Dhokla

Origin
Alternative name(s)	Dhokra
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Gujarat
Details
Course	Breakfast, side dish, main course
Serving temperature	Hot, cold, or room temp
Main ingredient(s)	Gram (Besan) flour
Variations	Khaman

Dhokla or Dhokra is a vegetarian food item that originates from the Indian state of Gujarat. It is made with a fermented batter of gram flour (chickpeas).^[1] Dhokla can be eaten for breakfast, as a main course, as a side dish or as a snack. It can usually be bought from a sweet shop.^[2]

Preparation[link]

Rice and chickpeas, or besan in some recipes, in the ratio 4:1 is soaked overnight. The mixture is ground and this paste is fermented for four to five hours. This is spiced by adding chilli pepper, ginger, and baking soda.

Different lentils like black grams, also known as urad dal, can also be substituted for chickpeas.

The essential ingredient is rice and its colour is mostly dark yellowish.

(1) The fermented batter is then steamed for about 15 minutes on a flat dish and cut into pieces. These chopped pieces are fried in hot oil with mustard seeds. Asafoetida and chopped green chillies can also be fried and, sometimes, an equal amount of water and a little sugar is added to this oil. The pieces are then removed from dish. Sometimes it is also fried in hot oil with cumin seeds.

It is usually served with deep fried chillies and chutney made of besan. It is garnished with coriander and often with grated coconut.^{[citation needed]}

(2)One other way is that, the fermented batter is steamed for 15 minutes in a plates placed inside a container that does not let the steam out, to avoid steam water to fall on the batter while preperation there is a cloth placed before closing the container lid, inside the container the plates are directly not placed on base, or else the batter will burn due to heat, so there is a small stand kept, when batter is steamed properly, the plates are taken out of the container and then served with curd ,tomato sauce , garlic paste or coriander paste, it can also be eaten with raw oil poured onto it!

Types of Dhokla[link]

There are different kinds of dhokla prepared with different ingredients and ratios of chickpeas. Some of the popular kinds of dhoklas are:

• Khatta dhokla
• Rasia dhokla
• Khandhavi dhokla
• Cheese dhokla
• Toor dal dhokla
• Sandwich dhokla
• Rawa dhokla
• Mixed dal dhokla
• Green peas dhokla

Khaman is a similar gram flour-based food that is sometimes confused with dhokla. Whereas dhokla is made with rice and chikpeas, khaman is made from chickpeas only. It is generally lighter in color and softer than dhokla, to make dhokla small proportion of baking soda is added while in khaman more baking soda is added to make it more fluffy spongy and porous!

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe/module on Dhokla

• Picture of Dhokla

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