vrat ka dhokla
Vrat ka dhokla- a steamed cake made with sago and millet - easy snack recipe for fasting
Servings: 5 person
Ingredients
- 1 cup Samu /samak /tandul /varai
- 1/3 cup Tapioca Pearls / Sago / Sabudana
- 1/2 cup Yogurt/Curd sour
- 1 tsp Green chili paste
- 1 tsp Ginger paste
- 1 tsp Sugar / Chini
- 1 tsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
- 2 tsp Cooking oil
- 1 tsp Eno fruit salt
- 2 tbs Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
- To taste Sendha Namak /Rock Salt
tadka-
- 2 tsp Cooking Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1 tsp Sesame seeds /til
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
- few Curry Leaves
- 1 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch
Instructions
- In tye mixer jar add samak rice and make a fine powder nad thgen take out the powder in a bowl.
- Add sabudana in the jar and grind to make a fine powder and now mix both the powders in the bowl.
- Add green chili paste, ginger paste, 2 tsp oil, salt, sugar , lemon juice and the yogurt in the sabudana and samak powders and then mix well.
- Add water to make a smooth paste of pouring consistency
- Cover and keep aside for 2 hours.
- Check the batter and if become thick then add some water and mix, it should be slight thinner then the regular idli batter.
- Grease a dhokla plate with some peanut oil or butter.
- Add water in the dhokla steamer and when it start boiling then add eno in the dhokla batter and mix well.
- let the dhokla steam for about 15-20 minutes in the steamer on high heat.
- You can also steam these dhokla in a microwave using silicon mold.
- Now check the dhokla and if it is done perfectly then switch off the heat and let it rest for 3-4 minutes.
- Now remove the steamer lid and remove the dhokla plate and cut into desired shapes.
- Heat some oil in a tadka pan and add cumin and sesame seeds, when crackling then add asafoetida, curry leaves and few green chili pieces in the tadka oil.
- Pour the tadka on the dhokla pieces and serve hot with chutney and tea.
Notes
Instead of adding lemon juice you can add citric acid for sourness.