How to Make: Khatta Dhokla

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Khatta Dhokla is a Gujarati snack. So if you’re a Gujarati or just love Gujarati cuisines, you can make this snack easily at home. It is very light and easy to make with a little sour taste. This Dhokla takes it sour taste from the sour yogurt added. You can also use lemon juice if you want the prominent sourness. Serve this snack with a sweet chutney. You can make coriander chutney or just curry leaves chutney to enhance its taste. Find the Khatta Dhokla recipe below.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup regular rice
  • 1/4th cup Urad dal
  • ½ cup sour yogurt
  • ½ inch finely chopped ginger
  • 1 chopped green chilli
  • 2-3 tbsp. of water
  • ½ tsp oil for greasing the pan
  • 1 tsp eno or ½ tsp baking soda
  • Rock salt
  • Black pepper powder
  • Red chilli powder
  • Roasted sesame seeds

How to Make Khatta Dhokla?

  1.  Rinse the Urad dal in some water for a couple of times.
  2.  Similarly, wash the rice and soak the dal and rice together for 3-4 hours.
  3.  Strain the water and grind it in the grinder.
  4.  Add the chopped ginger and green chillies as well.
  5.  Add 2-3 tbsp. of water while grinding. Keep the batter thick like the idli batter.
  6.  Pour the batter into a bowl. Add the sour yogurt and salt. Mix it well.
  7.  Keep the batter in a warm place to ferment it overnight.
  8.  Grease a pan. Add some water to your steamer and bring it to a boil.
  9.  Add some oil to the batter and mix it well. then add baking soda to the batter. Quickly stir it so that the soda is distributed uniformly in the batter.
  10.  Pour this batter into the greased pan and sprinkle some black pepper powder on top of it. Sprinkle red chilli powder and roasted sesame seeds.
  11.  Place the pan in the steamer. Cover it and steam for 20-25 minutes. Steam it until a toothpick pierced in the dhoklas comes out clean.
  12.  If you’re using a pressure cooker for steaming, then remove the whistle for steaming.
  13.  When the dhoklas are steamed well, remove them and serve them hot with coriander chutney.
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