Khaman Dhokla is a popular Gujarati snack prepared with chick pea flour. It is spiced up with ginger and green chillies and tempered with sesame seeds, coconut and green chillies!
Grind cilantro, ginger and green chilly coarsely without by adding 1 tbsp of water.
Steps
In a wide bowl, take the sieved besan flour and add the turmeric powder, ginger-cilantro-chili paste, citric acid, sugar, salt, baking soda.
Now add the water slowly and mix it well.
The batter should be slightly thinner than dosa batter consistency.
Let the batter sit for 30 minutes.
When it is about 20 minutes, we can prepare the steaming set up.
I don’t have Dhokla steamer and this is how I steam it.
In a wide flat pan (with lid), I added about 1 cup of water and let it heat. Once the bubble starts to form, add small plate or like stainless steel coaster like below.
Meanwhile, grease a wide plate or bowl with 1 tsp of oil that will go inside you flat pan.
At this stage add the eno fruit salt and stir vigorously. The batter should rise nicely. Now pour this batter to the greased plate and place that inside the pan and cover it with the lid.
Let it steam for about 20 to 22 minutes. Remove the lid and insert a tooth pick and if it comes out clean, then the Dhokla is done.
Turn off the heat and let it cool for 5 minutes. With a knife, go around the edges so that we can separate the Dhokla easily.
Now turn it upside down in a plate and overturn it again so that the base goes down.
Tadka
Heat a small pan or kadai and add oil.
Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, sesame seeds, hing, slit green chillies, and curry leaves and coconut. Sauté for couple of minutes and spread this tadka on top of the Dhokla.
Then garnish it cilantro and chop the Dhokla into small squares or into your favorite shapes and serve it with green chutney and sweet chutney.
Notes
Seiving the besan flour is very important. It helps in preventing lumps
formation.Instead of grinding the green chilly, ginger and cilantro and you finely chop them and add them in the mix.
Citric acid is optional.Adjust the spices as per your preference.