Cuisine: West Indian
Category: Snack
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 25 min
Serves: 6
Difficulty: Medium
🌿 Vegetarian
Fluffy steamed chickpea flour cake from Gujarat — light, spongy, tangy and totally addictive.
Ingredients
- 1 cup besan (chickpea flour)
- 3/4 cup yogurt
- 1 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
- 1 tsp eno fruit salt
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Salt to taste
- For tempering: 1 tsp mustard seeds, 2 green chillies split, curry leaves, 2 tbsp sugar, 1/4 cup water
Method
- Mix besan, yogurt, ginger-chilli paste, turmeric and salt to smooth batter.
- Add water to make flowing consistency. Rest 15 minutes.
- Grease a flat tray. Heat steamer.
- Add eno to batter and mix quickly. Pour immediately into tray.
- Steam 15-18 minutes until toothpick comes clean.
- Cut into squares.
- Heat oil, add mustard seeds, chillies and curry leaves.
- Add sugar water and pour over dhokla. Garnish with coriander and coconut.