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Instant Sooji Dhokla

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 2 servings
Author: Priyanka

Ingredients

For Dhokla

  • 1 cup sooji
  • 1/2 cup rice flour
  • 1/4 cup besan or chickpea flour
  • 1/4 cup yogurt
  • 1 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tbsp ginger-green chilli paste
  • 2 tsp fruit salt or Eno
  • Few drops of lemon juice
  • Salt to taste

For Tempering

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 5-6 curry leaves
  • chopped coriander leaves

Instructions

To make dhokla

  • Prepare dhokla steamer. Add 2 cups of water in the steamer and let it come to a boil. Grease 2x9 inch dhokla plates with some oil.
  • Mix all flours with yogurt, oil, ginger-green chilli paste and salt.
  • Add water and make a lump free battar.
  • Add eno to the battar and few drops of lemon juice on it to activate eno.
  • Mix it thoroughly. Pour the battar by dividing it equally into the dhokla plates. 
  • Place dhokla plates in the steamer and let it steam for 12-15 minutes on medium-high flame.
  • Let it cool for 5-10 minutes. Cut dhoklas into 1 inch pieces.

For Tempering

  • Heat up oil in a small pan. Once hot add musturd seeds and curry leaves. 
  • Turn off the heat and add sesame seeds. 
  • Pour the tempering on to dhoklas and serve.