Dhokla( Steamed Chickpea flour Cake)

Ingredients

Besan flour/ Bengal gram flour/ Chickpea flour-1cup

Baking powder-1tsp

Citric acid-1/2tsp

Ginger and Green chilly paste-1 & 1/2tsp

Sugar and Salt to taste

Curd/ Yoghurt-1/2cup

Water required

For tempering

Cumin seeds-1tsp

Mustard seeds-1tsp

Green chilly chopped-1

Asafetida-pinch

Oil-2tbsp

Coconut( freshly grated)-1/4 cup

Cashewnuts( fried)-4tbsp

Coriander leaves and Curry leaves-few

Method

In a large bowl add besan flour, curd, baking powder, ginger and green chilly paste, sugar, salt and required water to make smooth batter ( batter should be of pouring consistency), set aside the batter for 30 mins. Grease a pan with oil. After 30 mins, mix citric acid to little water and pour this mixture into the batter and mix well, the batter will start raising with bubbles, immediately pour the batter into the greased pan and steam the dhokla for 20-30 mins or until well done. Once the dhokla is done invert it on to a plate and slice it into cubes. For tempering heat oil in a large pan add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, when they crackle add the green chilly, asafetida, grated coconut, cashewnuts, coriander and curry leaves. Now add the dhokla cubes into the tempering and mix well. Serve hot with mint chutney.