Khaman Dhokla

Khaman Dhokla 

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Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 20-25 minutes

• 2 cup of besan / gram flour 
• 1 tbsp of semolina (optional) 
• 2 cups of buttermilk or 2 cups of water 
• 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 3-4 tsp of sugar with 1/2 glass of water for sugar syrup
• 1/2 tsp of crushed chilli, ginger garlic paste (optional)
• 1 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds.
• 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds (optional) 
• 1/2 tsp of sesame seeds 
• 1 tsp of baking soda or ENO 
• 4 tsp of oil
• few green chilis
• few curry leaves
• pinch of asafoeida 
• 1/2 lemon to squeeze to 2 tsp of lemon juice 

How to prepare :

• In a mixing bowl add besan, semolina, salt, chilli,lemon juice, ginger garlic paste, salt, turmeric powder and buttermilk or water and mix well.
• Mix nicely as there should be no lumps. Set this mixture aside for half an hour
• In a meanwhile grease a plate with oil and in a big bottom wok heat 2 glasses of water. 
• Add pinch of baking soda or eno fruit salt to the besan mixture and sieve it with a spoon till it is smooth. 
• Add 1 tsp of oil to the batter. Oil helps dhoklas to be soft.  
• Now pour the batter in the greased plate and steam the dhoklas. 
• Cover it with a lid. This process may take around 10 minutes. 
• For sugar syrup : Add 3-4 tsp of sugar in 1/2 cup of water and let it simmer and Dont make the syrup to thick. It should be watery only just the water should get sweetened. 
• Check the dhoklas with the knife and if the knife comes out clean then the dhoklas are done. if not put for some more time. 
• For tempering put oil in a small wok add  chillis, curry leaves and mustard seeds, cumin seeds,sesame seeds,asafoetida and let it splutter. 
• Remove the dhoklas and keep aside adding 1-2 tsp of sugar syrup on it and the tempering.