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Steamed food

(162)Rava Dhokla

Suji Dhokla

ingredients

  1. 2 cups Rava ( Suji).
  2. 1 cup curd.
  3. 2 cup water
  4. 1 sachet Eno or ½ tsp. Soda
  5. 1 tsp. Ginger paste.
  6. 1 tsp. Green chili paste.
  7. 1 tsp. Salt.
  8. Optional items like 1 cup Sweet Corn or 1 cup grated Carrot or 1 cup grated bottle gourd or 1 cup crushed Green peas or 1 cup mix vegetables ( Peas, carrots, corn and bottle guard).

Tempering ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. Til oil.
  • ¼ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Sesame seeds.
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped coriander leaves
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.

Method

  1. With the help of chopper , chop all vegetables.
  2. Mix chopped vegetables with salt and Ginger chili paste.
  3. In big mixing bowl mix rava with vegetable mixture.
  4. Add curd , water in rava mixture and make batter without lumps. Taste the batter before any further process.
  5. Add soda or eno and mix thoroughly.
  6. Grease thali with oil and pour batter.
    Fill ¾ thali with batter.
  7. Steam dhokla thali for 20 minutes.
  8. Remove thali from steamer and keep aside for 1 minute to release steam from dhokla.
  9. Cut dhokla into desire shape.
  10. For tempering heat oil in pan or vaghar vessel.
  11. Add mustard seeds, wait for crackling sound.
  12. Add Sesame seeds, Curry leaves and Coriander leaves .
    Pour temper oil on dhokla thali and spread evenly on dhokla.
  13. Serve hot dhokla with Garlic Chutney, Green Chutney, Sweet Chutney and a glass of chilled Chaas..
Plain Rava Dhokla

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(117) Chhas Masala

Ingredients

Method

  1. Grind all the ingredients seperately .
  2. Store in separate air tight glass bottles.
  3. In one bowl mix all the ingredients for making chhas masala.
  4. Store chhas masala in air tight glass bottle.
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Steamed food

(115) Besan Dhokla.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Channa dal grind into fine powder or readymade 2 cups Channa flour commonly known as besan or you can take coarse flour also.
  • 2 cups water.
  • 1 cup curd.
  • 1 tsp. Sugar.
  • ½ tsp. Soda or 1 Eno sachet
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Ginger paste.
  • 1 tsp. Green chili paste.
  • ½ tsp red chili powder for sprinkling over besan dhokla .

Ingredients for tempering

  • 2 tbsp. Til oil.
  • ¼ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.
  • 1 tsp. Sesame seeds.
  • 1 tbsp. finely chopped coriander leaves for garnishing.
  • 1 tbsp. grated coconut for garnishing.

Method

  1. In big sauce pan take flour and add water little by little and stir continuously. So no lumps will form.
  2. Add curd ,salt and ginger chili paste. Mix thoroughly.
  3. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
  4. Boil water in steamer.
  5. After 10 minutes grease thali and pour dhokla batter upto ¾ height of thali.
  6. Sprinkle red chili powder on batter and steamed for 20 minutes in steamer.
  7. After 20 minutes remove besan dhokla thali and wait for 1 minute to escape steam .
  8. Apply little oil on dhokla and cut it into desire shape.
  9. Heat oil for tempering. Add mustard seeds. After crackling sound add Asaphoitida powder, Curry leaves and pour it on dhokla thali.
  10. Remove dhokla from thali to plate and garnish with coriander leaves and grated coconut.
  11. Serve hot with Green chutney, Garlic chutney and a glass of Chhaas or masala tea or as you desire.
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Quick Cooking Tips Spices

(119) Mint leaves powder

Ingredients

1 cup fresh Mint leaves ( Phudina ) without stalk, washed and drained.

Method

  1. Spread evenly mint leaves on glass plate.
  2. In microwave select option of desi masala mix.
  3. Mint leaves dries in 3.20 to 5 or some times 6.40 minutes at 99⁰ temperature depence on thickness of leaves.
  4. Dried leaves grind it with the help of dry grinder.
  5. Strain it with tea strainer.
  6. Store this powder in air tight bottle for further use.