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    Friday, 13 March 2015

    Ingredients:

    350gms Gram flour (Besan)
    1cup Curd (Stirred)
    1tsp Green Chilies (paste)
    1tsp Ginger (paste)
    Salt to taste
    1tsp Soda bi-carb / Eno fruit salt
    1 Lemon juice
    1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
    1tbsp Oil
    For Tampering
    Few Curry leaves
    1tsp Mustard Seeds
    2tsp Oil
    Coriander leaves (chopped)
    2-3 green chilies (vertically slit)

    Preparation:

    In a bowl add gram flour (besan), Curd and water.
    Mix well and make a smooth batter. The batter should
    be of thick consistency.
    Add salt and set aside for 4 hours covered with a lid.
    Take the ginger and green chili paste and add to the
    batter. Also add turmeric powder and mix well.
    Keep the steamer or cooker ready on gas.
    Grease a baking dish (it should fit in the steamer or
    cooker).
    Now in small bowl take a tsp. of soda bi-carb or eno,
    1tsp oil and lemon juice and mix well.
    Add this to the batter and mix well.
    Pour the batter into the greased pan and steam for
    10-12 minutes or till done.
    Cool for sometime and cut into big cubes.
    Heat little oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and
    curry leaves allow to splutter. Remove and pour it over
    dhoklas.
    Garnish the besan dhokla with coriander and slited
    green chilies.
    Serve with hari chutney.

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