Have you seen those rectangular food thingys whenever you’re in a restautarant especially those serving Gujarati cuisine. Well, you just happened to stumble upon a Dhokla. It’s a pukka Gujarati dish- fermented and tastes heavenly, something between sour-wet to sweet.
photo credit: Premshree Pillai
Wikipedia says
Dhokla is a fast food from the Indian state of Gujarat.
The dish can be made of ground chana dal (chickpeas) soaked overnight; other recipes call for besan. This paste is left for fermentation for four to five hours then is spiced by adding chile pepper, ginger, and baking soda . The dhokla is then steamed for about ten minutes on a flat dish and cut into pieces. It is usually served with green chutney or some peanut oil. Dhokla can also be fried further with mustard seed for extra spiciness. It is garnished with coriander.
Khatta Dhokla, Khaman Dhokla, Rasia Dhokla, Cheese Dhokla are different varieties of Dhokla prepared by Gujarati housewives and are now also locally available in sweatmeat shops all over India.
It’s your chance now to make dhokla at home with this well-explained recipe from Manjula.
See Also:
Gujarati Recipes – from Indian Food Kitchen (main website)
Instant Khaman Dhokla – from the Budding Cook Blog
9 comments ↓
Ur way of demonstration was really good. tnk u for the receipe
really very nice,will surely try to make.thanks a lot.
I am a big fan of MAnjula Aunty’s cooking.I have tried many of her recipes and all turn to be yummy.
Thanks Nureen, I’m a fan too; her videos get a lot of attention on this blog
i found it very easy n good.
Thanks Sapna. Your thanks goes to Manjula, who is seen in this video. You can see her site and all her videos at http://www.manjulaskitchen.com
Thanks Aunty for helping everyone with your delicious receipies. All your receipies are fantastic.
Thanks very much for showing us such an easy way of cooking Dhokla …………..I thinks so its perfect dish for everyone .
Thanks very much
nice and vivid demostration of making dhokla,feel lyk sitting at home
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