Semolina (Suzi) Dhokla Recipe
Dhokla is a very famous dish of Gujarat. It can be used in a main course food or taken as a snack. As it is prepared in steam so it takes very less oil. That is why it is very healthy.
The dhokla recipe is very easy and simple.
Dhokla is a vegetarian food which is made from fermented gram flour batter. Dhokla is mainly prepared with besan but we can also make it with suzi.
Ingredients:-
- Semolina (Suzi)- 1 cup
- Gram Flour (Besan) - 1 tbsp
- Yogurt (Dahi) - 1 cup
- Water - 1/2 cup
- Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
- Powdered Sugar- 3/2 tsp (one and half)
- Salt - 1/2 tsp
- Lemon Juice - 2 tsp
- Oil - 3/2 tsp (one and half)
- Fruit salt ENO - 1 tsp
- Cilantro - 2 tsp
For Seasoning:-
- Oil - 2 tbsp
- Black Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Green Chilies (Sliced) – 2
- Green Coriander – 1 tbsp
- Curry Leaves - a few
- Sesame Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Utensils:-
- Medium Sized mixing bowl
- Cake rack
- Pressure Cooker
- Non stick pan
Procedure:-
- Sieve the semolina in a bowl and mix yogurt in it.
- Add gram flour, salt, turmeric powder, sugar, cilantro in the mixture.
- Then add lemon juice in the above mixture and mix it in one direction.
- Add little water and mix it so that there should be no lumps.
- Check the consistency of the batter.
- Add more water into the batter if it is too thick.
- Put the batter aside for half an hour.
- Take a baking dish and grease it with refined oil.
- Put a cooker on the gas stove with one cup of water.
- Let the water to boil.
- Now add fruit salt ENO in the batter and mix it well for one minute.
- Transfer the batter to the baking dish.
- Keep the baking dish into the cooker over the cake rack.
- Take out the whistle from the lid and seal the cooker with the lid.
- Steam it for 15 minutes on low flame.
- After 15 minutes pierce a knife into the dhokla to see whether it is cooked or not.
- If the knife comes clean, it means dhokla is cooked.
- If the dhokla is uncooked, then steam it for another 5 minutes more.
- Then take the dhokla out of the cooker and let it cool.
- Cut the dhokla into square or triangular pieces.
For Seasoning:-
- Take a non stick pan and put oil in it.
- Heat the oil on low flame.
- When the oil is hot, add black mustard seeds, curry leaves and season seeds.
- When it starts crackling, add vertically cut green chilies.
- Sprinkle this Seasoning on the cut pieces of dhokla.
- Garnish the dhokla with green coriander.
- Serve it with spicy green or red chutney.
