Instant Dhokla

A Yummy snack in a jiffy!

Ingredients:

Dhokla Atta – 2 cups
Pinch of turmeric powder
Salt
1-2 cups – sour curd
Eno Fruit salt – 1 sachet
Paste of Corainder leaves, 2 green chillies and ½ lemon
Oil for greasing and tempering
2 tsp sugar dissolved in water (to sprinkle on the dhokla)

For tadka:

1 sliced green chilli
Mustard seeds (optional)
1 – 2 tsp sesame (white til)
1-2 tsp – Grated fresh coconut (optional)
Chopped coraineder

Mix the Dhokla atta, turmeric, salt with curd. Add the coriander paste and whisk it into a smooth paste. Let it stand for 20 minutes. ( The consistency of this batter would be like adai mavu)

Grease a pan with oil, keep it aside.

Just before pouring out this mixture to this pan, add the eno salt and mix it well with your hand. The batter will become fluffy with bubbles and looks light.(Acutally, Eno's fruit salt is an antacid which is a combination of citric acid and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda).. When this is added to the batter which contains water, they release carbon dioxide, and the bubbles trapped in the batter result in a lovely sponge..)

Steam well for 10-15 minutes. Let it cool well before you invert the steamed dhokla.

Sprinkle the sugar water and pour the tadka on top.

Serve with Spciy Mint chutney or Sweet tamarind chutney.