-4 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Place the dhokla plate in the center, cover with a lid, and steam the dhokla on medium-high flame for 12-15 minutes.
  • Once done, take the plate out of the steamer and allow it to cool for 5-10 minutes.
  • Apply some oil on the cooked dhokla. Cut into the desired shape and serve the live dhokla with oil, garlic chutney, and yellow chutney.

Making garlic chutney.

  • In a mixture jar, add garlic cloves, cumin seeds, hing, salt, red chilli powder and tomatoes. Grind it into paste.
  • In a pan, add oil and grinded paste. Saute till oil is separate from its sides.
  • Take out chutney into bowl, add water to adjust the consistency of the chutney.
  • Serve garlic chutney with live dhokla

Making yellow chutney

  • In a mixture jar, add roasted peanutes, chopped green chilli, salt, turmeric powder, hing, lemon juice, oil and water.
  • Grind it into smooth paste.
  • Yellow chutney is ready serve with dhokla.

Notes

  • Coarse sooji gives a jalidar and soft texture to dhokla.
  • Besan gives binding and taste to dhokla.
  • Urad dal flour gives fluffiness and softness to dhokla.
  • Use sour buttermilk for instant fermentation of the dhokla batter.
  • The consistency of dhokla batter should be medium-thick and ribbon-like when poured.
  • Whisk the dhokla batter for 5-7 minutes so air particles incorporate into it and it becomes light and fluffy.
  • Steam dhokla on a medium-high flame. Do not steam it on a low flame.