Khatta dhokla -A popular steamed and savoury snack made from rice and lentils -a specialty from Gujarat(India)
Khatta dhokla is a traditional and very healthy farsan(snack) of Gujarat but now popular around the world.It is one of the healthy and nutritional dish from Gujarat.
Among the long list of their snacks/farsans – dhokla tops the list as khaman dhokla is the favourite of almost every one .What a lot of people don’t know is that Dhokla and khaman are two different types of snacks.
Dhoklas are made with rice and lentil batter, whereas khaman are made with gram flour/besan or chana daal batter. Chana daal dhokla is also named as vati daal na khaman. Besan khaman/ Nylon khaman is an instant recipe while for making chana daal dhokla you need preparation.
But the recipe I am sharing today is not the typical Gujrati khatta dhokla recipe.but a nice and different variation of it,more spicy and flavourful. I learned this from a dear friend of mine.Addition of mint leaves ,fenugreek seeds,strong asafoetida flavour and raw mango pieces added a nice twist to the usual dhokla Usually tempering is not needed in this dhokla,but I added as a garnish for the clicks:)
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Khatta Dhokla
Khatta Dhokla- A popular steamed snack made with rice and lentil- specialty from Gujarat
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Rice/chawal
- 1/4 cup Bengal Gram/chana daal
- 1.5 tbsp Raw mango/ kachcha aam chopped
- 1/2 cup Sour Yogurt
- 1/2 cup Mint Leaves/ Pudina
- 5 Green chilies/ Hari Mirch
- 1 inch Ginger/ Adrak
- 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds/ Methidana
- 4 tbsp Fresh Coriander
- 3/4 Cup Water / Paani
- 1 tsp Salt / Namak
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric/ Haldi
- 1 tsp Eno fruit salt
Tempering/ Tadka
- 2.5 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Oil / Sarso ka tel
- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida/Hing
- 10 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta
- 2 Green chilies/Hari Mirch
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice and daal in enough water for 5 hours.Drain the water,grind to make a paste with 3/4 cup water, green chilies and ginger.take out in a bowl.
- Add salt,turmeric,asafoetida, fenugreek seeds,mustard seeds and curd and mix well.Cover and let it ferment well for minimum 8 -10 hours.
- Now add 2 .5 tbsp refined oil,chopped mint and mango pieces in the batter and mix gently.
- Heat 2 glass water in a steamer,and grease 2 steamer plates with oil. When water in the steamer start boiling then add 1 tsp Eno fruit salt in the batter and mix properly.
- Pour the batter in 2 plates, arrange them in the steamer, cover and close the steamer properly and steam for 15 -20 minutes ,first on high heat then on medium heat.
- Check with a tooth pick ,if come out clean then remove from fire and let it cool down for 10 minutes.
- Cut into pieces and garnish with fresh coriander and grated coconut.
- Serving suggestions-serve with coconut chutney, mint chutney or ketchup.
The Mad Scientist says
Wow these are yum. Just wish they were in my tummy though not on the plate:)
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Shobha Kamath says
Lovely presentation! I love this dhokla.
Daksha says
Dhokla looks so spongy and nice presentation……
Spice up the Curry says
looks yummy. very neat presentation
Pasta And Paratha says
One of my favorite Snacks..very nice presentation too !
Chandrani says
Dhokla is my alltime fav snacks. Dhokla looks so soft and yummy.
shruti baxi says
Why it is mentioned in the instructions rice and both the daals.. But in the ingredients it is only mentioned rice and chana daal.. One daal is missing in the ingredients or it is correct.
anjanaskc says
Edited the post ,thank you
Kaveri Venkatesh says
dhoklas look yum…never tried this method always make the instant one with besan
Treat and Trick says
The dhokla turned out superb!
simran says
delicious…..very soft and spongy!
Beena.stephy says
Woow looks delicious will try soon
Suja Manoj says
Spongy and yum,love the flavor of mint,yum breakfast.
Nupur says
This recipe for Dhokla is new for me.. would surely love to try .
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Shama Nagarajan says
delicious…rush you entries for fast food event noodles
kitchen queen says
awesome khatta tempting dhoklas.
PT says
like hte twist 🙂
Hamaree Rasoi says
Delicious and yummy looking dhoklas. Saru che!!
Deepa
Manasi says
I love, love love Dhokla!
I use a shortcut, besan+rava version – lazy!
lovely presentation:)
Vimitha Anand says
So spongy n soft looking dhoklas dear
Divya Pramil says
Looks so delicious and soft 🙂 Delectably presented 🙂
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Saraswathi Tharagaram says
Looks so spongy and love the flavour of it..
Raksha says
THe presentation looks professional. Addition of mint and mango will add great flavour to it.
meena says
wow look at those yummy yummy dhoklas, i love it and its mainly becoz they r light and steamed and all. and ur twist makes it even more yummier
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