Dhokla Recipe is a delicious, soft and spongy steamed savoury cake prepared with gram flour and tempered with spices. This Dhokla is ready in 20 minutes and makes a perfect breakfast as well as a teatime snack.
It is a popular Indian vegetarian snack from the Gujarat State. It is prepared by mixing besan flour/chickpea flour/gram flour, along with few spices with water into a smooth batter and steamed. Then it is tempered with oil, mustard seeds, water and sugar.cakeWhich poured onto the prepared cake and allowing it to soak for a few minutes.
Looking for more snack recipes to try? Check out my Besan Pakora, Cabbage Pakoda, Courgette Fritters
Instant Khaman Dhokla Recipe Video
Shhh Cooking Secretly Challenge
By now my regular readers would have understood that I came again with another regional recipe for the Facebook group Shhh Cooking Secretly Challenge. This month the theme Steamed Foods which is suggested by my fellow blogger Anu Kollan who blogs at Entethattukada and her recipe for this theme is Vattayappam. My partner for this month Challenge is Shobha Keshwani who blogs at shobhasfoodmazaa and her recipe is bafauri. She gave sugar and green chillies as my secret ingredients and I gave her asafoetida and carom seeds as her secret ingredients.
DHOKLA RECIPE WITH STEPWISE INSTRUCTIONS:
Ingredients:
For making the Dholka batter:
- Gram flour/chickpea flour/besan – 1cup
- Sugar-1tbsp
- Semolina/Rava – 1tbsp
- Lemon juice – 1tbsp
- Green chilli-garlic paste -1tsp
- Turmeric powder – ⅛ tsp
- Unflavoured fruit salt (ENO) – ¾ tsp
- Salt -1tsp (as per your taste)
- Water as required
For Tadka or Tempering:
- Oil-1tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Sugar-1tbsp
- Green chillies -2
- Asafoetida (HING) a pinch
- Curry leaves
- Coriander leaves
- Water- ½ cup
Preparation:
Preparing the batter:
- In a mixing bowl add besan, sugar and semolina. Mix well.
- Add water slowly and mix well without any lumps. The batter should be semi-thick not too thin or thick.
- Add lemon juice and give a quick mix.
- Cover the batter with a plate and rest it for 10 minutes.
- In the meanwhile grease a cake tin/deep plate with oil and keep aside.
- Add water into a deep pan/steamer and place the stand in it.
- Then cover and bring the water to boil.
- After 10 minutes, add the green chilli-garlic paste to the batter along with turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.
- Now add the unflavoured fruit salt (ENO) to the batter and add little water on the salt and give a really quick mix everything.
- Immediately pour the batter into the cake tin and place it in the steamer and cover it.
- Steam for 20 minutes or until it is cooked.
- Once 20 minutes is over remove the lid and check by inserting a toothpick.
- If it toothpick comes clean, remove the tin from the steamer and allow it to cool. Otherwise, cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- While the dhokla is cooling we will prepare the tadka.
Preparing the Tadka
- Heat a small pan with oil, once the oil is hot enough add mustard seeds.
- When they begin to crackle add curry leaves, slit green chillies and saute for a minute.
- Add ½ cup of water followed by sugar and stir well.
- Add coriander leaves and bring the water to boil for 1-2 minutes and turn off the heat.
Assembling the dhokla
- Remove the dhokla from the tin on to a plate by gently tapping on the top of the tin.
- Then cut into small pieces as you like.
- Gently pour the tadka on to dhokla so that it covers fully.
- Afterwards, allow it to soak the syrup for a few minutes.
- Enjoy tasty and soft Khaman Dhokla with mint and tamarind chutney.
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DHOKLA RECIPE| INSTANT KHAMAN DHOKLA RECIPE
Ingredients
For making the Dholka batter:
- Gramflour/chickpea flour/besan – 1cup
- Sugar-1tbsp
- Semolina/Rava – 1tbsp
- Lemon juice – 1tbsp
- Green chilli-garlic paste -1tsp
- Turmeric powder – ⅛ tsp
- Unflavoured fruit salt ENO – ¾ tsp
- Salt -1tsp as per your taste
- Water as required
For Tadka or Tempering:
- Oil-1tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Sugar-1tbsp
- Green chillies -2
- Asafoetida HING a pinch
- Curry leaves
- Coriander leaves
- Water- ½ cup
Instructions
Preparing the batter:
- In a mixing bowl add besan, sugar and semolina. Mix well.
- Add water slowly and mix well without any lumps. The batter should be semi-thick not too thin or thick.
- Add lemon juice and give a quick mix.
- Cover the batter with a plate and rest it for 10 minutes.
- In the meanwhile grease a cake tin/deep plate with oil and keep aside.
- Add water into a deep pan/steamer and place the stand in it.
- Then cover and bring the water to boil.
- After 10 minutes, add the green chilli-garlic paste to the batter along with turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.
- Now add the unflavoured fruit salt (ENO) to the batter and add little water on the salt and give a really quick mix everything.
- Immediately pour the batter into the cake tin and place it in the steamer and cover it.
- Steam for 20 minutes or until it is cooked.
- Once 20 minutes is over remove the lid and check by inserting a toothpick.
- If it toothpick comes clean, remove the tin from the steamer and allow it to cool. Otherwise, cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- While the dhokla is cooling we will prepare the tadka.
Preparing the Tadka
- Heat a small pan with oil, once the oil is hot enough add mustard seeds.
- When they begin to crackle add curry leaves, slit green chillies and saute for a minute.
- Add ½ cup of water followed by sugar and stir well.
- Add coriander leaves and bring the water to boil for 1-2 minutes and turn off the heat.
Assembling the dhokla
- Remove the dhokla from the tin on to a plate by gently tapping on the top of the tin.
- Then cut into small pieces as you like.
- Gently pour the tadka on to dhokla so that it covers fully.
- Afterwards, allow it to soak the syrup for a few minutes.
- Enjoy tasty and soft Khaman Dhokla with mint and tamarind chutney.
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priya vj
Khaman looks so spongy and perfectly made
Love to have these piping hot with spicy green chutney and masala chai
Swati
Very nicely made Khaman.. looks so soft and spongy.. nicely written post with detailed step-wise pics, very helpful for the beginners.
The Girl Next Door
This is one of my most favourite things ever! I absolutely love sweet, sour and spicy khaman. Yours have turned out so perfectly - you have nailed it!
Sujata Roy
Dhokla looks so soft fluffy and delicious. Loved your well explained recipe. I can imagine the savoury sweet sour mixed taste.
Pavani
Thank you Sujata.
Poonam Bachhav
Khaman dhokla is a flavorful snack and I love it to the core with green chutney and fried chilies. Yours looks so spongy and perfectly done!
Pavani
Thank you Poonam.
Renu
Dhokla looks very nice and soft Pavani and perfectly well risen. Would love to dig in with some chutney and chai
Pavani
Thank you Renu.
Anu Kollon
I love these instant dhoklas. Your’s look so soft and spongy. The tadka on it so inviting. Great recipe!
Pavani
Thank you Anu.
Vasusvegkitchen
Instant khaman dhokla looks perfect with its spongy and fluffy texture. Love tadka on dhokla its very inviting, just need have some hot chai with this.
preethicuisine
Instant dhokla looks scrumptious. A fab treat for all dhokla lovers. Love the sweet and sour taste.Perfect guilt free snack.
Pavani
Thank you Preethi.
Archana
Wow ! Looks awesome. I somehow get scared of trying to make instant khaman but you made it look so very easy n delicious too. Loved the way I has risen in the pan after steaming. Perfectly made.
Pavani
Thank you Archana
Seema Sriram
The fluffy image of the khamman dokla really caught my eye. I have tried it multiple times, never so fluffy. I will try this recipe as the image is irresistable.
Pavani
Thank you Seema, try this when you have time.It is really so fluffy and soft. Even I made this for the first time .
Priya Satheesh
Amazing.. The fluffy dhokla is super tempting and can’t take my eyes off...Perfect texture !
Priya Satheesh
Amazing.. The fluffy dhokla is so inviting and tempting that I can’t take my eyes off...Perfect texture !
Priya Satheesh
Amazing.. The fluffy dhokla is so inviting and tempting that I can’t take my eyes off...Feel like having now. Perfect texture !
Pavani
Thank you so much, Priya.
Shobana Vijay
Instant Khaman Dhokla is fluffy and tempting. Its super soft,spongy and its inviting everyone. Pictured are awesome.
Pavani
Thank you Shobana.
NARMADHA
So soft and spongy dhokla and looks so delicious. Thanks for detailed instructions with step by step pictures.
Pavani
Thank you Narmadha.
Nisha
Looks really awesome ,the step by step pics are also very helpful.
Pavani
Thank you Nisha.