The Paleo Recipe Book

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Indian Snack Recipe - Dhokla

Dhokla

Ingredients :

• 1" Ginger 
• 1 tbsp Oil 
• 1 tbsp Salt 
• ¼ cup Water 
• 3 Green Chillies 
• ½ cup Green Peas 
• 3/4 cup Chana Daal 
• Juice of one Lemon 
• Pinch of Asafoetida 
• ½ tbsp Mustard seeds 
• 1 tbsp grated Coconut 
• 3/4 tbsp Baking powder 
• Chopped Coriander leaves 

Method :

1. Soak chana dal and peas too if using dry peas in plenty of water overnight. 
2. Place peas, daal and water in a food processor or liquefier and blend until smooth. 
3. Add chillies, ginger, salt, baking powder and lemon juice and blend until mixed throughly. 
4. Pour the mixture into a greased thali or shallow cake pan, making sure mixture does not come more than three quarters of the way upin the pan. 
5. Place the thali/cake pan in a steamer. 
6. Cover and steam for 20 minutes. 
7. Remove from steamer and set aside for 5 minutes. 
8. Cut into squares and arrange on a plate. 
9. Heat oil in a small saucepan and add mustard seeds. 
10. When seeds start to splutter, add the asafoedita. Heat for another 2-3 seconds, pour over the cut dhoklas. 
11. Garnish each dhokla with grated cocunut and coriander leaves.