Dhokla

Ingredients

Gram flour or besan – 350 gms

Yoghurt – 1 cup

Ginger paste – 1 tsp

Green chilli paste – 1

Turmeric powder – ½  tsp

Soda bi carb – 1 tsp

Lemon juice – 1

Oil – 1 tbl.sp

Salt as per taste

For tampering

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Curry leaves – 8 to 10

Chopped Coriander leaves – ¼ cup

Vertically slit chilli - 3

Oil – 2 tsp

Method

In a bowl mix gram flour or besan witth yoghurt and water.  Mix well and make a smooth batter of thick consistency. Add salt, cover and keep aside for 4 to 5 hours. Before steaming, add ginger green chilli paste and turmeric powder and mix well.  In another bowl add 1 tsp of soda bi carb or eno salt, 1 tsp oil and lemon juice and mix well.  Put this in the batter and mix well. Take a pan

 And grease it with oil or ghee and pour this batter. Steam this for ten to twelve minutes or till done. Remove from fire and let it cool.

Cut into big cubes.

Heat oil in another pan, add mustard seeds and curry leaves. When it splutter, remove and pour it over dhokla. Garnish with coriander and silted green chilies.  Serve with chutney.